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Phyo Zeyar Thaw is accused of orchestrating several attacks on regime forces, including the brazen shooting on a commuter train in Yangon in August that killed five policemen.

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan says Iran's sanctions come as Tehran's proxy militias continue to attack American troops in the Middle East.

Britain has seen a surge in coronavirus cases due to the Omicron variant, and has reported over 150,000 new cases each day over the last week.

The declaration of Covid-19 curbs marks the first of such measures since September, when Japan lifted emergency controls that had prevailed over the country for most of last year.

A court in the main city of Yangon jailed them for three years with hard labour.

China claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory and has stepped up military and diplomatic pressure to assert its sovereignty claim, fuelling anger in Taipei and concern in Washington.

The defence bill includes a 2.7% pay increase for the troops, and more aircraft and Navy ship purchases, in addition to strategies for dealing with geopolitical threats, especially Russia and China.

China claims Taiwan as its own 'sacred' territory and in the past two years has stepped up military and diplomatic pressure to assert its sovereignty claims, fuelling anger in Taipei and deep concern in Washington.

The US and Japan are long-term allies and have deepened their cooperation in recent years through the Quad grouping, which includes Australia and India, in the face of China's rising power.

Poor or inadequate surveillance footage often contributed to deadly targeting failures, the report says.

Tensions between Moscow and the West are on the rise over Russian troops movements near ex-Soviet Ukraine.

The apology was part of the settlement of a class action filed against the government by almost 19,000 serving and retired members of the military, as well as civilian defence workers.