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Black box retrieved from crashed Philippines plane
Reuters, Published on 06/07/2021
» MANILA: Philippine authorities have retrieved a black box from an Air Force plane that crashed at the weekend, killing more than 50 people, military chief Cirilito Sobejana said on Tuesday.
Women gold panners are rare winners in Covid-hit economy
Reuters, Published on 30/12/2020
» NARATHIWAT: As the yellowish mud swirls away in the waters of the Sai Buri river, Sunisa Srisuwanno lifts her wooden pan with a cluster of gleaming specks caught in the centre.
Duterte to end martial law in Philippine south after 2 years
Reuters, Published on 10/12/2019
» MANILA: President Rodrigo Duterte has decided to end more than two years of martial law in the southern Philippines after government forces considerably weakened Islamic militant groups there with the capture and killing of their leaders, his spokesman said Tuesday.
Insurgent group denies bombings links
Reuters, Published on 17/08/2019
» A senior member of the main group fighting an insurgency in the largely Muslim south has denied involvement in Bangkok bombings on Aug 2 and said it had its first meeting with officials from the new government.
Unexploded firebomb discovered in Bangkok’s Pratunam
Reuters, Published on 07/08/2019
» Authorities recovered an unexploded firebomb at a market in central Bangkok on Wednesday in what they said was a device left over from coordinated attacks last week that wounded four people.
Malaysia arrests 10 over links with South Philippines militants
Reuters, Published on 21/02/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police have arrested 10 people on suspicion of aiding the movement of militants between the eastern state of Sabah and the southern Philippines, a hotbed of Islamic insurgency, the second batch of arrests this year.
Myanmar soldiers, police 'face action' for atrocity
Reuters, Published on 12/02/2018
» Action will be taken against 10 members of Myanmar's security forces in connection with the killing of captured Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state, a government spokesman said on Sunday.
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.
Pope lands in Bangladesh after balancing act in Myanmar
Reuters, Published on 30/11/2017
» YANGON: Pope Francis flew to Bangladesh on Thursday after a visit to Myanmar where he made no direct reference to the plight of Muslim Rohingya people to avoid a diplomatic incident with a Buddhist-majority country some have accused of ethnic cleansing.
Government, separatists trade blame over peace steps
Reuters, Published on 18/09/2017
» The military government and the main southern separatist faction have blamed each other for delay in setting up a "safety zone" as a confidence-building measure towards ending a decades-old insurgency.