EXPLAINER: What is UN General Assembly Leaders’ Week?
WEB6 days ago · Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim delivers his maiden address as prime minister at the 78th United Nations General Assembly in the U.N. headquarters in New York, Sept. 22, 2023. World leaders will gather this week in New York for the opening of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, or the UNGA. Also referred to as “Leaders’ Week ...
Nauru uses high-profile UN address to press case for sea-bed …
WEB4 days ago · President of Nauru David Adeang addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly in New York, U.S., Sept. 24, 2024. Eduardo Munoz/Reuters. Nauru’s President David Adeang declared in a speech to the United Nations on Tuesday that the international community must not let “fear and misinformation” block the exploitation of sea-bed …
Political pressure, bribes, self-censorship ‘greatest threats’ to ...
WEB6 days ago · The inaugural 2023 Pacific Media Freedom Index of 14 island countries has highlighted the region’s industry and journalists face significant economic and political pressures, bribes and corruption, as well as self-censorship. The report entitled ‘For Us, By Us, About Us’ by the Pacific Freedom Forum - compiled by surveying 73 journalists ...
Philippine military chief requests longer deployment for US missile ...
WEB4 days ago · The Philippines has asked the U.S. military to keep a mid-range missile system deployed on its soil because the country needs the weapon for its defense amid tensions with China, the Filipino armed forces chief said Wednesday. The mobile Typhon system was brought to the Philippines earlier this year as part of joint military exercises with the ...
Myanmar students in Thailand must renew passports at home, …
WEB6 days ago · Myanmar nationals studying in Thailand on short-term education visas can no longer renew their passports at their embassy in Bangkok or consulate in Chiang Mai, and must return home to do so, according to a new directive from the Burmese junta. The new restriction, announced Sept. 20, comes after the junta enacted a draft law early this year …
Indonesia, New Zealand deny paying Papuan rebels to free Kiwi pilot
WEB6 days ago · Mehrtens, 38, was working as a pilot for Indonesian airline Susi Air when rebels seized his plane shortly after he landed at an airstrip in the Papua highlands on Feb. 7, 2023. After he was taken hostage, the Papuan rebels demanded independence for the region in exchange for his release. TPNPB’s decades-old insurgency aims to free Papua …
A chance at redemption: Breaking Thailand’s problem with repeat ...
WEB6 days ago · Out of 10 prisoners this year, more than four (44%) are repeat offenders, according to the Office for the Bangkok Rules, a division under the government’s Thailand Institute of Justice. “About one-third of prisoners released from Thai prisons are reincarcerated within three years,” it said in a March 2021 report.
Bangladesh’s Yunus meets with Biden, other world leaders at UN
WEB4 days ago · On a packed first day of his first foreign trip as interim leader, Muhammad Yunus requests support to rebuild post-Hasina Bangladesh. U.S. President Joe Biden hugs Bangladeshi interim leader Muhammad Yunus as they meet on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Sept. 24, 2024. Updated at 6:25 p.m. ET on 2024-09-24.
Malaysia’s child abuse shocker highlights need for reforms
WEB4 days ago · Malaysia has been rocked by one of the worst sexual child abuse scandals in her history. More than 500 children have been rescued from multiple charity homes run by a Malaysian conglomerate, Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings (GISBH), a firm that Malaysian authorities have also accused of human trafficking and practicing deviant …
Death toll in anti-Hasina unrest in Bangladesh may be double …
WEB6 days ago · AFP. Hundreds of people died in the civil unrest that rocked Bangladesh in July and August, but efforts to determine exactly how many are ongoing. One student activist has claimed that the number is more than double the official figure given by the transitional government: 630. “The number of martyrs in the July revolution is 1,423 people.