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Missile attack kills 9 at military parade in Yemen's south
Associated Press, Published on 29/12/2019
» SANAA, Yemen: A ballistic missile attack ripped through a military parade for a Yemeni southern separatist group that's backed by the United Arab Emirates, killing at least six troops and three children, a spokesman said Sunday.
Philippine troops rescue 2 Indonesians held by militants
Associated Press, Published on 22/12/2019
» MANILA: Philippine forces rescued two of three Indonesian hostages Sunday after a gun battle with their captors from the Muslim militant group Abu Sayyaf in the southern jungles, a regional military commander said.
Indonesia court increases jail term for Polish tourist
Associated Press, Published on 18/12/2019
» JAKARTA: Indonesia's Supreme Court rejected an appeal by a Polish tourist who was convicted of treason after meeting with Papuan independence supporters and instead increased his prison term, a lawyer said Wednesday.
China to suspend US Navy visits to Hong Kong
Associated Press, Published on 02/12/2019
» HONG KONG: China said Monday it will suspend US military ship and aircraft visits to Hong Kong and sanction several American pro-democracy and human rights groups in retaliation for the signing into law of legislation supporting anti-government protests in the semi-autonomous territory.
Papers reveal brainwashing, not job training, at China camps
Associated Press, Published on 25/11/2019
» A classified blueprint shows that the detention camps that hold more than a million ethnic minorities in China's far west are really ideological and behavioural re-education centres to rewire their language and thinking.
Military: Rebel killed in gunbattle with Indonesian troops
Associated Press, Published on 09/01/2019
» JAYAPURA, Indonesia: Indonesia's military says a Papuan rebel was killed and a soldier injured in a gunbattle in the country's troubled easternmost region.
Indonesian police say 32 dead, 1 missing in Papua attacks
Associated Press, Published on 04/12/2018
» JAYAPURA, Indonesia: Security forces tried to recover the bodies of 31 construction workers and a soldier who were killed in one of the worst separatist attacks in Indonesia's restive province of Papua, officials said Tuesday.
Defying China, Malaysia releases Uighur detainees
Associated Press, Published on 11/10/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has freed from detention 11 ethnic Uighur Muslims who fled to the country after a Thai jailbreak last year and sent them to Turkey, their lawyer said on Thursday, in disregard of China's request to hand them to Beijing.
Philippine troops kill 2 'bomb couriers' in south
Associated Press, Published on 08/08/2018
» MANILA: Philippine troops killed two bomb couriers at an army checkpoint Wednesday before the suspected Muslim militants could detonate the explosives in a crowded area in the restive south, military officials said.
Rohingya say Myanmar targeted the educated in genocide
Associated Press, Published on 05/06/2018
» BALUKHALI REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh: The last time Mohammed Hashim saw his brother alive, he begged for his life, his arms bound behind his back as soldiers marched the 35-year-old teacher away.