The Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN has agreed that an election in Myanmar was not a priority and is urging the country's ruling ...

U.S. President Donald Trump ramped up his tariff assault on Canada on Thursday, saying the U.S. would impose a 35% tariff on imports next month and planned to impose blanket tariffs of 15% or 20% on ...

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr will meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington this month, Manila's top ...

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

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.

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

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.