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Aftershocks of Myanmar’s devastating earthquake add new dimension to country’s four-year-long civil war.

A soldier from the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) patrols in a vehicle beside an area destroyed by an air strike in Myawaddy, a town under KNLA control, on April 15, 2024 [Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters]

These are the key events on day 1,147 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Ukrainian soldiers in Kharkiv

These are the key events on day 1,143 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Servicemen of the 68th Oleksa Dovbush Separate Jaeger Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine launch a Leleka reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) before flying over positions of Russian troops, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the frontline town of Pokrovsk in Donetsk region, Ukraine April 10, 2025. REUTERS/Inna Varenytsia

Forced conscription has failed to change the course of Myanmar’s grinding civil war, and many are refusing to serve.

Military officers march during a parade.

These are the key events on day 1,134 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Young recruits of the 92nd Separate Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces attend a basic combat training course, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine April 2, 2025. Ukraine's Defence Ministry launched a recruitment drive for young people, 18 to 24-year-old, to serve in the military for a year for the equivalent of about $24,000 and hefty bonuses. REUTERS/Anatolii Stepanov

Potential sale of US fighter jets comes as tensions mount between the Philippines and China over maritime disputes.

A Philippine Air Force personnel walks past a US Air Force F-16 fighter jet during the US-Philippines joint air force military exercise dubbed 'Cope Thunder' at Basa Air Base in Pampanga on April 11, 2024. (Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP)

The Houthi Health Ministry says the latest US attack struck a water management building in the Hodeidah region.

FIEL - In this March 5, 2018, file photo, USS Carl Vinson is anchored at Tien Sa Port in Danang, Vietnam. The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier paid a visit to a Vietnamese port for the first time since the Vietnam War, seeking to bolster both countries' efforts to stem expansionism by China in the South China Sea. (AP Photo/Tran Van Minh, File)

These are the key events on day 1,133 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

A Russian Army 2S5 howitzer Giatsint-S fires towards Ukrainian positions in Ukraine [Screenshot from video/Russian Defence Ministry Press Service via AP on March 30, 2025]

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,128.

A view shows destroyed cars near an apartment building hit by Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Dnipro, Ukraine March 27, 2025. REUTERS/Mykola Synelnykov

North Korea’s leader oversaw tests of his country’s latest military innovations which use artificial intelligence.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walks alongside officials, while guiding defense science research projects, according to local media, at an unknown location, in this photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on March 27, 2025. KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA.

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