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US aircraft carrier arrives in Vietnam for historic visit

https://youtu.be/yMs6ApfuvL8   DANANG, Vetnam (AFP) -- A US aircraft carrier arrived in Vietnam Monday for the first time since the…

Roque: President Duterte to skip ASEAN-Australia Summit this month

(Eagle News) -- President Rodrigo Duterte will not attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations-Australia Special Summit in Sydney from…

PHL hails Washington’s decision to include Maute Group in list of foreign terrorist groups

(Eagle News) -- The Philippine government hailed the inclusion of the Maute group in the United States list of foreign…

Shallow 6.1-magnitude quake hits off eastern Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia late Monday, the US Geological Survey said, but no…

Vietnam cops seize $2.5 mn heroin in China border drug bust

HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) -- Five men were arrested in Vietnam for allegedly attempting to smuggle $2.5 million worth of heroin…

Indonesian maid’s death highlights failure to protect helpers

    by Sam Reeves / with Kiki Siregar in Jakarta Agence France Presse KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- Trafficked…

Five dead, 15 missing in Indonesia landslide

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- At least five people have been killed and 15 are still missing after a landslide cascaded…

US intelligence claims Duterte, Hun Sen threat to SE Asia democracy; Palace says US report “myopic”, “speculative”

  (Eagle News) – Malacanang hit a US intelligence community report that branded President Rodrigo Duterte as one of the…

Two ethnic groups sign up to Myanmar’s ‘broken’ peace process

NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar (AFP) -- Two armed ethnic groups will sign on to a ceasefire in Myanmar on Tuesday in a…

UK’s Johnson meets Myanmar’s Suu Kyi on Rohingya crisis

NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar (AFP) -- Britain's foreign minister Boris Johnson met with Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar's capital on Sunday to press…

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