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07 December 2023
Nepal detains 12 for illegal recruitment of citizens in Russian army
Rohingya refugees walk along a makeshift camp in Kutubpalang, Ukhiya Cox Bazar district, Bangladesh, 24 August 2022. Photo: EPA
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03 December 2022
Rohingya NGO claims Myanmar military defying UN...
The Rohingya continue to face a genocide that puts their very survival at risk, the...
A man is arrested while people gathering on a street in Shanghai on November 27, 2022, where protests against China's zero-Covid policy took place the night before following a deadly fire in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang region. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
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02 December 2022
China police deploy high-tech tools to crush...
Chinese police have deployed sophisticated surveillance tools in a push to stamp out a...
A worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) and security official stand by the entrance to a residential area under lockdown due to Covid-19 coronavirus restrictions in Beijing on November 29, 2022. Photo: AFP
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02 December 2022
China signals zero-Covid relaxation after protests
China's top Covid official and multiple cities have signalled a possible relaxing of the...
James Rodehaver, head of human rights for the UN mission in Afghanistan, speaks during a news conference in Kabul. Photo: AFP
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02 December 2022
UN concerned by new Myanmar junta rules for NGOs
The UN Human Rights Office for South-East Asia (OHCHR) has said that it is deeply...
H-6 bombers of the People's Liberation Army Air Force. Photo: AFP
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01 December 2022
South Korea scrambles jets after Chinese, Russian...
South Korea's military said it scrambled fighter jets Wednesday as six Russian and two...
In this file photo taken on April 6, 1992 shows General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Jiang Zemin in Beijing. Photo: AFP
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01 December 2022
Former China leader Jiang Zemin dies, aged 96
Former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin died Wednesday at the age of 96, state media reported,...
This UGC image posted on Twitter reportedly on October 26, 2022 shows an unveiled woman standing on top of a vehicle as thousands make their way towards Aichi cemetery in Saqez, Mahsa Amini's home town in the western Iranian province of Kurdistan, to mark 40 days since her death, defying heightened security measures as part of a bloody crackdown on women-led protests. Photo: AFP
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30 November 2022
At least 448 killed in Iran protest crackdown:...
Iranian security forces have killed at least 448 people in a crackdown on protests that...
Protesters march along a street during a rally for the victims of a deadly fire as well as a protest against China's harsh Covid-19 restrictions in Beijing on November 28, 2022. Photo: AFP
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30 November 2022
China warns of 'crackdown' after major...
China's top security body called for a "crackdown" against "hostile forces" on Tuesday,...
Monks gesture during an event ahead of the Buddhist festival Asanha Bucha at Bang Nara temple in the southern Thai province of Narathiwat on July 8, 2022. Photo: AFP
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30 November 2022
Bad abbot: Thai temple left empty after monks...
A Buddhist temple in central Thailand has been left without monks after all its holy men...
Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community take part in a protest against the military coup, in Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: EPA
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30 November 2022
Being gay illegal in 69 countries, half of Asia...
As Singapore lifted a colonial-era ban on sex between men while also taking steps to...
A security guard stops a journalist from taking pictures in front of the entrance gate of the Tsinghua University in Beijing on November 27, 2022. Photo: AFP
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29 November 2022
European broadcasters condemn Chinese '...
The European Broadcasting Union on Monday condemned the "intolerable" intimidation of...
An undated photo released by the official North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on 27 November 2022 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C-L) walking with his daughter, presumed to be his second child, Ju-ae (C-R), during a photo session with the contributors to the successful test-fire of new-type ICBM Hwasongpho-17 at an undisclosed location in North Korea. Photo: EPA
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28 November 2022
Kim vows North Korea to have world's most...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country aimed to have the world's most powerful...

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