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- Indonesia (807)
- Japan (1,436)
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- Kyrgyzstan (667)
- Laos (3)
- Malaysia (6,377)
- Myanmar (25)
- Nepal (712)
- Pakistan (3,592)
- Philippines (1,081)
- Singapore (4,460)
- South Korea (305)
- Taiwan (190)
- Tajikistan (42)
- Thailand (1,124)
- Uzbekistan (33)
- Vietnam (614)
Superpower tussle may trigger Cold War n-tripwire
There are no great rolls of barbed wire, nor pillboxes or border guards, just a red hand painted on to the small wooden board that marks the end of the eastern edge of Europe. For 294 kilometres, Estonia’s barely-marked border with Russia runs through spectacular forests and marshes, snaking along the Narva river as it runs north from Lake...
US keeps China, Pakistan and India on intellectual rights watch list
Washington (AFP) – The United States on Thursday kept China and India on its Priority Watch List of trading partners that fail to protect intellectual property rights (IPR), hurting the economy.In its annual Special 301 Report, the Commerce Departments US Trade Representative said there were now 13 trading partners on its Priority Watch...
Search of Ukraine MH17 crash site over: Dutch team
THE HAGUE: Dutch and international investigators have finished recovering human remains and wreckage from the MH17 plane crash site in eastern Ukraine, the mission’s head said on Thursday. All 298 passengers and crew on board the Malaysia Airlines jetliner — the majority of them Dutch — died when it was shot down over rebel-held eastern...
Search of Ukraine MH17 crash site over: Dutch team
THE HAGUE: Dutch and international investigators have finished recovering human remains and wreckage from the MH17 plane crash site in eastern Ukraine, the mission’s head said on Thursday. All 298 passengers and crew on board the Malaysia Airlines jetliner — the majority of them Dutch — died when it was shot down over rebel-held eastern...
Russia Says Western Leaders Note Progress In Cease-Fire In Ukraine
The Kremlin says that Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande, and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko have noted “certain progress” in … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Ukrainian tycoon Firtash escapes extradition to U.S
VIENNA (Reuters) – An Austrian court refused on Thursday to extradite Ukrainian industrialist Dmytro Firtash to the United States, accepting his argument that political motivations lay behind U.S. efforts to try him on corruption charges. …read more Source: The...
Russia May be Readying for New Ukraine Offensive: NATO commander Philip Breedlove
Russia’s military may be taking advantage of a recent lull in fighting in eastern Ukraine to lay the groundwork for a new military offensive, NATO’s top commander told the US Congress on Thursday. …read more Source:...
Kiev Says Vladimir Putin Open to Peacekeeping Mission in East Ukraine
The Ukrainian presidency on Thursday said Russian President Vladimir Putin was open to the deployment of a peacekeeping mission in war-torn eastern Ukraine, after the leaders of both countries spoke b… …read more Source:...
Russia may be readying for new Ukraine offensive – NATO commander
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russia’s military may be taking advantage of a recent lull in fighting in eastern Ukraine to lay the groundwork for a new military offensive, NATO’s top commander told the U.S. Congress on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Russia says Western leaders note progress in ceasefire in Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko noted “certain progress” in a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine during a telephone conversation, the Kremlin said. …read more Source: The...
