Asia Pacific
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Crushing the scam farms: Southeast Asia’s ‘criminal service providers’
Transnational organised crime groups based in Southeast Asia are turning into “criminal service providers” selling a range of illegal activities,…
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Southeast Asia: Torture rooms and karaoke bars in gang-run ‘scam farms’
Transnational crime syndicates based in Southeast Asia are fuelling the trafficking of people, either forcing them to commit crimes or…
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Guterres commends Turkmenistan’s ‘policy of neutrality’ amid troubled times
Cooperation between the United Nations and Turkmenistan, and regional developments in Central Asia, were the focus of a meeting between…
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UN pushes for inclusive future in Afghanistan at Doha talks
UN-led efforts to nudge Afghanistan towards a more peaceful and inclusive future with a more equal role for women and…
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Top UN official calls for strict compliance with sanctions on DPR Korea
Any relationship that any country has with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), including Russia, “must entirely abide” by…
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Rights expert urges banks to stop financing Myanmar junta weapons trade
Foreign banks are allegedly helping Myanmar’s military junta acquire weapons and military supplies, facilitating a “campaign of violence and brutality”…
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Effort to restore Iran nuclear deal ‘remains elusive’, Security Council hears
Restoring the Iran nuclear deal to its full and effective implementation “remains elusive”, the UN’s top political affairs official said…
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Officials highlight massive poverty, humanitarian despair in Afghanistan
The humanitarian needs in Afghanistan are “alarmingly high” and the international community is in “crisis management mode”, the UN Security…
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Systematic terror, brutal atrocities rife in Myanmar: UN human rights chief
The UN’s top human rights official said on Tuesday that Myanmar is in “agonizing pain”, suffocated by an illegitimate military…
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Life in DPR Korea still ‘daily struggle devoid of hope’ warns human rights chief
The international community must continue to pay close attention to the troubling human rights situation in the Democratic People’s Republic…
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