By Te-Ping Chen Updated May 24, 2017 9:37 a.m. ET Taiwan’s top court ruled that current law defining marriage as exclusively between a man and a woman was unconstitutional, paving the way for the …
SCOW — President Rodrigo Duterte is seeking a loan from Russia to buy firearms after the United States halted a rifle deal over his administration’s track record on human rights. Duterte asked Russia President Vladimir Putin …
Trump-Duterte phone call: Full transcript 24 May 2017 at 09:493,489 viewed4 comments WRITER: ONLINE REPORTERS The following is apparently the full transcript of the phone call initiated April 29 by US President Donald Trump to …
By Fillipe Villamore MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines placed the southern island of Mindanao under martial law on Tuesday after armed men belonging to two terrorist groups affiliated with the Islamic …
By Martin Petty and Manuel Mogato | MANILA Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte cut short a visit to Russia and imposed martial law on the island of Mindanao on Tuesday after a fierce bout of …
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told Russian leader Vladimir Putin that the Philippines needs modern arms to fight Islamic State and that he expected Russian support. Duterte also said he had to halt his visit …
Thailand’s 2014 military coup – its second putsch in a decade – led to predictions that autocratic junta rule would see Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy become the region’s new “sick man”, just as traditional …
Cathy Chin left Malaysia for Australia feeling she had been treated as a “second-class citizen” because of her ethnicity. “Malaysia is a beautiful country but the politics is sickening. Religion is put first, scholarships …
Singapore may be the world’s leading transhipment hub, but 200km from its shores the Malaysian state of Melaka – once the epicentre of the global spice trade – is plotting to usurp that status …
According to Ms Yingluck, the regime used the ongoing political conflicts to justify its seizure of power, and promised to implement reforms to tackle social and economic disparities — widely seen as. a contributing …
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