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Construction of ‘Catholic hub’ begins in Singapore

Malaysia Muslim charity faces corruption probe

Sri Lanka Church slams promotion of tainted officer

Nepal registers first LGBTQ marriage

HK man charged for wearing 'seditious' shirt

Final debates begin in HK's largest security trial

Catholic peacemaker receives Mother Teresa award

Japan trials OTC sales of 'morning-after' pill

Bangladesh crackdown on opposition raises concern

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A place where environmental defenders can 'slow down and relax'

The EarthRights School began in 1999, initially focusing on activists from Myanmar before expanding to other Mekong countries

Nepal registers first LGBTQ marriage

Transgender woman Maya Gurung and Surendra Pandey obtained marriage certificate from a local ward in Lamjung district

HK man charged for wearing 'seditious' shirt

Hong Kong police did not name him or specify what was written on the shirt he wore or the flags in his possession

Final debates begin in HK's largest security trial

Defendants represent a cross-section of Hong Kong's opposition charged with 'conspiracy to subvert state power'

Nicaragua says jailed Catholic bishop treated well in prison

Assertion marks rebuttal of UN rights experts who voiced 'grave concern' about solitary confinement of Monsignor Alvarez

Gangs, extortion in Bangladesh camps driving Rohingya sea exodus

The Rohingya say they fled escalating brutality in the camps in and around Cox's Bazar

Injured, sick children from Gaza airlifted to UAE

Sunday's evacuations marked the third batch of Palestinians transferred to the UAE since Israeli offensive against Hamas

Japan trials OTC sales of 'morning-after' pill

A campaign group has criticized the trial as too small and said it has asked the government to widen it

German priest abducted in Mali in 2022 freed, say officials

Hans-Joachim Lohre was widely thought to have been kidnapped, although no one ever claimed responsibility

Bangladesh crackdown on opposition raises concern

Human Rights Watch has based its findings on multiple witness interviews, as well as analysis of videos and police reports

Myanmar armed group seizes China border crossing

Rebel groups have seized military positions and a town important for trade with China, choking the cash-strapped junta

India tunnel collapse a 'wake-up call,' warns expert

Raghav Chandra warns about the perils of undertaking massive construction projects in the fragile Himalayan range

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