A Year After Flight 370s Disappearance, Grief and Anger Endure
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Thailand wants meeting with Myanmar, Malaysia over human trafficking crisis
BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on Friday called for a three-way meeting with neighbours Malaysia and Myanmar to try to resolve a regional human trafficking crisis following the discovery of a mass grave in the countrys far south.
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BBC News Myanmars government has said it is not responsible for the migrant boat crisis in south-east Asia, and may not attend an emergency summit on the issue. Thousands of migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar are feared stranded in boats in the Andaman ���. Thousands are currently stranded at sea, some having been turned away from Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.. Myanmar extends martial law in area near China borderChannel News Asia
Govt will help solve crisis - The Nation
US Secretary of State John Kerry discussed the plight of the refugees by phone with Foreign Minister General Tanasak Patimapragorn late on Thursday, Reuters reported. The secretary called his Thai counterpart to discuss��.
Rohingya boat people crisis - If Only Singaporeans Stopped.
Early this month, the Thai authorities found the remains of several dozen people believed to be migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh buried in the jungles bordering Malaysia. The root cause (of the crisis) is increasing��.
Outdated US Regulatory System Needs Overhaul, According to New CFR Report
As a result, U.S. businesses are increasingly burdened, but not competitively disadvantaged, because their peers in other advanced countries tend to face even more regulations, according to a new progress report and scorecard from the Council on.
PM: Myanmar cant be forced - The Nation
THAILAND could not force countries to attend a regional meeting in Bangkok this month to discuss how to manage the crisis over Bangladeshi and Rohingya migrants as every country has its own dignity, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. We know the source of the problem is Myanmar but at the moment, theres no better way than for Asean to sit down together and engage with Myanmar government, said Syed, a former Malaysian foreign minister.. VIDEO NEWS��.
International equilibrium finally found for Iranian nuclear development
World powers and Iranian negotiators managed at long last to agree on a framework for the continuation of Tehrans nuclear development programme. France 2. It played out on the fringes of a quiet lake in Switzerland, centre of the world for these few.
Magnitude 7.5 earthquake hits Papua New Guinea
Featured. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak vowed to strengthen a controversial sedition law [Getty Images]. Sedition returns to Malaysias legal toolbox. Criticism mounts as Malaysia reverses political reform and tightens sedition laws to counter.
Leadership tumult returns to Australia
In response, Abbott held a press conference where he told reporters he and his party deputy, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, would oppose any leadership vote in an effort to avoid repeating the leadership speculation that dominated the previous Labor .
Europe is all at sea over its boatpeople policy
Illegal people movements, some boatpeople drowning at sea while others are turned away by navies of countries where they would like to land, calls to settle everyone who arrives drowned out by calls to distinguish refugees from economic migrants, .
Large Numbers of Starving California Sea Lion Pups Found on Beaches
Scientists say unusual wind patterns caused a warming of the ocean water on the west coast, including the area around Southern Californias Channel Islands, where many sea lions are born. The warm water is pushing the sardines, anchovies and other fish .
Refugee crisis a legacy of colonialism, Asean failures - The.
. legacy of colonialism, Asean failures. The region needs to develop ways to manage undocumented migrants in a humane, efficient manner - and crack down on the criminal gangs that prey on.. Asia News Network May 15, 2015 1:00 am��.
A Murderer and Rapists Views Reflect Those of Many in India
NEW DELHI ��� When a condemned killer said the woman he and others brutally gang-raped on a New Delhi bus was responsible for what had happened to her, his comments were shocking in their callousness and lack of remorse. But the underlying view .
Report Slams Malaysia, Thailand and Bangladesh Over Plight
RB Channel.. Benar News. April 24, 2015. Malaysia, Thailand, Bangladesh and Myanmar must do more to protect vulnerable refugees ��� particularly Myanmars stateless Rohingya Muslims ��� from being victimized by human traffickers, says Fortify Rights,. Certain regional problems ���are prolonged or intensified by the blanket application of non-interference,��� former Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar argued in a keynote speech Wednesday at the ASEAN Peoples Forum.
Rescue Rohingya migrants at sea, UNHCR tells regional govts
UNHCR urged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to treat the Rohingya issues collectively and urgently, after 700 migrants were rescued off Indonesias Aceh by local fishermen on Friday (May 15). By Melissa. But Malaysias former.
US State Department says Kerry discusses Rohingya with.
US State Department says Kerry discusses Rohingya with Thailand. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry called Thailands foreign minister to discuss temporary shelter for Rohingya Muslims adrift.
Unreported News of Rohingya: Malaysia turns away 800.
