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07 December 2023
Nepal detains 12 for illegal recruitment of citizens in Russian army
The Asean-China Summit as part of the 40th and 41st Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summits in Phnom Penh on November 11, 2022. Photo: AFP
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12 November 2022
East Timor gets nod to join ASEAN grouping
Southeast Asian leaders agreed on Friday to allow East Timor to join the 10-nation ASEAN...
President Joe Biden delivers a speech Friday at the COP27 summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Photo: AFP
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12 November 2022
Biden urges world to 'step up' climate...
President Joe Biden vowed at UN climate talks on Friday that the United States was on...
Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing pictured earlier this month at an economic forum in Russia. Photo: EPA
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12 November 2022
Junta condemns ASEAN plan to engage Myanmar...
Myanmar's junta on Friday slammed a decision by the Association of Southeast Asian...
Investigators inspect debris from Sriwijaya Air flight SJ182 which crashed into the Java sea minutes after takeoff from Jakarta on January 9, at the port in Jakarta on January 21, 2021. / AFP / Dasril Roszandi
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11 November 2022
Indonesia blames 2021 jet crash on mechanical...
Indonesian investigators on Thursday blamed mechanical problems and pilot complacency for...
A photo of slain US-Palestinian Al Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh, with a caption in Arabic reading "Shireen Abu Akleh, the voice of Palestine", is seen amongst reporters ahead of a joint press conference between the US and Palestinian presidents after their meeting at the Muqataa Presidential Compound in the city of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank on July 15, 2022. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)
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11 November 2022
Slain Palestinian reporter's family,...
Family members and colleagues of slain Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh...
The Special Asean Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Jakarta on October 27, 2022. Photo: AFP
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11 November 2022
Leaked ASEAN document proposes appeasing Myanmar...
Civil society organisation (CSO), Fortify Rights, has criticised the Association of...
Tun Aung poses for a group photo at the 19th ASEAN Air Chiefs Conference in Laos last week. Photo: GNLM
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11 November 2022
Appointment of Myanmar junta general as ASEAN Air...
CSO Progressive Voice has joined with other organisations in condemning the appointment...
The cough syrups from Maiden Pharma are reported to have been contaminated with diethylene glycol. Photo: AFP
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10 November 2022
Indonesia revokes licences of drug firms over...
Indonesia's food and drug agency on Wednesday revoked the licences of two chemical firms...
This photo taken on September 25, 2022 shows a motorist passing empty buildings at Chinatown district in Sihanoukville in Preah Sihanouk province. Dozens of casinos sprang up in recent years in Sihanoukville following Chinese investment, making the City a hub for gamblers and drawing in international crime groups. As travel restrictions bit during the pandemic, these groups shifted their focus from gambling to scams. Photo: AFP
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10 November 2022
Inside the 'living hell' of Cambodia...
Trafficked, beaten and locked up far from his family in China, Lu was one of thousands of...
A woman looks at a picture of Iranian reporters Niloufar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi posted on twitter, in Nicosia on November 2, 2022. Photo: AFP
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10 November 2022
Iran detains 'unprecedented' number of...
Iran is systematically trying to silence women by arresting an unprecedented number of...
Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden. Photo: AFP
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10 November 2022
US-China rivalry, N. Korea to dominate ASEAN...
The US-China rivalry and growing fears of a new North Korean nuclear test will loom over...
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Myanmar's Prime Minister Min Aung Hlaing, during a meeting on the sidelines of the 2022 Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok, Russia, 07 September 2022. Photo: EPA
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10 November 2022
Southeast Asia's Russian dilemma as summits...
Southeast Asian countries look set to maintain ties with Russia as a trio of global...

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