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Putin meets Myanmar junta chief, hails 'positive' ties
AFP, Published on 07/09/2022
» Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed "positive" ties with Myanmar on Wednesday as he met with the country's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing in Russia's far eastern city of Vladivostok.
Asean ministers warn Taiwan tensions could spark 'open conflicts'
AFP, Published on 05/08/2022
» Southeast Asian foreign ministers urged restraint Thursday as China launched massive military drills off Taiwan, warning the situation risked spiralling into "open conflicts".
Early election could doom Prayut, say analysts
AFP, Published on 17/03/2022
» The country’s embattled prime minister will hold talks with party leaders in his ruling coalition Thursday as he seeks to control growing divisions that could lead to early elections later this year – which analysts say are likely to produce an unfavourable result for the establishment.
Blinken in UK as G7 foreign ministers resume in-person talks
AFP, Published on 03/05/2021
» LONDON - Britain this week hosts the first face-to-face meeting of G7 foreign ministers in two years, joined by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, as world powers tackle pandemic recovery plus growing tensions with Russia and China.
Nine police killed in attack in Myanmar's Rakhine
AFP, Published on 10/03/2019
» YANGON: Nine policemen have been killed in a militant attack in Myanmar's western Rakhine state, police said on Sunday, as tensions ratchet up in a state riven by ethnic and religious conflict.
Suu Kyi defends jailing of Reuters reporters
AFP, Published on 14/09/2018
» HANOI: Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday robustly defended the jailing of two Reuters journalists for reporting massacres by the military at the height of the Rohingya ethnic cleansing. She received quick global criticism for it.
Philippines closes Boracay to tourists under high security
AFP, Published on 26/04/2018
» BORACAY, Philippines: The Philippines shuttered its most famous holiday island Boracay to tourists on Thursday for a six-month clean-up, which the government has imposed with a muscular show of its security forces.
From Outback to Antarctica, Australian votes roll in
AFP, Published on 01/07/2016
» SYDNEY - From the harsh desert Outback to the frozen reaches of Antarctica, Australians at remote locations have been casting their votes ahead of Saturday's national election.
Transnational crime booming across SE Asia: UN
AFP, Published on 25/02/2016
» Transnational crime is booming in Southeast Asia, the UN warned Thursday, aided by rapid regional economic integration and patchy cross-border police work.
US-Asean summit set for February in California
AFP, Published on 31/12/2015
» WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama will host leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Rancho Mirage, California on February 15 and 16, the White House said Wednesday.