Military Archives

Damaged buildings in Kyaukme following clashes between Myanmar's military and the Ta'ang National Liberation Army

World

‘This poor, miserable life’: new Myanmar clashes turn town to rubble

Residents of Kyaukme in northern Myanmar are counting their dead and picking through rubble following fresh fighting that shredded a Beijing-brokered ceasefire between the...

AFPJuly 9, 2024

European leaders are trying to 'Trump-proof' NATO, given the skepticism toward the alliance voiced by the Republican presidential candidate

World

Elephant in room at NATO: would Trump blow it up?

Western leaders are celebrating 75 years of NATO with an elephant in the room — will Donald Trump, who could again be the US...

AFPJuly 7, 2024

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks in Kyiv on June 28, 2024

World

NATO turns 75 with Ukraine and future on line

NATO’s 75th anniversary summit was meant to showcase the triumph of a larger, stronger alliance. Instead, leaders are coming together in Washington in the...

AFPJuly 6, 2024

Protests were largely peaceful until escalating this week

World

‘Shaken to the core’: Kenya shocked as protests turn deadly

Kenya was in a state of shock Wednesday following unprecedented scenes that left parts of parliament ablaze and gutted, as protests over proposed tax...

AFPJune 26, 2024

Business

Rutte: Cycling ‘Trump whisperer’ set to steer NATO in wobbly times

Best-known for riding his bike to work, often crunching an apple, Dutchman Mark Rutte will need all his sense of balance to steer NATO.

AFPJune 20, 2024

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te said China was attempting to force the self-ruled island into submission but that it would not bow to pressure

World

Taiwan president says island ‘will not bow’ to China’s pressure

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te said Wednesday that China was attempting to force the self-ruled island into submission but that it would not bow to...

AFPJune 19, 2024

Moscow has intensified attacks in the eastern Donetsk region

World

Overshadowed by Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine knows no respite

Volodymyr Zelensky, a 66-year-old namesake of the Ukrainian president, opened the gate of his home in the frontline town of Yampil in east Ukraine,...

AFPJune 15, 2024

North Korea had previously sent hundreds of balloons with bags of trash into the South, describing them as a response to anti-Pyongyang propaganda balloons

World

N. Korea sends hundreds of trash-filled balloons in new blitz

North Korea has sent hundreds more trash-filled balloons across the border in a fresh blitz, Seoul’s military said Sunday, as the tit-for-tat balloon barrages...

AFPJune 9, 2024