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Hong Kong police arrest Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen over protester assistance fund
China warns US warship after drills near Taiwan
China deletes WHO chief’s criticism of zero-COVID policy from social media platforms
China Takes Aim At NATO
US warship sails through Taiwan Strait after China drills
Uyghur secretary of Marxism Institute at university in Xinjiang confirmed detained
Decades after Putin’s war on Chechnya, Russia still hunts exiles relentlessly
Kazakhstan cancels Victory Day in protest over Putin’s Ukraine War
Decree Banning ‘India Out’ Campaign in Maldives Fuels Protests
Macao bets on a new future as China cracks down on gambling
A New Russian Gas Pipeline Is a Bad Idea for Mongolia
China is using Indonesian students to whitewash its mistreatment of the Uyghurs

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Trouble in Soviet Florida: How Russia and crypto are squeezing a small separatist state
The Trans-Caspian Corridor: Kazakhstan’s Silk Road?
Bhutan and Thailand agree on bilateral trade

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Ukraine war will decide fate of humanity, says Chechnya’s separatist leader Akhmed Zakayev
UFC contender Khamzat Chimaev visits Ramzan Kadyrov in Chechnya, spars with dictator’s children
Iraq: Fighting displaces thousands of Yazidis for a second time
Armenian and Azerbaijani exclaves back on the agenda
Sri Lanka meltdown exposes China loan policy: 5 things to know
Indonesia seizes cooking oil shipment bound for East Timor

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Malaysia’s Sarawak in Talks with Norway to Form Sovereign Fund
Uyghurs in exile use art to combat China’s cultural genocide back home
Despite US Nudging, No Condemnation of Russia in US-ASEAN Summit
Georgia’s breakaway South Ossetia region sets July referendum to join Russia
Israel: UN rights chief calls for end to ‘culture of impunity’
Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan becomes UAE president
Affection Not Allowed: Turkmen Police Detain Hand-Holding Couples Amid New Restrictions

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1948 May 15: Nakba Day, Day of the Catastrophe in Palestine
UK: Exiles angry as Queen hosts king of Bahrain
Nakba Day: What happened in Palestine in 1948?

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1954 May 16: Kengir uprising, Kazakhstan
Myanmar’s shadow government holds talks with powerful Arakan Army
Chechnya’s Kadyrov urges Erdoğan against evacuating Ukrainian soldiers
Georgia jails prominent critical journalist
KPMG and Oracle discuss the future of banking in Kuwait
US Congress: Rashida Tlaib introduces Nakba resolution
German police attack Palestine supporters on Nakba Day
IDF said considering use of attack helicopters during fierce firefights in West Bank
An independent probe points to Israeli gunfire in the death of a journalist
First Commercial Flight From Yemen Carries Medical Patients to Jordan
Jordan-Bosnia Association for Friendship and Business launched
Pakistani separatists [Balochs] turn their sights on China
The ‘can do’ attitude that defines Hong Kong
US Senators Introduce Bill to Extend Human Rights Work for North Koreans
Uighur county in China has highest prison rate in the world
China, ASEAN to hold South China Sea code of conduct talks this month
Giant CCS plan in East Timor could help secure finance for Sunrise LNG
Preserving the history of America’s ‘secret war’ in Laos

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1995 May 17: Panchen Lama’s abduction in Tibet
May 17: Endangered Species Day
Young, poor and ethnic minorities: who were the Russian soldiers killed in the war in Ukraine
Bahrain Oil Minister opens 29th Annual Middle East Petroleum and Gas Conference
Large-scale demonstrations and human rights violations show Armenia’s political crisis is deepening
Violence erupts in Jerusalem following Palestinian funeral
Jordan: Islamic Movement calls for popular rally at border with occupied Palestine
Hezbollah’s coalition loses parliamentary majority in Lebanon’s first vote after uprising, financial collapse
Israel’s Eurovision contestant accuses media of antisemitism
Hope evaporates for families of Syria missing as video exposes prisoner massacre
Russia ranks first in Kyrgyzstan’s trade turnover – President Putin
Tajikistan: At least one killed in Pamirs unrest
Maldives to establish embassy in Pretoria, South Africa
‘We are being abused and massacred every day’: Fears of genocide loom for Afghan Hazaras if the world fails to act
Jammu & Kashmir: One killed, 3 injured as burqa-clad terrorist throws grenade at wine shop in Baramulla
India Rejects Pak Resolution On Kashmir Delimitation
Balochistan: Protesters block Pakistan highway after arrest of women accused of attack plot
FIR filed against Bharti Singh for hurting sentiments of the Sikh community with ‘daadi-mooch’ joke
Koya youth delve deep into roots, family history
USAID Launches New Energy Governance Program in Mongolia
California gunman locked doors before firing at Taiwanese worshippers – police
US accused of undermining Taiwan defences by focusing on ‘D-day’ scenario
Don’t accidentally hire a North Korean hacker, FBI warns
North Korea on brink of Covid-19 catastrophe, say experts
Elite Chinese police college drew on UK’s Prevent strategy for Uyghur policy
China’s fishing ban on Vietnam prompts sovereignty conflicts in South China Sea
China to further increase tensions in Pacific: reports
Brunei Trade website consolidates import and export information
Timor-Leste: from ‘the brink of catastrophe’ to stability
USAID Deepens Partnership with Lao PDR

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1944 May 18: Day of Remembrance for the victims of the Crimean Tatar genocide
2002 May 20: East Timor Independence Day
1864 May 21: Circassian Genocide Memorial Day