Story Archive
2019-12-31
The patrol ship is part of a four-vessel contract approved by former Prime Minister Najib Razak in 2017.
2019-12-31
The China Road and Bridge Corp. is undertaking feasibility and environmental impact reports for project near Dhaka.
2019-12-30
Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah: “We want to ensure the truth behind each and every report [about Xinjiang].”
2019-12-30
Officials: At least 63 Chinese fishing boats, two coast guard vessels had entered Jakarta’s territorial waters since Dec. 19.
2019-12-27
Officials react to an NGO’s report that calls measures including barbed-wire fencing and watchtowers “counterproductive.”
2019-12-27
Presidential spokesman calls U.S. senators Richard Durbin and Patrick Leahy “gullible.”
2019-12-27
Malaysian PM says oppression of Uyghurs “must be acknowledged by all parties.”
2019-12-27
Thousands of families in coastal areas affected by the typhoon urgently need food, water and shelter, Oxfam says.
2019-12-26
Sector needs to diversify, re-educate workers and negotiate a better price with buyers, Rubana Huq says.
2019-12-26
Complaint accuses Future Forward Party of links with secretive European society.
2019-12-26
Christmas Day storm knocked out power, forced thousands to flee their homes.
2019-12-23
Army Chief Gen. Apirat Kongsompong vows justice “without exemption” over the killings of three civilians.
2019-12-23
Peaceful protests across Indonesia and neighboring Malaysia demand end to mass incarceration in Xinjiang province.
2019-12-23
President Rodrigo Duterte “not bothered” by it, his spokesman says.
2019-12-23
“They [JAD] are looking for alternatives,” source in Densus 88 tells BenarNews.
2019-12-23
Ceasefire between Manila and New People’s Army was to go on till Jan. 8, government said.
2019-12-22
Militants targeted an army truck in a southern city a day before a visit by President Rodrigo Duterte, authorities say.
2019-12-22
Clashes left one militant, one Marine dead, officials say.
2019-12-20
Rohingya women and children are being trafficked from refugee camps, Bangladeshi minister tells BenarNews.
2019-12-20
Officials did not name the pair, citing an ongoing probe into the killings of three civilians by government forces.
2019-12-20
Raid follows similar roundups in September and October targeting cybercrimes.
2019-12-19
Iran’s move could potentially violate the landmark agreement that Tehran signed with world powers four years ago.
2019-12-19
Delegation visited refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar to discuss repatriation efforts.
2019-12-19
Turkish leader slams U.N. Security Council; Iranian president proposes creation of Muslim cryptocurrency and banking system.
2019-12-19
Group ambushed and slaughtered followers of political rival of the Ampatuan family patriarch, court rules.
2019-12-18
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, Indonesian religious leader cancel trips as Saudi Arabia raises concern over meeting.
2019-12-18
Security Council resolution requires that all North Korean workers return home by Dec. 22.
2019-12-18
Two assemblymen are among a dozen suspects accused of having ties to Sri Lankan insurgent group.
2019-12-18
Sunarko Kuntjoro and three firms are accused of violating export laws tied to American sanctions on Tehran.
2019-12-17
Rights groups urge humane treatment for possible trafficking victims.
