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Myanmar court files secrets act charges against Reuters reporters
- Asia-Pacific
- July 9, 2018, 15:33
A court in Myanmar on Monday charged two jailed Reuters journalists with obtaining secret state documents, moving the landmark press freedom case into(...)

Four boys accompanied by an elite team of rescue divers completed the hazardous journeyed to safety yesterday and were receiving medical treatment las(...)

Parents of boys trapped in Thai cave tell coach: ‘please don’t blame yourself’
- Asia-Pacific
- July 8, 2018, 19:01
The parents of 12 boys stranded inside a northern Thailand cave have written to their children for the first time and to the coach who led them inside(...)

Four of 12 schoolboys have been rescued so far from a flooded Thai cave after divers launched a daring and dangerous mission to free the children and (...)

‘See you in Chiang Rai’: sports-loving ex-navy Seal dies in Thai cave
- Asia-Pacific
- July 6, 2018, 19:45
Wearing a grey polo shirt and blue, tinted glasses, Samarn Kunan (38) took a video before boarding a flight on July 1st to join Thai and international(...)

Thai authorities are racing against the clock to rescue 12 boys and their football coach trapped in a cave, saying they may attempt to evacuate the gr(...)

Trump cuts US a bad deal in leaving UN Human Rights Council
- Opinion
- June 30, 2018, 05:00
A few years ago, I covered a long hearing in the cavernous hall in Geneva where the UN Human Rights Council holds its plenary meetings. Ireland was in(...)

Number of displaced people globally close to 69 million
- World
- June 19, 2018, 20:09
Nearly 69 million people who had fled war, violence and persecution were forcibly displaced last year, the UN refugee agency said, a record for the fi(...)

US pulls out of ‘hypocritical’ UN Human Rights Council
- US
- June 19, 2018
The US withdrew from the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday after no other countries “had the courage to join our fight” to reform the “hypocritical a(...)

Rohingya crisis: ‘We have no one, no idea what is going to happen tomorrow’
- Asia-Pacific
- June 16, 2018
Last night, says Mayyu Ali, there was panic in the camp. It was shortly before midnight when the storm alarms went off and the refugees – hundreds of (...)