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File Photo: The 25th Ministerial Conference of Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) at Luang Prabang in Laos on December, 2022
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07 December 2023
Myanmar junta to host 26th Ministerial Conference of the Greater Mekong Subregion
Twenty-seven others were handed varying sentences, from a 15-month suspended sentence to life in prison (Photo: AFP)
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15 September 2020
Vietnam sentences brothers to death after violent...
A Vietnam court sentenced two brothers to death Monday after a long-running land dispute...
Germany is Europe's biggest pork producer and recently saw a surge in demand from China (Photo: AFP)
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14 September 2020
China halts imports of German pork after swine...
China announced Saturday it was banning imports of pork products from Germany after the...
Facebook has been in the eye of a political storm in India after the Wall Street Journal reported the site refused to take down anti-Muslim comments by an MP (Photo: AFP)
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13 September 2020
Delhi summons top Indian Facebook official over...
Delhi summoned Facebook's India chief Saturday to answer allegations that the social...
An Indian security personnel stands guard along a highway leading to Ladakh, at Gagangeer some 81 kilometers from Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 07 September 2020. Photo: EPA
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13 September 2020
China releases five Indians detained near Tibet
China on Saturday released five Indian nationals it detained in a region bordering Tibet...
This picture taken on September 9, 2020 shows a group of Rohingya men queueing for medical check-ups at a transit camp after nearly 300 Rohingya migrants came ashore on the beach in Lhokseumawe on the northern coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island. Photo: AFP
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12 September 2020
Migrants tell of their tough 200-day ordeal
When hundreds of Rohingya refugees paid traffickers to escape their squalid camp in...
Demonstrators display placards to protest against Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's decision to pardon US marine Lance corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton who was convicted of killing a transgender woman, during a rally in Manila on September 8, 2020. Photo: AFP
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11 September 2020
Pardon for US Marine should get Philippines virus...
President Rodrigo Duterte's pardon of a US marine convicted of killing a transgender...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (C), Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (L) and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi pose for a picture during a meeting of the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) foreign ministers meeting in Moscow on September 10, 2020. Photo: AFP
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11 September 2020
China, India agree to disengage at disputed border
India and China have agreed to "disengage as soon as possible" after troops engaged in a...
India's biggest syringe manufacturer is ramping up production to churn out a billion units, anticipating a surge in demand for coronavirus vaccinations (Photo: AFP)
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10 September 2020
India syringe maker boosts production to meet...
India's biggest syringe manufacturer is ramping up production to churn out a billion...
A handout photo made available by the Sri Lankan Air Force Media office shows coast guard ships and fireboats battling to extinguish the fire from the Panama-flagged crude oil vessel 'MT New Diamond' off the east coast of Sri Lanka, 08 September 2020. Photo: EPA
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09 September 2020
India rushes fire retardant to battle tanker...
India on Tuesday sent fresh supplies of firefighting chemicals to help battle a new blaze...
(File) This file undated frame grab taken from handout video by Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) / Australia Global Alumni on September 1, 2020 shows Australian journalist Cheng Lei. Photo: AFP
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09 September 2020
China says Australian TV anchor detained on...
China said Tuesday that it had detained a high-profile Australian journalist working for...
(File) US Marine Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton has been granted an absolute pardon by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte for the killing of a trangender woman in 2014. Photo: AFP
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08 September 2020
Philippines president pardons US marine in...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte granted an absolute pardon on Monday to a US marine...
An Indian Air Force Hercules military transport plane prepares to land at an airbase in Leh, the joint capital of the union territory of Ladakh bordering China, on September 8, 2020. Photo: AFP
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08 September 2020
China says forced to take 'countermeasures...
China on Tuesday said its troops were forced to take "countermeasures" after Indian...

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