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17 Colombian ex-soldiers thought involved in Haiti assassination: police
Jul 09, 2021 (AFP)
Two men who had died at the hands of Haitian police and 15 others under suspicion "may have belonged to the national army" of Colombia, having left it between 2...
Norway's Telenor quits Myanmar over military coup
Jul 08, 2021 (AFP)
While the agreement to sell Telenor Myanmar to M1 Group for $105 million will ensure continued operations of its fixed and wireless networks, analysts expressed...
Can French green party turn local gains into national springboard
Jul 07, 2021 (AFP)
"This project has been scrapped... and another... and another one too," local developer Didier Caudard-Breille says as he ticks off his abandoned schemes. He fo...
Myanmar protesters mark 1962 rallies against first junta
Jul 07, 2021 (AFP)
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the generals ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's government in February, with pro-democracy protests met by a brutal military crackdown ...
'Catastrophic' Myanmar situation imperils wider region: UN
Jul 06, 2021 (AFP)
Speaking before the UN Human Rights Council, Michelle Bachelet lamented that Myanmar in recent months "has evolved from a political crisis to a multi-dimensiona...
Trial of Myanmar's Suu Kyi continues as Covid-19 cases spike
Jul 05, 2021 (AFP)
The Nobel laureate has been largely invisible since being detained by the military in February, with a handful of court appearances in a special court in Naypyi...
Myanmar coup leader's birthday marked by mock funerals; 25 killed; US sanctions 22
Jul 03, 2021 (AFP)
The nation has experienced mass protests and a brutal military response since the February 1 coup which ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Almost 890 civi...
Freed American journalist remembers horrors of Myanmar junta jail
Jul 03, 2021 (AFP)
In March, as the junta moved to crush mass pro-democracy protests on Myanmar's streets, about 45 soldiers arrived at Maung's office in the commercial capital Ya...
Rights lawyer calls Hong Kong 'city of fear' as bail denied
Jul 02, 2021 (AFP)
Chow Hang-tung was arrested and charged on Wednesday with inciting others to join a banned protest. The 36-year-old barrister was first arrested on June 4 -- th...
Hong Kong silenced as China celebrates party centenary
Jul 01, 2021 (AFP)
The grand celebrations in Beijing coincided with the 24th anniversary of Hong Kong's 1997 handover to China by colonial Britain. Since 2003, Hong Kongers have r...
Myanmar junta releases thousands of jailed anti-coup protesters
Jun 30, 2021 (AFP)
Myanmar has been rocked by massive protests and a brutal military response since the February coup that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi and her government. More than 88...
'Revolution Love' sweeps Myanmar protest barricades
Jun 30, 2021 (AFP)
Since the military seized power in February, ousting civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and ending a decade-long experiment with democracy, outrage on the streets...
Hong Kong security law creates 'human rights emergency': Amnesty
Jun 30, 2021 (AFP)
The legislation -- which criminalises anything authorities deem subversion, secession, collusion with foreign forces and terrorism with up to life in prison -- ...
Spain ex-defence chief denies role in party spying affair
Jun 29, 2021 (AFP)
Details of the case first emerged in September 2020 when prosecutors unveiled an investigation which centred on the recruitment of a driver to spy on the PP's f...
Trial of Myanmar's Suu Kyi to overrun as prosecution needs more time
Jun 28, 2021 (AFP)
The coup-ousted leader, who is under house arrest, faces an eclectic raft of charges in a trial her legal team had expected would be wrapped up by the end of Ju...
Macron's challengers in French 2022 polls
Jun 28, 2021 (AFP)
The parties of Macron and Le Pen both suffered major setbacks, with the ruling Republic on the Move (LREM) clobbered in both rounds of voting and the far-right ...
Myanmar violence escalates with rise of 'self-defence' groups: report
Jun 27, 2021 (AFP)
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the February coup that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's government, with more than 880 killed in a junta crackdown on dissent, accord...
Hong Kong's Apple Daily paper slams 'tyranny' in final edition
Jun 24, 2021 (AFP)
The sudden death of the popular newspaper -- which US President Joe Biden called a "sad day" -- is the latest blow to Hong Kong's freedoms, deepening unease ove...
Hong Kong police arrest Apple Daily columnist on security charge
Jun 23, 2021 (AFP)
Police said a 55-year-old man was arrested "on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces to endanger national security". A police source told AFP the arrested ...
US military chief rebukes Republican lawmakers' concerns on 'critical race theory'
Jun 23, 2021 (AFP)
At the core of the argument, which has mostly taken place on social media, is a legal framework called critical race theory. The term refers to a school of thou...
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