Tag: Guardian Asia
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Image: Guardian Asia 📍 DR Congo (approximate area) · ⚔️ Congo · 📍 Guardian Asia Government urged to reconsider proposal for 1,100 Afghans, currently stranded in Qatar, who worked with US forcesDozens of US lawmakers urged the Trump administration on Thursday to roll back any plans to ship to unsafe third countries Afghan nationals who…
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Image: Guardian Asia 📍 East Asia (approximate area) · ⚔️ East Asia · 💥 Guardian Asia 🆕 New conflict detected Twenty people were killed and 120 injured in the attack at the Erawan Shrine, a popular tourist destinationA Thai court has handed out death sentences to two Uyghur men from the north-western Chinese region of…
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Image: Guardian Asia 📍 Myanmar (approximate area) · ⚔️ Myanmar · 📍 Guardian Asia The military junta has detained thousands of political prisoners since the 2021 coup, and a pattern of gender-based abuses is becoming clearIn August 2021, news spread across a Myanmar protesters’ network that Thazin*, an activist and former university student, had been…
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Image: Guardian Asia 📍 Afghanistan (approximate area) · ⚔️ Afghanistan · 📍 Guardian Asia Taliban forces fire on crowds in Herat, who were protesting at manhandling of women arrested over hijab dress codeA Taliban crackdown on women’s dress code in Afghanistan has escalated into a rare mass street protest in the western province of Herat,…
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Image: Guardian Asia 📍 Philippines (approximate area) · ⚔️ Philippines · 📍 Guardian Asia Drone footage shows tilted houses and buildings with collapsed walls and roofs in General Santos City, one of the areas in the Phillipines hardest hit by a magnitude-7.8 quake which struck early Monday 8 June, about 20km off Sarangani province. It…
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Image: Guardian Asia 📍 Philippines (approximate area) · ⚔️ Philippines · 📍 Guardian Asia Residents warned not to enter damaged homes or other buildings owing to threat of aftershocks after 7.8-magnitude quakeA magnitude-7.8 earthquake shook part of the southern Philippines early on Monday, collapsing buildings and killing at least 15 people.“Many buildings were affected, but…
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Image: Guardian Asia 📍 China (approximate area) · ⚔️ China · 📍 Guardian Asia 🆕 New conflict detected Shinjiro Koizumi says Japan valued as a ‘peace-loving’ nation while China expands military capabilities ‘without sufficient transparency’Japan’s defence minister took a veiled swipe at China on Sunday, pledging to keep strengthening the military despite Beijing’s criticism of…
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Image: Guardian Asia 📍 Iran (approximate area) · ⚔️ Iran · 📍 Guardian Asia Hung Cao’s comments are latest blow to Taipei after Donald Trump recently cast doubt over US’s enduring supportUS arms sales to Taiwan have been “paused” to ensure the US military has enough munitions for its Iran operations, according to Washington’s acting…
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Image: Guardian Asia 📍 Philippines (approximate area) · ⚔️ Philippines · 📍 Guardian Asia Government orders Ronald dela Rosa’s arrest over role in Rodrigo Duterte’s ‘war on drugs’ that killed thousands of dealers and usersRonald dela Rosa, a former head of police in the Philippines, is wanted for alleged crimes against humanity over his role…
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Image: Guardian Asia 📍 Tehran · ⚔️ Iran · 📍 Guardian Asia Renewed threat comes after US president said he was ‘an hour away’ from ordering a strike before pulling backMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump has again threatened Iran, saying the US may launch new attacks if Tehran continues to refuse the significant…