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Criminal networks target Timor-Leste through foreign investment, UNODC warns
Timor-Leste has become the latest target of organized crime groups using foreign direct investment (FDI) to establish scam centers and illicit gaming operations, according to a new report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)....
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General : Bernama On Eight-day Mission To Timor-Leste As Country Nears ASEAN Entry
From V.Sankara DILI, Sept 15 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama) today began its eight-day coverage mission to Timor-Leste as the official media and coordinator of the International Media Centre for ASEAN Summit coverage. The...
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Bernama On Eight-day Mission To Timor-Leste As Country Nears Asean Entry
From V.Sankara DILI, Sept 15 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama) today began its eight-day coverage mission to Timor-Leste as the official media and coordinator of the International Media Centre for ASEAN Summit coverage. The...
Owner: Malaysian Government
Solomon Islanders Call for Sustainable, Community-Driven Tourism
The Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO), in partnership with Tourism Solomons (TSO) and Solomon Islands Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MCT), has released the results of the 2024 Community Attitude Survey (CAS)—the first nationwide study of its...
Remembering 1965 against the politics of erasure
In the morning of 1 October 1965, 37-year-old Eneng (not her real name) woke up in Bandung, about 200km from Jakarta, to an unexpected news broadcast via Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI): a group of people had taken measures to protect President...
Owner: The Australian National University
Gen Z protests: Why are Asia's youth so angry?
Over the past two months, Gen Z-led demonstrations have convulsed parts of South and Southeast Asia — from Kathmandu to Jakarta, from Dili to Manila. While Nepalese demonstrations brought down the country's government, the most recent youth-led...
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Gaza at a crossroads: the risks of imposing external governance
Discover more about Tony Blair’s plan to steer Gaza through post-war recovery. Image: Shutterstock Tony Blair, former British Prime Minister, is reportedly in advanced discussions to chair a transitional authority in Gaza as part of a US-backed...
Owner: Nigel Clifford
PH hosts ASEAN farm and forestry ministers meeting
The Philippines, through the Department of Agriculture (DA), will host the 47th Meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF) and related events from Sept. 29 to Oct. 3, 2025, in Pasay...
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Malaysia Committed To Strengthening ASEAN Energy Transition – Petra
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 (Bernama) -- Malaysia, through the Ministry of Energy Transition and Water Transformation (PETRA), today chaired the ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Energy (SOME) Preparatory Meeting for the 43rd ASEAN Ministers on Energy...
Owner: Malaysian Government
Dili closes doors to Myanmar opposition (for ASEAN membership)
In a clear change of direction, the East Timorese government has assured Myanmar's military regime that it will no longer allow opposition groups to engage in political activities or have an office on its territory. This move contradicts President...
Owner: Mario Ghezzi
An international community plan for Gaza with Tony Blair as the head for five years? Asean should back it — Phar Kim Beng
SEPTEMBER 28 — The latest iteration of proposals to stabilise Gaza after years of war and destruction is not just a diplomatic talking point. It is a reflection of how deeply the international community has struggled to break the cycle of violence...
Owner: Dato' Siew Ka Wei
ASEAN economic ministers stress commitment to free, fair trade
Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – ASEAN is committed to maintaining a free, fair, comprehensive, and rules-based trading system without discrimination and basing on the WTO principles as the core. The commitment was made at the 57th ASEAN Economic Ministers’...
Owner: Vietnamese government
Violence wins, peace waits: Kurdistan and the politics of recognition
On September 25, 2017, the people of the Kurdistan Region, under Iraqi occupation, in a free and transparent referendum with broad participation and public oversight, voted “yes” to independence by more than 92 percent. This vote was not an...
Owner: David Horovitz & Seth Klarman
War widow's harrowing act after 'heartless' government red tape pushed her to the brink following her husband's tragic suicide
A war widow has accused the government of pushing her to the brink as she fights for compensation after her army veteran husband committed suicide. Alison Whitfield's husband Dave died in February last year after a decades-long battle with...
Owner: Jonathan Harmsworth
U.S. passport no longer one of the top 10 most powerful
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The Tortoise and the Hare: A Tale of the Myanmar Military and the National Unity Government
“At this point in time, it feels like every so-called modern person is taking shots at the NUG.” So said Yee Mon, the defense minister of Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government (NUG), during a two-part Burmese-language interview on PVTV...
Owner: James Pach
Why former British PM Tony Blair could end up governing Palestine
The conflict in Gaza has left tens of thousands dead and millions displaced. Amidst the turmoil, an unexpected figure has emerged in the ongoing effort to rebuild and govern the territory once the fighting ceases. Former British Prime Minister...
Owner: Mukesh Ambani
Tony Blair: Governor of Gaza Resonates the Chris Patten Model in Hong Kong?
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Sri Lanka Guardian
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by Durga Velayudham Mahmoud Abbas, denied the opportunity to address the United States at the UN General Assembly in what should have been a historic moment, virtually addressed the global body, reaffirming that Hamas holds no legitimacy and must...
Owner: Nilantha Ilangamuwa
Blair ‘offers to lead interim governing body of postwar Gaza’
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The Times
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Sir Tony Blair is understood to have offered to lead the interim governing body of Gaza after presenting his plans to President Trump last month. Blair, 72, is said to have the support of senior figures close to Trump to oversee the proposed Gaza...
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