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President Rodrigo Duterte came to power in May 2016, riding on the wave of a harsh anti-drug rhetoric.
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A visiting Myanmar minister said his country is "ready" to accept the ethnic Rohingya Muslims who had fled Rakhine state.
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Philippines president recently stirred up a controversy after asking his troops to shoot female communist rebels in their vaginas.
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A senior police chief has warned new law backed by Theresa May is completely unnecessary at this time.
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Over 19,000 children are thought to have been recruited, often by force, by armed groups on all sides of South Sudan's brutal civil war.
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The Philippines president hits back at the European Union bloc and explains how he does not want to visit Brussels.
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Initially, up to 20,000 refugees, mostly from Sudan and Eritrea, will receive notices.
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Myanmar's state counsellor and the de facto leader was not present in the Yangon house when the attack took place.
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State-run news agency responds to State of the Union onslaught on regime with claims of US corruption, racism and divisive policies.
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Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte's sexist joke has angered women's rights groups, with some of them saying the remarks are "extremely worrying".
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Mao-era detention camps used to re-educate non-ethnic Chinese Uighurs, says Human Rights Watch and Radio Free Asia.
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The so-called "widow's camp" at Balukhali Rohingya refugee settlement consists of 50 red tents where no men or boys over the age of 10 years old are allowed.
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Philippines president Duterte has repeatedly made it clear that he does want to stay in power beyond his term when it ends in 2022.
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While North Korea's nuclear ambitions made global headlines, its humanitarian situation received almost no coverage.
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It comes as no surprise President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announces he seeks another four-year term.
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A coalition of Indian churches has challenged the country's law currently used to penalise homosexuality.
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"We eat and drink the food that is thrown away," 11-year-old Ayoub said. "We collect fish, meat, potatoes, onions and flour."
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French rights groups file lawsuit against electronics giant, accusing it of misleading advertising because of alleged labour abuses at factories.
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Emir was one of six children killed by Syrian and Russian air strikes on Eastern Ghouta on Monday. Since 29 December, 126 people, including 29 children, have lost their lives.
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The development comes four years after the Supreme Court of India delivered a controversial verdict saying that same-sex consensual relationships are illegal in the country.
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