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WEBUS presidential elections: Implications for Manila-Washington alliance, South China Sea. As Election Day nears, analysts assess how each candidate’s administration could affect security cooperation, territorial claims.
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Bangladesh finds infamous ‘secret’ detention center at intelligence ...
WEB5 days ago · A new Bangladesh inquiry commission said Thursday it had found an infamous “secret” detention center at the military intelligence headquarters that people released from its 22 cells had chillingly talked about. The detention center operated during the administrations of ousted ex-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and was run from the Dhaka ...
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WEBThailand’s croc ‘docs’ put on a show, wrestle with fearsome beasts. Performers at tourist attraction near Bangkok are “educating people about crocodiles, their behavior and conservation.”.
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WEBMilitary: Philippines delivers supplies to troops at disputed South China Sea shoal. Beijing monitored Manila’s latest re-supply mission to Second Thomas Shoal as part of “provisional agreement” with rival territorial claimant.
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WEBGarment worker fatally shot as thousands protest in Bangladesh. Meanwhile, students gathered near the official residence of interim leader Muhammad Yunus to demand more access to civil service jobs.
Philippines, China clash near disputed shoal — BenarNews
WEB2024.08.26. Philippine ships 4402 (BRP Malabrigo) and 9701 (BRP Teresa Magbanua) transferring supplies in the waters of Sabina Shoal, May 3, 2024. China Coast Guard. Chinese and Philippine officials have traded accusations over a clash between their ships near a disputed reef in the South China Sea. The Philippines said a ship belonging to the ...
Australia to hold largest-ever joint military exercise with Indonesia ...
WEBAug 29, 2024 · Australia said it planned to hold its largest-ever military exercise with Indonesia in November, the first under a new defense pact the two neighbors signed on Thursday, signaling deepening ties in a region fraught with geopolitical tensions. The two nations’ defense ministers signed the treaty-level agreement in Central Java province as ...
Indigenous Papuans rally as Pope Francis urges harmony in …
WEBSep 5, 2024 · Papuan students demonstrate in front of the Vatican Embassy in the capital Jakarta on Wednesday, September 4, 2024. Hundreds of indigenous Papuans staged protests on Wednesday to highlight ongoing violence and displacement in the conflict-torn Papua region as Pope Francis met with Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo.
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