Rodrigo Duterte on drug war: ‘I did what I had to do’
Oct 28, 2024 · Aside from the Senate, the House of Representatives has also been investigating the previous administration’s drug war. Eight police officers have so far been prosecuted for killings in Duterte’s drug war, and in none of those cases did the former president’s lawyers offer any help.. The killings under the Duterte administration are currently the focus of an International Criminal Court ...
In post-Hasina Bangladesh, Awami League faces uncertain future …
Oct 28, 2024 · Hasnat Abdullah, coordinator of the Students Movement Against Discrimination, which had spearheaded the anti-Hasina uprising, called for the tribunal to put party members on trial.He also said Awami must be banned. Ahmed, the analyst, expects party leaders to remain and to organize online.
China patrols at disputed shoal; Manila summons Beijing’s envoy
Nov 13, 2024 · China on Wednesday conducted combat readiness patrols at the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea to reinforce its claim while Manila summoned China’s envoy to protest against its marking of a baseline around the disputed reef, media reported.. The People’s Liberation Army Southern Theater Command said in a statement that it “organized naval and air forces to conduct combat readiness ...
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'Lips sewn without anesthetic,’ other shockers from Bangladesh report on Hasina-linked disappearances 2024-12-19. They include alleged “brutal and methodical torture,” grisly murders and a complex system operating undetected for 15 years.
Q&A: ‘Anarchy if interim govt fails,’ says official from Bangladesh’s ...
Nov 15, 2024 · Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, secretary-general of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) talks to BenarNews during an interview at the party chief’s Gulshan office in Dhaka, Nov. 10, 2024.
EXPLAINED: Al-Arqam, the Malaysian sect implicated in a child …
Sep 13, 2024 · Al-Arqam, a banned Islamic sect in Malaysia, is in the spotlight again after 402 children – including some as young as 1 – were rescued from welfare homes during police raids on Sept. 11. Many of these minors are believed to have been trafficked as well as physically and sexually abused, authorities said. At least 159 people …
Photos: Thousands protest for Maori rights over NZ bill to …
Nov 19, 2024 · Thousands of people gather outside New Zealand's parliament to protest at a proposed law that would redefine the country's founding agreement between Maori and the British Crown, in Wellington, New Zealand.
PNG expands Enga ‘state of emergency’ after 6 die in revenge killing
Oct 23, 2024 · A PNG Defense Force soldier stands guard over the victims of a revenge shooting, pictured at Wabag General Hospital, Papua New Guinea, on Oct. 22, 2024.
Malaysia must crack down on crime syndicates taking billions from ...
Nov 21, 2024 · Goi Chee Kong shows a picture of his son, Goi Zhen Feng, who died after falling prey to human trafficking syndicates, as he appealed to the Malaysian government to rescue similar victims in Myanmar and Cambodia during a news conference in …
PNG, Bougainville optimistic special moderator can guide …
Oct 3, 2024 · A New Zealand official mediating talks between the leaders of Papua New Guinea and the independence-seeking Bougainville region said he was optimistic about resolving a dispute over the semi-autonomous island’s political future.