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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
Hog cholera has already killed 6,000 pigs across North Sumatra since September (AFP Photo/ALBERT IVAN DAMANIK)
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13 November 2019
Indonesia buries over 1,000 cholera-hit pigs
More than 1,000 cholera-stricken pigs have been buried in Indonesia after their decaying...
Cyclone Bulbul packed winds of up to 120 kilometres (75 miles) per hour when it made landfall (AFP / Dibyangshu SARKAR)
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12 November 2019
20 dead as Cyclone Bulbul smashes into India,...
Twenty people died and more than two million others spent a night huddled in storm...
Former Malaysia prime minister Najib Razak arrives at the Kuala Lumpur High Court complex in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 11 November 2019. Photo: Fazry Ismail/EPA
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11 November 2019
Malaysian court to deliver key ruling in Najib...
Malaysia's toppled leader Najib Razak will learn Monday if his first trial over the 1MDB...
Leni Robredo said she plans to dig into the details of the drugs crackdown, and believes any misconduct should be confronted by the Philippines (AFP Photo/Maria TAN)
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09 November 2019
Philippine drug war critic vows end to ‘senseless...
The vocal critic that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has named to a lead role in...
Cambodian strongman Hun Sen has vowed to prevent the return of exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy, and has sought help from neighbouring countries (Photo: AFP)
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08 November 2019
Malaysia detains Cambodian opposition figure
A senior Cambodian opposition figure was detained in Malaysia as she tried to fly home...
Thailand is both a producer and major transit hub for drugs (AFP Photo/Romeo GACAD)
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07 November 2019
Thailand drug suspects run to ground days after...
An American drug suspect and his Thai wife who went on the run after they shot and...
A rickshaw drives along a road under heavy smog conditions in New Delhi (AFP Photo/Sajjad HUSSAIN)
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05 November 2019
Indian capital Delhi gasps under choking smog
India's capital New Delhi was enveloped in heavy, toxic smog Sunday -- the worst levels...
Experts say the Mekong river is at a "crisis point". Photo: Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP
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01 November 2019
Mekong levels at lowest on record as drought and...
The once-mighty Mekong river has been reduced to a thin, grubby neck of water in...
A total of 19 people were killed when a truck backwards down a deep ravine in Conner, Philippines. Photo: Twitter/Rea Mamogay - @dzxl558_rea
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01 November 2019
Truck plummets down Philippine ravine, kills 19
Nineteen farmers were killed in the mountainous northern Philippines when a truck...
Yaba pills have become a popular drug among young people in Bangladesh (AFP Photo/Ye Aung THU)
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29 October 2019
$5 million drug haul as man detained in Bangladesh
Bangladesh police arrested a Rohingya man with $5 million of methamphetamine pills in...
Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia. Photo: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP
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28 October 2019
U.S. Senators to seek more effort in Bangladesh...
After visiting Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar that host over 1.1 million displaced Myanmar...
In this handout aerial photo taken on June 19, 2019 and released on October 21 by Mukta Dinwiddie MacLaren Architects shows buildings intended to accomodate members of the Rohingya refugee community on the silt islet Bhashan Char in the Bay of Bengal. A global rights group cast doubt on October 25 on Bangladesh's claims that thousands of Rohingya refugees are ready to move to a new island site that critics say is prone to natural disasters. Photo: AFP
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27 October 2019
Rights group casts doubt on island relocation...
A global rights group has cast doubt on Bangladesh's claims that thousands of Rohingya...

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