Myanmar junta chief excluded from summit: ASEAN

Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, Oct 16 (AFP/APP):Myanmar’s junta chief will be excluded from an upcoming ASEAN summit, the group said Saturday, a rare rebuke as concerns rise over the military government’s commitment to defusing a bloody crisis. Foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian […]

11 Indonesian scouts die in river trek

Bandung, Indonesia, Oct 15 (AFP/APP):Eleven students have drowned and two more are in critical condition after a trekking accident in Indonesia, an official said Friday. Some 150 members of an Islamic scouts group, aged from 13 to 15 years old, were walking along the Cileuleur […]

Ailing Czech leader summons new parliament for Nov 8

Prague, Oct 14 (AFP/APP):Hospitalised Czech President Milos Zeman on Thursday summoned parliament to hold its first session after last weekend’s tight general election for November 8, his spokesman Jiri Ovcacek said. The announcement came as Zeman spent a fifth day in intensive care at a […]

Tunisia president slams overseas ‘traitors’

Tunis, Oct 14 (AFP/APP):Tunisian President Kais Saied on Thursday accused unnamed politicians of using refuge overseas to “plot” against the state, implicitly targeting one of his predecessors based in France. “Tunisia is a free and independent state and there can be no interference in its […]

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