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Asean defence ministers discuss proposals
Associated Press, Published on 11/07/2019
» Asean defence ministers on Thursday exchanged views on the situation in the South China Sea in which some members of the grouping and China are at odds.
Missing refugee wanted by China 'flew to Thailand'
Associated Press, Published on 11/02/2019
» BEIJING: The US Embassy in Beijing says it is following the case of a Chinese-born Kazakh man who had been fighting attempts by Beijing to return him to China from neighbouring Uzbekistan and whose current whereabouts are unknown -- although the Uzbek foreign ministry claimed he flew to Bangkok on Saturday.
China seizes Uighurs, abducts children as 'orphans'
Associated Press, Published on 24/09/2018
» ISTANBUL: Every morning, Meripet wakes up to her nightmare: The Chinese government has turned four of her children into orphans, even though she and their father are alive.
9/11 commemorated in US, Thailand
Associated Press, Published on 12/09/2017
» NEW YORK - Holding photos and reading names of loved ones lost 16 years ago, 9/11 victims' relatives marked the anniversary of the attacks at ground zero on Monday with a solemn and personal ceremony.
IS 'global jihadis' here to stay
Associated Press, Published on 12/07/2017
» The Islamic State group's mix of a local insurgency and digitally connected global jihadis gives the group staying power and the means to relaunch its future, from small cells of extremists escaping the war zone in Iraq and Syria to those who never went there in the first place.
Southeast Asia gets Trump's attention
Associated Press, Published on 21/04/2017
» JAKARTA - Southeast Asia, a focus of past US presidents, has been overlooked thus far for the Trump administration, but Vice President Mike Pence's visit to Indonesia Thursday marked a sign of change and he announced the president would follow him to the region later this year.
Chemical weapons attack latest in litany of Syria atrocities
Associated Press, Published on 11/04/2017
» BEIRUT - With its missile strike on Shayrat air base in central Syria, Washington signalled that it had judged President Bashar Assad responsible for the horrific chemical weapons attack in northern Syria that drew international outrage last week.
30 killed, 94 hurt in wedding attack in Turkey
Associated Press, Published on 21/08/2016
» ANKARA - A bomb attack targeting an outdoor wedding party in southeastern Turkey killed at least 30 people and wounded 94 others, authorities said on Sunday.
Suicide attacks in Iraq kill at least 14 people
Associated Press, Published on 24/04/2016
» BAGHDAD - Suicide attacks targeting security forces in two Baghdad suburbs have killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens, officials said Sunday.
Prayut in US again, this time for nuclear summit
Associated Press, Published on 31/03/2016
» WASHINGTON -- Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is in the US this week for a nuclear security summit aimed at stopping terrorists from making an atomic explosive or dirty bomb amid concerns the Islamic State group aspires to obtain such a weapon.