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Symposium is latest response to government effort to “resolve” mass killings of 1965-66.

A deadly shootout takes place a day after two paramilitaries were ambushed and killed.

India and Bangladesh are among five countries where slavery is most prevalent, Australian NGO says.

A clause about speech to do with a coming referendum is “unclear, ambiguous,” the Ombudsman’s office says.

But Muslim legal experts say critics of the bill are overreacting.

Thai authorities remove more tigers from a Buddhist temple suspected of mistreating the big cats.

Up to 336 were arrested in rallies in Papua and Sulawesi, according to one report.

Eight people were killed in a bank robbery on the outskirts of Dhaka.

The defendants are among the first six prosecuted under a Singaporean law against terrorism financing.

A dearth of jobs for young graduates is driving people toward enlisting in the military.

They arrived in Malaysia in last year’s mass maritime exodus from the Bay of Bengal.

Deep South Muslims stereotyped as insurgents, one resident complains.

At least 103 people have reportedly been killed in violence associated with Union Parishad polls since March.

Elsewhere, Indian forces comb Manipur state in search of insurgents in a separate conflict.

Activists express concern that regulation issued by President Joko violates human rights.

Some people have been taken into custody following a three-month investigation at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

Aslam Chowdhury met with an Israeli official to plot government’s overthrow, Bangladeshi authorities say.

A sketch for BenarNews by Malaysian cartoonist Zunar.

Underage laborers are being exposed to health threats, HRW warns in a new report.

Police also are probing the possible involvement of a former MP’s aide in Ranjan Rajdeo’s killing.

Trio claims they were handcuffed and assaulted during four-hour detention.

No special institution has been established to assist victims of terrorist attacks..

Elsewhere, Singapore orders shutdown of local branch of BSI Bank over “gross misconduct.”

All arresting officers must carry warrants and identify themselves, the justices rule.

Priya Reddy allegedly was strangled after she refused to end her relationship with a lower-caste boy.

Ex-PM Yingluck Shinawatra says people’s rights were taken away in 2014.

But Aung San Suu Kyi refrains from calling them “Rohingyas” in front of reporters.

Banned outfit Hizbul Mujahideen claims responsibility for twin attacks in Srinagar.

Investigators should focus on IS efforts to recruit families and friends of militants, experts say.

Alert issued in five states as heat reaches record-level in Rajasthan.