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Myanmar's military rulers have without explanation ordered all legal proceedings against deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to be moved from a courtroom to a prison, a source familiar with her cases said on Wednesday.

US forces have increased their activities in and around Okinawa prefecture, with military drills being conducted frequently at bases in Kadena and neighbouring municipalities in the prefecture, which has the largest presence of US forces in the Far East.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has rejected speculation that Thailand is joining a so-called “Nato 2” or “Nato of Asia” military alliance led by the United States in a move against the region’s superpowers China and Russia.

A senior tri-service military delegation of Pakistan, headed by Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa, visited China, where the two sides pledged to enhance their "training, technology and counter-terrorism cooperation".

As more foreign military aircraft seemingly threaten to intrude into Japan’s airspace, the country’s Air Self-Defence Force scrambled fighter jets on 119 occasions in May, about four-and-a-half times more than the 26 cases in the same month last year.

State media in Myanmar on Wednesday blamed "terrorists" opposed to military rule for a deadly bomb blast at a bus stop in its biggest city of Yangon, an accusation denied by members of an exiled shadow government.

The Defence Ministry carefully spends its limited budget on weapon purchases to make sure that Thailand is well prepared to defend itself if necessary, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha told Parliament on Thursday.

Presumptive Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said he has met with Washington’s top diplomat in the country and discussed the “re-signing or the extension” of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between the Philippines and the United States.

A military cargo plane carrying the first shipment of infant formula from Europe to help address a critical shortage in the United States landed in Indianapolis on Sunday.

Cambodia’s Ministry of National Defence has issued a new Defence White Paper – the third such plan since 2000 – as it continues to defend itself against US accusations of a Chinese military presence at Ream Naval Base in the Gulf of Thailand.

In reaction to an “offensive” TikTok advert, Thai Army chief General Narongpan Jitkaewtha on Monday ordered all military units to stop buying goods on the Lazada shopping platforms.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday (April 25) that the Ukrainian conflict will end with an agreement but its content will depend on the military situation.