Myanmar's military-backed government has reduced Aung San Suu Kyi's 27-year prison sentence by one-sixth under an amnesty issued by the country's new president. The reduction trims roughly four and a half years from the sentence she accumulated across multiple convictions since the February 2021 coup that ousted her elected government. The amnesty also freed a former president, though Suu Kyi herself remains in detention. The pardons follow a pattern of selective releases the junta has used periodically to signal measured concessions without ceding political control. The reductions are unlikely to satisfy international pressure for her full release, as Western governments and human rights groups have long characterized her prosecution as politically motivated. Her continued detention forecloses any near-term scenario in which she re-enters Myanmar's political landscape, sustaining the uncertainty around the country's governance trajectory and the junta's long-term legitimacy.
Iranian armed forces attacked a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, briefly halting traffic through the waterway. The strike threatens a fragile US-Iran arrangement and could push shipping insurance costs and oil prices higher.
The US has struck Iran, with President Trump citing an Iranian attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz as justification. The action raises immediate risks for global oil flows through one of the world's most critical shipping chokepoints.
The US struck ten Iranian targets on the second consecutive day of military action, putting a fragile ceasefire under serious pressure. The escalation raises immediate risks for Gulf shipping, global oil supply, and regional stability.
Venezuela's twin earthquakes, magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5, have killed at least 164 people and injured 971, interim president Delcy Rodriguez confirmed Thursday. The quakes are the country's strongest since 1900, collapsing buildings across Caracas and prompting a state of emergency, with the death toll expected to rise as
