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Asia & Pacific 2 years ago

Karen rebel forces attack stranded Myanmar junta troops on Thai border

Junta sends in airstrikes to support 200 junta troops trapped along a river across from Mae Sot, Thailand.

Americas 2 years ago

US House Republicans win impeachment of Biden's top border official

The vote marked just the second time in US history, and the first time in almost 150 years, that the House has impeached a member of a president's Cabinet.

Asia & Pacific 2 years ago

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Indonesia, Timor-Leste reaffirm support for ASEAN’s Myanmar efforts

On his first visit to Indonesia since his return the the premiership in July of last year, Timor-Leste Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao also thanked Jakarta for its support of the country's membership in ASEAN.

Asia & Pacific 3 years ago

Bomb attack on Myanmar border hub kills 5 officials, wounds 11

The town on the border with Thailand has seen sporadic clashes between the military and anti-junta fighters since a coup in 2021 plunged the country into turmoil.

Middle East and Africa 3 years ago

Saudi border guards kill hundreds of Ethiopian migrants: HRW

The allegations, which Riyadh did not immediately comment on, point to a significant escalation of abuses along the perilous "Eastern Route" from the Horn of Africa to Saudi Arabia, where hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians live and work.

Asia & Pacific 3 years ago

Seoul scrambles jets after detecting 180 North Korea warplanes

It comes a day after North Korea conducted a failed intercontinental ballistic missile test and follows a decision by Seoul and Washington to extend through Saturday their largest-ever joint air drills, a military exercise that has infuriated Pyongyang.

Archipelago 4 years ago

Govt launches border area development program

The launch of a development program for the country's outlying regions is a step in the right direction, but experts wonder if it will amount to more than a symbolic gesture.

Asia & Pacific 4 years ago

Kyrgyz, Tajik border guards exchange fire

Border communities in the two impoverished former Soviet states regularly clash over land and water supplies, with border guards often involved.

World 6 years ago

US-Canada towns marooned by border closure brace for winter trapped in isolation

Residents of Campobello Island in Canada's Atlantic province of New Brunswick and the small US town of Point Roberts in Washington state are bracing for continued isolation adding to winter blues, exposing how tightly intertwined are communities that straddle an international border.

World 6 years ago

India, China in new border standoff

Tensions between India and China on Monday mounted again, after they accused each other of trying to seize territory across their disputed Himalayan border.

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