Southeast Asia

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China Calls For Ceasefire As Thousands Flee Myanmar Border Town

Thousands were fleeing a Myanmar town bordering China on Tuesday after at least 30 people were killed in fighting...

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Thai Army To Drop Charges Over Torture Report

Thailand's army said Tuesday it would drop a defamation case against three human rights workers who alleged that troops...

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Australia Plays Downs Chance of Sea Patrols With Indonesia

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull Tuesday played down the possibility that Australia and Indonesia would stage joint...

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Philippines Slams US Drama For President’s Sexual Advance

Manila on Tuesday "strongly protested" an American television drama for showing a fictional Philippine president making...

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Myanmar Army Accuses Rebels of Deadly Kokang Attack

At least six police officers were killed Monday in a surprise pre-dawn raid by ethnic minority rebels on a town in a...

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Philippine Defence Chief Visits US Carrier In S. China Sea

The Philippines' defence secretary on Saturday visited a US aircraft carrier patrolling the South China Sea, hailing...

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Saudi King Urges Fight Against Terrorism On Indonesia Trip

Saudi Arabia's King Salman called Thursday for a united fight against terrorism in a speech to Indonesia's parliament...

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A Magnet For Unsolved Mysteries, Malaysians Ask ‘why Us?’

Following the Cold War-style assassination of Kim Jong-Nam with a lethal nerve agent, Malaysians have once again found...

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Packed Thai Prisons Need Urgent Reform

Thai prisons are massively overcrowded with some inmates forced to sleep sideways, a rights group said Tuesday, urging...

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Philippine Jihadists Behead German Hostage In Video

Islamic militants in the Philippines have posted a video showing the beheading of a German hostage. Juergen Kantner was...

Opinion

An Interesting Travel Experience Through The Eyes Of Amarachi, A Travel Blogger

Jumia Travel had an interview with Amarachi, a Systems Engineer who runs Chapter One travel blog. She shared her travel...

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Philippe Jihadists Behead German

Islamic militants in the Philippines have posted a video showing the beheading of a German hostage. Jurgen Kantner was...

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EU Says Trade Pact Approval Rests On Vietnam’s Rights Record

European parliamentarians warned communist Vietnam on Thursday that a failure to improve its human rights record...

International

Four Indonesians Richer Than Poorest 100 Million

A report on inequality in Indonesia says its four richest men now have more wealth than 100 million of the country's...

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BBC Journalist Faces Five Years Jail For Thailand Reporting

A British journalist with the BBC faces up to five years in a Thai jail after a lawyer brought a criminal defamation...

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First Drug-Resistant Malaria Parasite Detected In Africa

For the first time in Africa, researchers said Wednesday they have detected a malaria parasite that is partially...

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Judges Dismiss Case Against Mid-Level Khmer Rouge Cadre

A UN-backed court on Wednesday dismissed a case against a former Khmer Rouge cadre charged with crimes against...

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Prosecutors Want Briton, Australian Jailed For 8 Years Over Cop Death

An Australian woman and her British boyfriend accused of beating to death a policeman on Indonesia's resort island of...

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The Fall of Kwame Nkrumah

Latest: GSE: Financial stocks to further drive returns On February 24, 1966, the first President of Ghana, Osagyefo Dr....