Category: Regional
Amal Clooney calls on Burma’s Suu Kyi to pardon Reuters reporters
The families of two Reuters reporters imprisoned in Myanmar have asked for a pardon from the country’s president, human rights lawyer Amal Clooney told a press freedom [...]
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Canada legislators, in symbolic move, vote to strip Burma’s Suu Kyi of citizenship
Canadian legislators, in a symbolic move, on Thursday voted unanimously to strip Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi of her honorary citizenship in response to [...]
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Vietnam bids final farewell to president before burial
Vietnam held an emotional memorial for president Tran Dai Quang in Hanoi Thursday (Sep 27) before his body was carried through the city with weeping residents and police [...]
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Cambodia’s IG Tech forms insurtech JV with Malaysia’s Aetins
Malaysia’s Aetins has banded together with Cambodia’s IG Tech to form a joint venture for digitised insurance solutions Malaysian insurance company Aetins and [...]
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Those responsible for Burma crimes could face genocide charges: US
A US government probe into Myanmar’s campaign against the Rohingya Muslim minority was not aimed at determining whether genocide or crimes against humanity had been [...]
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Canada strips Aung San Suu Kyi of honorary citizenship
Canada’s parliament voted unanimously on Thursday to effectively strip Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi of her honorary Canadian citizenship over the Rohingya crisis. [...]
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Asian victors may find anti-China campaign vows hard to keep
Three Muslim-majority Asian countries have elected leaders who campaigned on a promise to temper China’s growing influence, but analysts say reducing the foothold of [...]
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Malaysia voices concern over Rohingya situation in Burma
Malaysia has expressed concern over the atrocities committed against the Rohingya in Myanmar and proposed that the United Nations Security Council establish an international [...]
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Vietnam bids final farewell to president before burial
Vietnam held an emotional memorial for president Tran Dai Quang in Hanoi Thursday before his body was carried through the city with weeping residents and police lining the [...]
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US B-52s fly over South and East China Seas
US B-52 bombers have recently conducted transit operations in the South China Sea and East China Sea, the Pentagon said Wednesday, amid soaring tensions with Beijing over [...]
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Hundreds pay tribute to Vietnam president at state funeral
Hundreds of black-clad mourners, weeping or lighting incense and laying wreaths, gathered Wednesday at a state funeral for Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang who died last [...]
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US documents systematic violence against Burma Rohingya
The United States said Monday it had found evidence of systematic violence by Myanmar’s military against the Rohingya minority, including widespread killings and rape. [...]
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Mourners pay tribute at funeral of Vietnam’s late president
Vietnam’s late President Tran Dai Quang was mourned as a great loss and praised for his contributions to his country at his funeral Wednesday. Long lines of family [...]
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DPM to travel to Vietnam to pay last respect to late President Quang
Deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azisah Wan Ismail is scheduled to leave for Vietnam today to pay her last respect to the late President Tran Dai Quang on behalf of [...]
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Exclusive: Burma’s delaying tactics blocking Rohingya returnBangladesh PM
Bangladesh’s leader accused neighbouring Myanmar of finding new excuses to delay the return of more than 700,000 Rohingya who were forced across the border over the [...]
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