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WEBBangladesh finds infamous ‘secret’ detention center at intelligence agency HQ. Inquiry commission also said more than 400 complaints filed so far on enforced disappearances during Hasina years.
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WEBIndonesia, New Zealand deny paying Papuan rebels to free Kiwi pilot. Rebel spokesman said Jakarta had “bribed” one of its commanders via a local politician to release hostage Phillip Mehrtens. Pacific nations sound the alarm on sea-level rise, again. Is anybody listening? Leaders take their pleas for stronger and more urgent action to the ...
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WEBMilitary: Philippines delivers supplies to troops at disputed South China Sea shoal. Beijing monitored Manila’s latest re-supply mission to Second Thomas Shoal as part of “provisional agreement” with rival territorial claimant.
Philippines agrees to host US visa processing center for Afghan ...
WEBAug 20, 2024 · The Philippines has agreed with the United States to temporarily host a limited number of Afghan refugees while they are being processed for resettlement in the U.S., the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila announced Tuesday. Under the deal, the DFA said that Afghan nationals seeking a “special immigrant visa” …
PNG, Bougainville optimistic special moderator can guide …
WEB6 days ago · An estimated 10,000-15,000 people died in a decade-long civil war between Bougainville and PNG that ended with a peace agreement in 2001. PNG’s government missed the agreed 2023 deadline for parliament to debate the result and decide on the semi-autonomous region’s independence aspirations. The two sides are far apart on fundamental issues ...
Shutdown of ‘symbolic’ nickel plant compounds New Caledonia’s …
WEBSep 6, 2024 · For the past 13 years, engineer Didier Bule has maintained the machinery at the heart of New Caledonia’s Koniambo nickel plant, a symbol of economic empowerment for the French territory’s indigenous Kanak population. But last weekend, the smelter’s furnaces were switched off – leaving about 1,000 workers at …
Australia to hold largest-ever joint military exercise with Indonesia ...
WEBAug 29, 2024 · Australia said it planned to hold its largest-ever military exercise with Indonesia in November, the first under a new defense pact the two neighbors signed on Thursday, signaling deepening ties in a region fraught with geopolitical tensions. The two nations’ defense ministers signed the treaty-level agreement in Central Java province as ...
We asked people: What change do you want to see in the ‘new’ …
WEBWe asked people: What change do you want to see in the ‘new’ Bangladesh? Students against discrimination march on the road as they join in a rally to mark one month since the end of Awami League government, at the University of Dhaka, in Dhaka, Sept. 5, 2024. Observers say Bangladesh is in a critical reset, with high expectations placed on ...
Remote PNG-Indonesia border crossing opened for Papuans to …
WEBSep 8, 2024 · A visit by the head of the Catholic Church Pope Francis to a small remote town in north-west Papua New Guinea has seen an historic opening of the land border with Indonesia. Fifteen buses from Indonesia’s restive Papua provinces were given special permission on Sunday to cross into PNG carrying 300 …