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US Downplays North Korean Missile Launches
WASHINGTON The U.S. on Sunday downplayed North Korea’s short-range missile launches, saying it believes there still is an opportunity to reach an agreement to denuclearize […]
Cyclone Fani Hits Bangladesh After Battering India
A weakened Cyclone Fani struck Bangladesh Saturday after leaving a trail of destruction Friday in India’s eastern Odisha state. Authorities said they are investigating at […]
Cyclone Fani Hits Eastern India
Cyclone Fani has crashed into eastern coast of India as a grade 5 storm, replete with heavy rain and winds gusting to 205 kilometers per […]
Journalists Behind Prison Bars in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH — The heat was unbearable. Even now, on the outside, Cambodian journalist Yeang Sothearin is reminded of it every time the temperature rises: […]
Wealthy Countries’ Trash Overwhelms Southeast Asia
LONDON Wealthy countries are exporting millions of tons of plastic waste to Southeast Asia where the recycling systems are becoming overwhelmed, leading to widespread pollution […]
Aung San Suu Kyi Returns From China With 1 Billion Yuan Grant For Myanmar
Myanmar’s State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi returned this week from a visit to China with a grant of 1 billion yuan (US$148 million) for […]
Note to Correspondents on Ceasefire Extension (1 May 2019) [EN/MY]
Acting UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Knut Ostby welcomes the announcement by the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Defense Services of a ceasefire extension […]
Chin Ethnics Urge Arakan Army to Free Villagers; AA Warns of Severe Fighting With Myanmar Army
An ethnic Chin group has called on the rebel Arakan Army (AA) to release 52 residents it abducted from Paletwa township in western Myanmar’s Chin […]
US Religious Freedoms Panel Calls For Vietnam Listing as ‘Country of Particular Concern’
A U.S. bipartisan commission called on Monday for Vietnam to be placed on a State Department blacklist of the world’s worst abusers of religious freedoms, […]