In post-Hasina Bangladesh, Awami League faces uncertain future …
Oct 28, 2024 · Hasnat Abdullah, coordinator of the Students Movement Against Discrimination, which had spearheaded the anti-Hasina uprising, called for the tribunal to put party members on trial.He also said Awami must be banned. Ahmed, the analyst, expects party leaders to remain and to organize online.
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Vietnamese monk leaves Laos, enters Thailand. Thich Minh Tue, who was an internet hero earlier this year, is on a pilgrimage by foot to India.
International criminal court seeks arrest warrant for Myanmar junta ...
Nov 27, 2024 · The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an application for an arrest warrant on Wednesday for Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar’s army chief who now heads its junta, in connection with violence against the mostly Muslim Rohingya minority in western Myanmar’s Rakhine state in 2017, its prosecutor said.. Myanmar’s military conducted a sweeping crackdown on Rohingya communities in 2017 ...
Philippines, US, Japan stage joint naval maneuvers in South China …
Dec 6, 2024 · The allied navies of the Philippines, United States and Japan staged joint maneuvers in the South China Sea, two days after Chinese coast guard and navy ships allegedly harassed Filipinos near the disputed Scarborough Shoal.. The so-called multilateral maritime cooperative activity (MMCA) took place Friday within the 200 nautical-mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the Philippines, said Col ...
In Thailand’s far south, nasi kerabu is much more than a dish
Dec 6, 2024 · Born on the battlefield . The term “nasi kerabu” comes from the Malay words “nasi” (rice) and “kerabu” (salad). Its origins date to the early 18th century, during a protracted war between the Patani Kingdom and Songkhla, then under Ayutthaya rule.
Disaster-prone Philippines to cut budget for early warning system ...
Dec 3, 2024 · The Philippines is set to slash its budget for an early warning system to detect landslides, despite being highly vulnerable to natural disasters amid climate change.
Myanmar to release four Thai fishermen detained after shooting, …
Dec 6, 2024 · Myanmar is to release four Thai fishermen nearly a week after a Myanmar navy boat opened fire on them and detained them for what Myanmar said was an intrusion into its waters in the Andaman Sea, Thai officials said on Friday.
Filipina drugs convict on Indonesian death row to be repatriated …
Dec 6, 2024 · Indonesian Chief Minister for Law and Human Rights Yusril Ihza Mahendra (right) and Philippine Justice Undersecretary Raul Vasquez walk into a press conference room to sign an agreement on the transfer of Mary Jane Veloso, a Philippine woman who has been spared execution after her 2010 drug trafficking conviction, in Jakarta, Dec. 6, 2024.
Philippine VP Duterte faces impeachment case following ‘threat’ …
Dec 2, 2024 · A group of Philippine activists and nationalists filed an impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte for alleged violations of the constitution and corruption, the latest twist in her ongoing political rift with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.. The complaint, endorsed by House of Representatives member Percival Cendaña, accused Duterte of violating the country’s Constitution ...
Myanmar rebels capture town on main road to Chinese-built port
Nov 22, 2024 · Insurgents in western Myanmar have captured a town on a road junction leading to a Chinese-funded deep sea port, which is bound to raise new concern about the fate of an extensive development that includes energy pipelines running from the coast to southern China.