Photo by:The Associated Press : Bangladeshi migrants have their lunch at a temporary shelter for the migrants whose boats washed ashore on Sumatra island on Sunday, in Lhoksukon, Aceh province, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 13,. Southeast Asia, which for years tried to quietly ignore the plight of Myanmars 1.3 million Rohingya, finds itself caught in a spiraling humanitarian crisis that in many ways it helped create.. Earlier, Thailands Foreign Minister Gen.
Last Minute Twists Before China Bank Deadline
BEIJING���. More than 40 countries have added their names to a growing list of those seeking to become founding members of Chinas multibillion-dollar Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, but the United States and Japan say they will remain on the .
Malaysia, Bangladesh foreign ministers to discuss migrant crisis
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysias Foreign Minister will meet his Bangladeshi counterpart Sunday (May 17) to discuss the crisis involving a surge in stricken boat people from Bangladesh and Myanmar flooding to Southeast Asia, state media said. It is one of the .
Thailand wants meeting with Myanmar, Malaysia over human
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Friday called for a three-way meeting with neighbours Malaysia and Myanmar to try to resolve a regional human trafficking crisis following the discovery of a mass grave in the countrys far south. Thirty-three bodies, believed to be migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh, have been found in shallow graves over the past week in Songkhla province, near the Malaysian border.. VIDEO NEWS��.
Australia unveils cockpit rules after Germanwings crash
Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss said that airlines, including Qantas and Virgin Australia, would implement the changed security protocols from Monday afternoon. It would apply to all commercial flights with at least two flight attendants or more.
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11 May. Thousands of refugees from Bangladesh and Myanmar are stranded at sea close to Thailand, according to an international migration agency.. The wives of the Indonesian and Malaysian envoys, two pilots and a crew member also died.. A crisis centre has been set up at the energy ministry.. Foreign ministers from 12 South American nations gathering in Caracas have promised to help Venezuela overcome an ongoing shortage of food, medicine and other products.
Trilateral talks on human trafficking this month: PM - The.
Myanmar has welcomed Prayuts call for talks but there has been no response from Malaysian authorities so far. The Foreign Ministry is arranging a Thai-Myanmar meeting and will proceed with further steps, Prayut said.
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KUALA LUMPUR/BANGKOK: Malaysia said on Thursday it would push boats full of migrants back to sea, a policy that has drawn criticism from the U.N. refugee agency as thousands remained adrift in Southeast Asian waters. The UNHCR has said several thousand migrants have been abandoned at sea by smugglers following a Thai crackdown on human trafficking and has warned the situation could develop into a ���massive humanitarian crisis���. The crackdown has��.
Pakistan Walks Tightrope Over Yemen Crisis
Pakistans defense minister confirmed during a live interview on the local TV channel Geo News Thursday evening that Irans foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, is coming to Pakistan next week for a previously unscheduled visit to discuss Tehrans .
S Africa grants parole to apartheid death-squad leader
In the interest of nation-building and reconciliation I have decided to place Mr De Kock on parole, Correctional Services Minister Michael Masutha told a news briefing on Friday, adding that the date and location of his release will be kept secret.
How Southeast Asia has created its own humanitarian crisis.
More than 1600 migrants and refugees have landed on the shores of Malaysia and Indonesia in the past week and thousands more are believed to have been abandoned at sea, floating on boats with little or no food after traffickers. The former president and foreign minister also openly pushed the Myanmar government to stop discriminating against the Rohingya. ___. MALAYSIA. More than 1,000 migrants came ashore on Malaysias Langkawi Island in recent days,��.
The US is going against Iran in the Yemen proxy war
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif ReutersIranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif speaks at a news conference with Advisor to Pakistans Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz at the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad April 8, 2015.
Migrants Struggle in the Shadows of Asias Rising Tide of.
The low-wage migrant workers, who, like the much of the city-states construction force are from Bangladesh, gathered in a vacant field near their dormitories Monday in Tampines, a part of east Singapore. They were. Official data suggests that of the hundreds of thousands of workers exported annually, many dont make it back alive; ���A total of 481 Bangladeshi expatriates died in Malaysia in 2009,��� according to BDnews24. To cover.. Get the Latest News and Updates.
Conversation with Singapores Ambassador to the U.S..
The Asia Foundation hosted Singapores Ambassador to the U.S., Ashok Kumar Mirpuri, on July 9 at its San Francisco headquarters for a dinner discussion on.
ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the.
The ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers was adopted by the ASEAN heads of state at the 12th ASEAN Summit on January 13, 2007 in Cebu, Philippines.. WE, the Heads of State/Government of the Member Countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (hereinafter referred to as ASEAN), attending the 12th ASEAN Summit on 13 January 2007 in Cebu, Philippines;.. Subscribe to the Daily News Brief.