Peru Congress rejects president’s plan for early elections
by Paula Bustamante LIMA, PERU — Peru's Congress rejected on Saturday a request by embattled President Dina Boluarte to bring...
WHO panel in talks on COVID emergency status
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND -- The World Health Organization's emergency committee on COVID-19 was meeting Friday to discuss whether the pandemic still...
Two years after Myanmar coup, UN says situation ‘catastrophic’
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND -- Nearly two years after Myanmar's military coup, the UN rights chief warned Friday that the country had...
ICC grants new inquiry into Manila’s deadly ‘war on drugs’
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS -- The International Criminal Court said Thursday it had authorised the reopening of an inquiry into the...
Myanmar junta sets out tough new rules for political parties
YANGON, MYANMAR -- Myanmar's junta on Friday gave political parties two months to re-register under a strict new electoral law...
Thai ruling party names deputy PM as main election candidate
BANGKOK, THAILAND -- Thailand's ruling party on Friday named Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan as its candidate to be premier...
One third of Amazon ‘degraded’ by human activity, drought: study
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES -- Amazon ecosystem has focused on the consequences of deforestation. The study found that fire, timber extraction...
Philippines to appeal ICC resumption of drug war probe
MANILA, PHILIPPINES -- The Philippine government said Friday it intended to appeal an International Criminal Court decision to reopen an...
ASEAN governments must stop using ‘lawfare’ against critics, Southeast Asian MPs say
MANILA, PHILIPPINES — The Philippines, as well as other ASEAN member states, must immediately halt the use of judicial harassment...
Thai court jails activist for 28 years jail for royal defamation
BANGKOK, THAILAND -- A Thai court sentenced a man to 28 years in prison for insulting the monarchy in online...
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