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WEBMilitary: Philippines delivers supplies to troops at disputed South China Sea shoal. Beijing monitored Manila’s latest re-supply mission to Second Thomas Shoal as part of “provisional agreement” with rival territorial claimant.
US, Indonesia kick off largest-ever ‘Garuda Shield’ military exercise
WEBAug 1, 2022 · Updated at 5:18 p.m. ET on 2022-08-01. Indonesia and the United States kicked off their largest annual joint military exercise on Monday, with Australia, Singapore and Japan also participating, in a show of defense partnership amid rising tensions in the Indo-Pacific region.
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WEBMilitary: Philippines delivers supplies to troops at disputed South China Sea shoal. Beijing monitored Manila’s latest re-supply mission to Second Thomas Shoal as part of “provisional agreement” with rival territorial claimant.
A woman is Bangladesh’s PM, but starkly few Bangladeshi women …
WEBDec 22, 2023 · Two prominent female figures have dominated the landscape of politics in Bangladesh for more than three decades, but women in the South Asian nation still lag far behind men in political participation.
China builds roads, provisions its research ships – in US ally ...
WEBSep 28, 2023 · A woman and girl play at a multisports venue constructed by China in 2018 and known as the Kolonia-China Friendship Center in Kolonia, the largest town on Pohnpei island in the Federated States of Micronesia, Aug. 25, 2023.
Explosion at Bangladesh port depot kills dozens, injures hundreds
WEBJun 5, 2022 · A Saturday night explosion at a container depot near Bangladesh’s Chittagong port killed dozens of people including firefighters and injured hundreds more, officials and witnesses at the scene said Sunday.
Somali pirates release Bangladesh ship, crew following reports of ...
WEBApr 14, 2024 · Twenty-three Bangladeshi crew members were sailing for the United Arab Emirates on Sunday after Somali pirates freed them, with the month-long hostage crisis on their hijacked ship ending as bags of ransom money …
Indonesia Rejects Beijing’s Offer for South China Sea Talks
WEBJun 5, 2020 · Indonesia on Friday rejected a Chinese offer for negotiations on the South China Sea, as Jakarta reiterated that it had no overlapping claims with Beijing in its exclusive economic zone.
Purchased from China, 2 Warships Dock in Bangladeshi Port
WEBJan 9, 2020 · Two warships that Bangladesh purchased from China arrived in the South Asian nation on Thursday, officials said, less than three months after Dhaka confirmed it was negotiating to buy fighter jets and combat helicopters from the United States.
Vanuatu declares emergency, takes stock of damage after double …
WEBMar 6, 2023 · Vanuatu’s government has declared a six-month national emergency after back-to-back tropical cyclones battered homes, overturned light planes and uprooted trees, triggering an influx of international aid to the disaster-prone Pacific island nation.