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ASEAN Envoys Gather in Brunei for Security Forum

Envoys from across the Asia-Pacific region and beyond are in Brunei for regional security meetings focusing on restarting nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea and rival territorial claims to the South China Sea.

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UN agency alarmed by deaths of displaced persons in Myanmar's Rakhine state

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A displaced mother and her two children in Rakhine state. They origina...

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World Bank Provides $400 million to Upgrade Bangladesh’s Embankment System

The World Bank approved $375 million in concessional financing and $25 million in a grant to Bangladesh to increase the resilience of the coastal population to climate change induced flooding and other natural disasters....

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On visit to Moldova, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities welcomes dialogue on Latin script schools in Transdniestria

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OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek (r), alongside Senior Adviser Bob Deen, at a m...

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