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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
This aerial picture taken on July 31, 2019 by news outlet Tribun Kaltim shows a view of the area around Samboja, Kutai Kartanegara, one of two locations proposed by the government for Indonesia's new capital. Photo: AFP
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27 August 2019
Indonesia picks Borneo island for new capital
Indonesia will move its capital to the eastern edge of jungle-clad Borneo island,...
A general aerial view of the Rohingya refugee camp at Shalbagan during the repartition day in Teknuf, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, 22 August 2019. Photo: Suman Paul/EPA
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27 August 2019
Third refugee shot dead in Bangladesh camp
Bangladesh police shot dead a third Rohingya refugee on Monday after they were accused of...
A general view shows a Rohingya refugee camp at Teknuf in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Photo: Monirul Alam/EPA
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26 August 2019
Fear grips Bangladesh camp as 2 refugees killed 
Bangladesh police said they had shot dead two Rohingya refugees during a gunfight in a...
Rohingya refugees attend a ceremony organised to remember the second anniversary of a military crackdown that prompted a massive exodus of people from Myanmar to Bangladesh, at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia on August 25, 2019. Photo: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP
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26 August 2019
200,000 refugees rally in Bangladesh camps
Some 200,000 Rohingya refugees rallied in a Bangladesh camp Sunday to mark two years...
Rohingya refugees stands in front of UN and Bangladesh refugee commission office at Shalbagan repartition camp, during the repartition day in Teknuf, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, 22 August 2019. Photo: Suman Paul/EPA
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24 August 2019
Myanmar blames Rohingya repatriation failure on...
Myanmar on Friday pushed blame for its second failed attempt to repatriate the Rohingya...
Papuan students taking part in a rally push toward a line of police and military blocking them in front of the army's headquarters in Jakarta on August 22, 2019, as riots and demonstrations have brought several cities in Indonesia's eastern province of Papua to a standstill this week. Indonesia has blocked internet access in unrest-hit Papua over fears that a stream of offensive and racists posts online will spark more violent protests in the region, the government said on August 22. Photo: Bay Ismoyo/AFP
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23 August 2019
Indonesia blocks internet in Papua over unrest...
Indonesia has cut off internet access in unrest-hit Papua over fears that a stream of...
A Rohingya refugee man sells betel leaves in a market at a camp in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Aug. 21, 2019. Photo: AFP
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23 August 2019
No refugees turn up for repatriation to Myanmar
A fresh push to repatriate Rohingya refugees to Myanmar fall flat on Thursday, with no...
Rohingya people are seen at a camp in Teknaf on August 21, 2019. Photo: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP
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22 August 2019
Doubts over fresh refugee repatriation attempt to...
Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh said Wednesday they did not want to...
At least 13 Chinese tourists were killed and dozens injured in a bus accident on Monday. Reuters video screenshot
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21 August 2019
13 Chinese tourists killed as bus plunges into...
At least 13 Chinese tourists were killed and dozens injured when their bus skidded off...
Refugees from various countries hold a rally and a hunger strike outside of UNHCR offices in Jakarta on August 20, 2019, protesting Australia's freeze on resettlement policy. Photo: Bay Ismoyo/AFP
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21 August 2019
Refugees protest in Indonesia over Australia...
Thousands of refugees protested in Indonesia Tuesday, saying they had been stranded in...
(FILE) - Rohingya refugees walk on a road along a makeshift camp in Kutubpalang, Cox Bazar district, Bangladesh, 26 August 2018. Photo: Monirul Alam/EPA
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20 August 2019
Bangladesh ready to repatriate 3,500 refugees to...
Some 3,500 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have been cleared to return home to Myanmar...
(File) Hafiz Saeed (L), the founder of banned Islamic charity Jamat ud Dawa (JuD), speaks to journalists after the government placed him under house arrest, in Lahore, Pakistan, 30 January 2017. Photo: EPA
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20 August 2019
Pakistan accused of registering fake and weak...
Pakistan has registered fake and weak Police First Information Reports or FIRs against...

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