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07 December 2023
Nepal detains 12 for illegal recruitment of citizens in Russian army
Myanmar soldiers stand on military vehicles during a parade commemorating the 77th Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 27 March 2022. Photo: EPA
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07 October 2022
US places Myanmar arms dealers on sanctions...
The US Treasury placed a group of Myanmar arms dealers and their company Dynasty...
Relatives gather to pay condolences for the victims of a riot and stampede outside Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, East Java, Indonesia. Photo: EPA
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07 October 2022
Six charged over Indonesia stadium disaster
Indonesia's police chief on Thursday said six people had been charged over a football...
Panya Khamrab, the alleged gunman, was dismissed from the police force last year for drug use. Photo: Twitter
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07 October 2022
Gunman murders at least 37 in Thai nursery attack
A former Thai police officer armed with a gun and a knife killed at least 37 people in...
A handout photo courtesy of Akihico Mori shows Japanese documentary filmmaker Toru Kubota in Kyoto, Japan, 04 March 2022 (issued 04 August 2022). Photo: EPA
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07 October 2022
Myanmar junta jails Japanese filmmaker for 10...
Myanmar's junta has jailed a Japanese filmmaker for 10 years, more than two months after...
Photo: EPA
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06 October 2022
31 dead after wedding bus falls into Indian gorge
At least 31 people were killed after a bus carrying wedding guests veered off the road...
China has spent massive amounts on surveillance cameras in recent years, and vast numbers have been installed in western Xinjiang province. Photo: AFP
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06 October 2022
'Watched the whole time': China's...
When Chen picked up his phone to vent his anger at getting a parking ticket, his message...
A handout photo made available by the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff shows South Korea and the United States holding joint missile firing drills at an unspecified location in South Korea, 05 October 2022. Photo: EPA
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06 October 2022
North Korea fires two ballistic missiles, blames...
North Korea fired two ballistic missiles Thursday as it claimed its recent blitz of...
Crew unload buckets of fish from the "mother" fishing boat shortly after arriving in the village of Cato in Infanta town, Pangasinan province, after a fishing expedition to the South China Sea. Photo: AFP
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06 October 2022
Filipinos fishing on frontline of China's...
Filipino fisherman Mariel Villamonte had spent years plying the turquoise waters of...
This handout photo released by the host broadcast, ASEAN Summit 2021, on October 26, 2021 shows US President Joe Biden (C) taking part in the ASEAN-US Summit on the sidelines of the 2021 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summits held online on a live video conference in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. Photo: Handout / ASEAN Summit 2021 / AFP
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06 October 2022
Myanmar junta leader not invited to ASEAN summit...
Myanmar's junta leader has not been invited to a regional summit next month, host...
A group of activists hold placards of Japanese citizen Toru Kubota, who is detained in Myanmar, during a rally in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo on July 31, 2022. Philip FONG / AFP
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06 October 2022
Myanmar jails Japanese filmmaker for 10 years:...
Myanmar's junta has jailed a Japanese filmmaker for 10 years for encouraging dissent...
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06 October 2022
Indian and Myanmar nationals arrested with heroin...
Mizoram State Police Force announced on 2 October that it had arrested two individuals,...
This photograph taken on October 4, 2022 shows a residential neighbourhood during a power blackout in Dhaka. At least 130 million people in Bangladesh were left without power on October 4 after a grid failure caused widespread blackouts, the government's power utility company said. Photo: Munir uz zaman / AFP
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05 October 2022
Power blackouts hit 130 million people in...
An unexplained grid failure left over 80 percent of the population of Bangladesh, or 130...

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