China appears to be eyeing its first permanent military base on the shores of Africa's Atlantic coast and Washington – not keen on the idea--as already started a diplomatic effort to put the kibosh on any plans, a report said.

Human rights watchers say the charges against Aung San Suu Kyi are a thinly veiled justification for keeping the popular pro-democracy leader behind bars.

A court in military-controlled Myanmar on Monday found Aung San Suu Kyi guilty in her first trial since her ouster in a February coup and sentenced her to four years in prison, according to Agence France-Presse.

Social media posts, texts, and disturbing drawings are part of the investigation into suspect Ethan Crumbley and his parents, who are also charged.

Myanmar's junta jailed ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday for four years for incitement against the military and breaching Covid rules, a government spokesman told AFP, the first of a series of possible sentences that could see the Nobel laureate...