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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
People wade through a flooded area following heavy rains in Charsadda District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, 27 August 2022. Photo: EPA
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29 August 2022
Pakistan's south braces for deluge from...
Pakistan's flooded southern Sindh province braced Sunday for a fresh deluge from swollen...
Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak (L) is escorted by the prison officers during a break on his trial related to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal at the Kuala Lumpur High Court, Malaysia, 25 August 2022. Photo: EPA
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26 August 2022
Malaysia's jailed ex-PM Najib back in court...
Malaysia's jailed former prime minister Najib Razak returned to court Thursday to face...
NDTV is seen as the last major critical broadcaster on Indian television. Photo: Money SHARMA / AFP
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26 August 2022
Indian tycoon's bid for broadcaster stokes...
An Indian billionaire close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi is trying to buy a...
Security forces use tear gas and water cannons to disperse a University students protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 18 August 2022. Photo: EPA
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23 August 2022
Sri Lanka faces international censure over arrests
Sri Lanka's new government came under international censure Monday over the use of tough...
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22 August 2022
Myawaddy Trade Zone reopened after junta closure...
The Myawaddy Trade Zone has reportedly been reopened after a surprise closure, thought to...
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet addresses the media in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 17 August 2022. Photo: EPA
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18 August 2022
UN rights chief says Rohingya refugees unable to...
UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said Wednesday that it remained unsafe for Rohingya...
People cross a busy street in Keelung city, Taiwan, 05 August 2022. Photo: EPA
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15 August 2022
Taiwan's frontline islanders unfazed by beat...
Not far from the rusted-out tanks and anti-landing spikes that litter the beaches of the...
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet. Photo: EPA
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15 August 2022
UN rights chief in Bangladesh, to visit Rohingya...
United Nations rights chief Michelle Bachelet arrived in Bangladesh on Sunday for a four-...
Bangladesh's tea garden workers protest in Srimangal on August 13, 2022. Photo: AFP
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14 August 2022
150,000 Bangladeshi tea workers strike against...
Nearly 150,000 workers at more than 200 Bangladeshi tea plantations went on strike...
Hindus make up the overwhelming majority of India's 1.4 billion people but when Mahatma Gandhi secured its independence from Britain in 1947 it was as a secular, multi-cultural state. Photo: AFP
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14 August 2022
India at 75: dreams of a Hindu nation leave...
The Hindu priest on the banks of the holy river Ganges spoke softly, but had a...
(File) The Paradise Casino Resort on a finger of Myanmar (Burma) that reaches towards its neighbours separated by the Mekong River, at the meeting point of the three countries of the Golden Triangle - Laos, Thailand and Myanmar (Burma) - in Chiang Saen, northern Thailand. Photo: EPA
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14 August 2022
Chinese gambling kingpin with ventures in Myanmar...
Authorities in Bangkok have detained a controversial Chinese businessman who is the...
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13 August 2022
Five Myanmar citizens arrested in India’s Manipur...
Five Myanmar citizens have been arrested in Manipur state, India and will be charged...

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