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Kem Sokha meets French envoy after house arrest lifted
Reuters, Published on 11/11/2019
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha met the French ambassador on Monday after his house arrest was lifted, although he remains charged with treason and is banned from politics and leaving the country.
Cambodia PM threatens to deploy troops
Reuters, Published on 07/10/2019
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's prime minister threatened on Monday to deploy the military if leaders and supporters of the disbanded main opposition party return from exile next month in what he would regard as an attempted coup d'etat.
Cambodia arrests more opposition activists over alleged plots
Reuters, Published on 16/09/2019
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodian authorities arrested six political activists over the weekend for alleged plots to rally in support of former opposition politician Sam Rainsy if he returns from exile as planned in November, police said on Monday.
Myanmar police fire rubber bullets at ethnic Karenni protest
Reuters, Published on 12/02/2019
» YANGON: Myanmar police fired rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannon on Tuesday to disperse a protest over a statue of independence hero General Aung San that is opposed by members of the Karenni ethnic minority, police and a protest leader said.
Cambodia seeks Rainsy's arrest amid EU sanctions threat
Reuters, Published on 28/01/2019
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia renewed calls for arrest of veteran opposition chief Sam Rainsy on Monday amid the threat of sanctions by the European Union, its biggest garment export market worth billions of euros a year, over human rights concerns.
Australian political leader resigns
Reuters, Published on 08/11/2018
» SYDNEY: The leader of the opposition in Australia's most populous state resigned on Thursday after he was embroiled in a #MeToo row when a female reporter released a statement detailing alleged inappropriate behaviour.
Malaysia's Mahathir blames 'hook-nosed' Jews for MidEast woes
Reuters, Published on 02/10/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad described Jews as "hook-nosed" on Tuesday and blamed them for creating the troubles in the Middle East.
Maryland shooting suspect battled newspaper in court and lost
Reuters, Published on 29/06/2018
» The 38-year-old man suspected of killing five people at the offices of a Maryland newspaper group on Thursday had a long-running feud with <i>Capital Gazette</i>, attacking the Annapolis-based family of publications in the courts and on social media.