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Supporters Rally For Jakarta’s Jailed Christian Governor

Supporters of Jakarta's Christian governor staged a colourful rally outside city hall Wednesday a day after he was...

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Bahrain Sends First Civilian Case To Military Court

Bahrain has referred its first civilian case to a military court following a constitutional amendment approved by the...

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Chibok Girl Refused To Be Part of Release Deal

A schoolgirl who was among more than 200 kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 refused to be part of a release deal because...

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Parents Learning If Daughters Among Those Freed

Parents of the missing Chibok girls are slowly learning if their daughters are among the 82 freed by Boko Haram...

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Parents Waiting To Find Out If Daughters Are Among Those Freed

Parents of the missing Chibok girls are slowly learning if their daughters are among the 82 freed by Boko Haram...

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Philippines Drug War Under Fire At UN Rights Council

Countries across the world put the Philippines on notice over its deadly drug war on Monday, demanding an end to...

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‘El Chapo’ Set To Go On Trial In New York In April 2018

A US federal judge ruled Friday that Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, one of the world's most notorious...

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‘El Chapo’ Can Now Correspond With His Beauty Queen Wife From Solitary

Mexican drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman will remain in solitary confinement in a New York City prison, a US judge...

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US Allows ‘El Chapo’ To Write To Wife From Behind Bars

A US judge granted limited relaxations Thursday to the stringent custody conditions of Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El...

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Amnesty International, Others Demand Justice For Stripped Driver

Incessant pressure is mounting on the Ghana Police Service to fast-track investigations into a case where one of its...

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Court Hears Israeli Soldier’s Manslaughter Appeal

An Israeli soldier who shot dead a wounded Palestinian assailant was back in court on Wednesday, with his lawyers...

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Alarm Over Worsening Press Freedom In Tunisia

Tunisian and international non-governmental organisations warned Tuesday of deteriorating freedom of the press in a...

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Bangladesh Uses Tough Laws To Crack Down On Dissent

Bangladesh is using "draconian" internet laws to crack down on dissent, curb public debate and criticism and harass and...

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Trump Invites Philippines’ Duterte To White House In ‘friendly’ Call

US President Donald Trump on Saturday invited his Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterte to Washington in a "friendly"...

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Trump Invites Philippines’ Duterte To Washington

US President Donald Trump invited his Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterte to Washington in a "friendly" call in...

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Southeast Asia Faces ‘massive’ Drugs Menace

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned Southeast Asian leaders Saturday they were facing a "massive" illegal drug...

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Vietnam Sentences Eight To Death For Heroin Smuggling

Vietnam has sentenced eight drug traffickers to death for smuggling 300 kilos (660 pounds) of heroin to China, some of...

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Southeast Asia’s Leaders Steer Away From Democracy

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly drug war is part of a worrying assault on human rights and democracy...

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Zambia President ‘not Involved In Opposition Leader Woes’

Mr Hichilema has been in custody for more than a fortnight Zambia's presidential spokesman Amos Chanda has denied...