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WEBPhilippine military chief requests longer deployment for US missile system. Beijing has criticized Washington’s positioning of the Typhon missile system in the Southeast Asian country, calling it “destabilizing” to regional peace.
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WEBDeath toll in anti-Hasina unrest in Bangladesh may be double official tally. Count could be as high as 1,400 but pinpointing the number is a painstaking endeavor, students say.
Indonesian police arrest dozens protesting China-backed project …
WEBSep 12, 2023 · Police said Tuesday they had arrested 43 people for alleged violence while protesting a plan to move thousands of residents of a small island near Singapore to make way for a multibillion-dollar Chinese glass factory.
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WEBHuman Rights Watch report: Papuans in Indonesia face ‘entrenched’ racism, discrimination. Jakarta responds to calls for independence from the indigenous ethnic Melanesian people with arrests, torture and extrajudicial killings, report adds.
Philippine Senate orders Pastor Apollo Quiboloy’s arrest over …
WEBMar 5, 2024 · Quiboloy, a controversial televangelist and ex-spiritual adviser to Duterte, faces sexual abuse and trafficking charges in the U.S. and the Philippines. He failed to appear before a Senate committee investigating his sect's alleged crimes and was held in …
Philippines agrees to host US visa processing center for Afghan ...
WEBAug 20, 2024 · The Philippines has agreed with the U.S. to temporarily host a limited number of Afghan refugees while they are being processed for resettlement in the U.S. The deal has sparked security concerns from some Filipino officials, including President Marcos' sister, Sen. Imee Marcos.
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WEBThailand to charge 8 suspects in a Tak Bai case as deadline nears. The suspects were linked to transporting detained protesters, 78 of whom suffocated to death in trucks in 2004.
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WEBIn post-Hasina Bangladesh, BNP factions are now fighting among themselves. The party had campaigned for years to oust Sheikh Hasina, but deadly street brawls are dividing it.
US, Indonesia kick off largest-ever ‘Garuda Shield’ military exercise
WEBAug 1, 2022 · Updated at 5:18 p.m. ET on 2022-08-01. Indonesia and the United States kicked off their largest annual joint military exercise on Monday, with Australia, Singapore and Japan also participating, in a show of defense partnership amid rising tensions in the Indo-Pacific region.
‘Never again’: Filipinos commemorate 50th anniversary of Marcos …
WEBSep 21, 2022 · Filipinos on Wednesday marked the 50th anniversary of Ferdinand E. Marcos’ martial law declaration, as victims recalled the horrors they endured under his regime and young people urged peers not to forget that dark episode in Philippine history.