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Rohingya at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh. Photo: AFP
Posted inCanada, World

Canada offers role in helping Rohingya refugees

by Bertil Lintner February 6, 2019February 18, 2020

Canada wants to play a role in solving the Rohingya refugee crisis, The Bangladesh Chronicle and New Age reported on February 5. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s special envoy to Myanmar, Bob Rae, stressed during a recent visit to Bangladesh the need for productive initiatives to solve the crisis. Rae said after a meeting with […]

Frpm left: Myanmar First Lady Cho Cho, Nepal First Lady Radhika Shakya, Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, Nepalese Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli, Myanmar President Win Myint, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bhutanese Chief Justice Dasho Tshering Wangchuk, and Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina pose for a group photo during the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) summit in Kathmandu on  August 31, 2018. Photo: / AFP / Pool / Navesh Chitrakar
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, World

Seven-nation BIMSTEC on road to rejuvenation

by S K Chatterji September 10, 2018
France's Landing Helicopter Deck (LHD) Mistral participated in the 2017 Jeanne d’Arc naval task group that sailed through the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. Photo: Courtesy  Embassy of France, Australia
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, France, India, Japan, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, World

China isn’t our target, says French Pacific naval commander

by Emanuele Scimia August 25, 2018February 18, 2020
US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis (L) with South Korea's Defense Minister Song Young-moo before their meeting in Seoul on June 28, 2018. Photo: AFP/Chung Sung-Jun
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

US-South Korea alliance in spotlight amid shifting landscape

by Andrew Salmon June 28, 2018February 18, 2020

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