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China and the Philippines blamed each other for a collision between their vessels on Saturday, marking the latest escalation in tensions over disputed waters and maritime features in the South China Sea. Commodore Jay Tarriela of the Philippine coast guard said in a statement that the Philippine Coast Guard ship, BRP Teresa Magbanua, was “deliberately rammed” [...]

The Office of the President of the Philippines released a statement criticizing Chinese maritime forces for repetitive and illegal actions in the South China Sea on Monday. The presidential office’s security forum, the National Security Council of the Philippines, also shared a press statement, describing that a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessel, [...]

Ali Riaz is a political scientist with research interests in South Asian politics, democratization, violent extremism, and Bangladeshi politics. He is a Distinguished Professor of political science at Illinois State University, a Nonresident Senior Fellow of the Atlantic Council, and the President of the American Institute of Bangladesh Studies (AIBS). His recent publications include “Pathways [...]

The appellate division of the Seoul Central District Court ordered on Thursday that the Japanese corporation Nippon Steel pay 100 million won to the four children of a Korean citizen who was a victim of forced labor in Japan during the Second World War, local media reported. The Seoul court ruled in favor of the [...]

Taliban figures have banned UN Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan Richard Bennett from entering the country. Representatives of the regime told Afghanistan’s TOLO News that: Mr. Bennett’s travel to Afghanistan has been prohibited because he was assigned to spread propaganda in Afghanistan. He is not someone we trust. He is not in Afghanistan, and he is [...]

Panama started on Tuesday its first deportation flight of irregular migrants who entered the country through the Darin jungle, local media reported. This constitutes the first of a series of flights financed by the US Department of State to return irregular migrants to their home countries. According to local media, the first flight repatriated 29 [...]

The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) announced on Sunday the suspension of its operations after the abduction of a bank official, adding that activities will remain halted until the official is released. Musab Msallem, the director of the Information Technology Department, was kidnapped by an unidentified party on Sunday morning, according to CBL. The bank [...]

The ongoing conflicts in Ethiopia have laid bare the country’s deep-seated divisions and the devastating toll of unchecked violence on civilian populations. From the Tigray region to the Amhara and Oromia areas, the people of Ethiopia have endured unimaginable suffering, with atrocities committed by all sides in flagrant violation of international law. At the heart of this [...]

The Court of Appeal of Malta on Monday rejected an extradition request from Romania for Prince Paul Philippe Al Romaniei due to a risk that he “would be subjected to inhuman or degrading treatment due to the prison conditions.”  In the judgment, Judge Edwina Grima, said that a variety of factors were taken into account, [...]

A US federal jury on Thursday convicted Manuel Chang, a former finance minister of Mozambique, of conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering for his involvement in a two billion dollar loan fraud to fund fishing projects. The charges can lead to a prison sentence of up to 20 years. The jury found Chang guilty after [...]