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Putin: No need to use force now
Reuters, Published on 04/03/2014
» MOSCOW/KERCH, UKRAINE — President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia saw no need to use military force in the Crimea region of Ukraine for now, in remarks apparently intended to ease East-West tension over fears of war in the former Soviet republic.
Suspected Uighurs rescued from Thai trafficking camp
Reuters, Published on 14/03/2014
» About 200 people rescued by police from a human trafficking camp in southern Thailand are suspected Uighur Muslims from China's troubled far-western region of Xinjiang, Thai police sources said on Friday.
'Uighur' trafficking victims still unverified
Reuters, Published on 17/03/2014
» BEIJING - China's foreign ministry said on Monday that it was too soon to say if a group of about 200 people rescued by police from a human smuggling camp in southern Thailand were Uighurs from China's restive far western region of Xinjiang.
Peace talks end with separatists denying role in bomb attacks
Reuters, Published on 02/09/2016
» Peace talks between the government and southern separatists ended on Friday with no breakthrough but an agreement to meet again, and with the insurgents denying responsibility for a string of bombings last month.
Philippines: foreigners fighting alongside IS-linked rebels
Reuters, Published on 26/05/2017
» DAVAO CITY, Philippines -- Indonesians and Malaysians were among foreign Jihadists fighting the Philippine army in Mindanao island, the Manila's solicitor-general said on Friday, in a rare admission that outsiders were collaborating with domestic Islamist groups.
Philippines military says close to defeating Islamists
Reuters, Published on 29/05/2017
» MARAWI, Philippines -- The Philippines military said on Monday it was close to retaking a southern city held for a seventh day by Islamist militants, as helicopters unleashed more rockets on positions held by the rebels aligned with Islamic State.
Lack of smarts curbs 'made in India' phone ambition
Reuters, Published on 02/10/2017
» NEW DELHI: India's ambitions to become a smartphone-making powerhouse are foundering over a lack of skilled labour and part suppliers along with a complex tax regime, industry executives say.
Philippines hunts for 'new Islamic State emir' in SE Asia
Reuters, Published on 06/11/2017
» MANILA: Philippine authorities were on the lookout on Monday for a Malaysian who could be the new leader of pro-Islamic State groups in Southeast Asia, security chiefs said, following the deaths of several high-profile regional extremists.
Martial law in Philippines' south extended
Reuters, Published on 13/12/2017
» MANILA: Philippine lawmakers on Wednesday overwhelmingly backed President Rodrigo Duterte's plan to extend martial law for all of next year on the southern island of Mindanao, a move the government says aims to thwart Islamist and communist rebels.
Stranded Rohingya people linked to trafficking
Reuters, Published on 13/06/2019
» Police said on Thursday there is enough evidence to press human trafficking charges against the captain and crew of a boat carrying 65 Rohingya Muslims that was shipwrecked this week on a southern island.