Myanmar's ruling military general has asked U.S. President Donald Trump for a reduction in the 40% tariff rate on his country ...

The Trump administration this week pressed five African presidents to take in migrants from other countries when they are ...

The deadly flood in Nepal's Bhote Koshi River that killed at least nine people and left more than two dozen missing this week ...

Malaysia's foreign minister Mohamad Hasan on Wednesday urged all parties in conflict-stricken Myanmar to create a conducive ...

By Naw Betty Han, Devjyot Ghoshal, Shoon Naing and Poppy McPherson (Reuters) -The global supply of heavy rare earths hinges ...

The global supply of heavy rare earths hinges in part on the outcome of a months-long battle between a rebel army and the ...

The majority of these minerals are sourced from the Kachin region, which has been embroiled in a civil war since the military ...

Nearly half the world's supply of heavy rare earths is extracted from mines in Kachin state, including those north of Bhamo.

Nearly half the world's supply of heavy rare earths is extracted from mines in Kachin state, including those north of Bhamo, ...

While China has a near monopoly on rare earth element processing and refining, it has quietly become reliant on raw materials from the war-torn Myanmar.

Myanmar has become, by some estimates, the current center for global organized crime following the 2021 coup and now meets the definition of a failed state.

BANGKOK, June 12 (Reuters) - A Chinese-backed militia is protecting new rare earth mines in eastern Myanmar, according to four people familiar with the matter, as Beijing moves to secure control ...