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 ...
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'Lips sewn without anesthetic,’ other shockers from Bangladesh report on Hasina-linked disappearances. They include alleged “brutal and methodical torture,” grisly murders and a complex system operating undetected for 15 years.
‘Respect our sovereignty,’ Palau tells China ahead of Taiwanese ...
Dec 2, 2024 · President Surangel Whipps Jr. on Monday urged China to respect Palau’s sovereignty and international law, just days ahead of a contentious visit by Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te.
Bangladesh tense after deadly violence as Hindu religious leader …
Nov 26, 2024 · Communal tensions surged in Muslim-majority Bangladesh after a Hindu religious leader was denied bail, with a prosecutor hacked to death amid huge protests against the minority leader’s arrest and sharp words between Dhaka and New Delhi.
ASEAN chair calls for end of Myanmar war, but rebels say that …
Oct 14, 2024 · The chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations called for an end to the war in Myanmar, but armed rebel groups called that “unrealistic,” saying the ruling military junta has shown no willingness to dialogue.
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.
Malaysian authorities rescue about 400 children linked to banned ...
Sep 11, 2024 · About 400 children who were allegedly forced to live in squalid conditions, where many faced punishment and sexual abuse, were rescued during a nationwide police operation Wednesday from homes linked to the banned al-Arqam sect, Malaysian officials said.. The victims ranged from 1 to 17 years old. Nearly 200 staff members, including religious teachers, were detained during the raids on 18 ...
PNG security forces shoot 6 people, kill 1, near lawless Porgera …
Oct 14, 2024 · Local villagers hold a placard as they participate in a gathering near the Porgera Gold Mine in Enga province, Papua New Guinea on Sept. 23, 2024, almost one week after police reinforcements were rushed to the area in a bid to quell tribal …
Inside Southeast Asia’s shuttered nuclear power plant west of …
Nov 13, 2024 · The coconut fronds sway to a steady breeze from the South China Sea at the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) compound west of the Philippine capital Manila – Southeast Asia’s only nuclear facility that has been shuttered for four decades.
Malaysia’s Anwar calls for a united ASEAN amid rising ‘global …
Oct 9, 2024 · Malaysia, under Anwar’s leadership, has been a critic of fellow ASEAN member Myanmar, previously calling for tougher action against its military government.