MOSCOW, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Last May, the West launched a verbal attack on Myanmar, accusing the regime of being unable to help hundreds of thousands of cyclone victims and of refusing to accept Western humanitarian aid, inferring that "humanitarian intervention" was needed in this situation.

MOSCOW, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- The Shanghai Cooperation Organization, led by Russia and China, has been boosting its diplomatic and military sales influence with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which shares the SCO 's suspicion of Western intervention in human rights issues.

YANGON, Myanmar, July 25 (UPI) -- U.N. officials say the Myanmar government is using its foreign exchange regulations to take a cut of the aid being sent for Cyclone Nargis victims.

YANGON, Myanmar, June 25 (UPI) -- An international aid organization providing telecom support says it has been forced to leave cyclone-ravaged Myanmar.

YANGON, Myanmar, June 7 (UPI) -- A comedian who organized emergency supplies for victims of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar has been arrested, activists say.

LONDON, June 7 (UPI) -- A Myanmar defector says Than Shwe, leader of the country's military junta, personally ordered the massacre of 81 unarmed civilians in 1998.

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YANGON, Myanmar, June 6 (UPI) -- Myanmar's state-run media have accused international media of embellishing reports about the devastation caused by Cyclone Nargis to harm the country's image.

BRUSSELS, June 2 (UPI) -- The surge in violence preceding elections in Macedonia topped the International Crisis Group's monthly analysis on world conflicts.

SINGAPORE, June 2 (UPI) -- Singapore Defense Minister Teo Chee Hean said during the Shangri-La Dialogue that the Asia-Pacific region faces security challenges from all directions.