Myanmar has opened its first parliamentary session in more than five years following an election that did not include major opposition parties, ensuring that the ruling military is set to retain a ...

The military and its allies hold nearly 90% of the seats in the two-chamber parliament, while major opposition parties were ...

Vanuatu is locked in a diplomatic battle of wills with the United States, the world’s largest superpower, over a draft United Nations General Assembly res ...

The meeting follows a controversial multi-phase election that was dominated by the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party.