China Lawyer’s Wife Seeks US Asylum After Brazen Escape
Chen Guiqiu fled China on foot with her two daughters, only to end up in a Thai prison until US ...
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Supporters Rally For Jakarta’s Jailed Christian Governor
Supporters of Jakarta's Christian governor staged a colourful rally outside city hall Wednesday a day after he was jailed for ...
Bahrain Sends First Civilian Case To Military Court
Bahrain has referred its first civilian case to a military court following a constitutional amendment approved by the king last ...
Chibok Girl Refused To Be Part of Release Deal
A schoolgirl who was among more than 200 kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 refused to be part of a ...
Parents Learning If Daughters Among Those Freed
Parents of the missing Chibok girls are slowly learning if their daughters are among the 82 freed by Boko Haram ...
Parents Waiting To Find Out If Daughters Are Among Those Freed
Parents of the missing Chibok girls are slowly learning if their daughters are among the 82 freed by Boko Haram ...
Philippines Drug War Under Fire At UN Rights Council
Countries across the world put the Philippines on notice over its deadly drug war on Monday, demanding an end to ...
‘El Chapo’ Set To Go On Trial In New York In April 2018
A US federal judge ruled Friday that Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, one of the world's most notorious ...
‘El Chapo’ Can Now Correspond With His Beauty Queen Wife From Solitary
Mexican drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman will remain in solitary confinement in a New York City prison, a US ...
US Allows ‘El Chapo’ To Write To Wife From Behind Bars
A US judge granted limited relaxations Thursday to the stringent custody conditions of Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman ...
Amnesty International, Others Demand Justice For Stripped Driver
Incessant pressure is mounting on the Ghana Police Service to fast-track investigations into a case where one of its men ...
Court Hears Israeli Soldier’s Manslaughter Appeal
An Israeli soldier who shot dead a wounded Palestinian assailant was back in court on Wednesday, with his lawyers seeking ...
Alarm Over Worsening Press Freedom In Tunisia
Tunisian and international non-governmental organisations warned Tuesday of deteriorating freedom of the press in a country considered to be a ...
Bangladesh Uses Tough Laws To Crack Down On Dissent
Bangladesh is using "draconian" internet laws to crack down on dissent, curb public debate and criticism and harass and prosecute ...
Trump Invites Philippines’ Duterte To White House In ‘friendly’ Call
US President Donald Trump on Saturday invited his Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterte to Washington in a "friendly" call in which ...
Trump Invites Philippines’ Duterte To Washington
US President Donald Trump invited his Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterte to Washington in a "friendly" call in which the leaders ...
Southeast Asia Faces ‘massive’ Drugs Menace
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned Southeast Asian leaders Saturday they were facing a "massive" illegal drug menace that could destroy ...
Vietnam Sentences Eight To Death For Heroin Smuggling
Vietnam has sentenced eight drug traffickers to death for smuggling 300 kilos (660 pounds) of heroin to China, some of ...
Southeast Asia’s Leaders Steer Away From Democracy
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly drug war is part of a worrying assault on human rights and democracy across Southeast ...
Zambia President ‘not Involved In Opposition Leader Woes’
Mr Hichilema has been in custody for more than a fortnight Zambia's presidential spokesman Amos Chanda has denied allegations that ...