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Khin Maung Zaw, center, a lawyer assigned by the National League for Democracy party to represent deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, speaks to journalists outside the Zabuthiri Township Court in Naypyitaw, on March 1, 2021. A leading human rights organizations has charged that lawyers representing opponents and critics of Myanmar’s military government face harassment and attacks, ranging from threats and arrests to unfair trials and even torture. Human Rights Watch says such actions reflected a broader attack on the country’s justice system. (AP Photo)

Rights group says Myanmar’s military rulers have cracked down on lawyers, abused legal system

Pakistani Taliban target police in northwestern province, kill 2 officers and guard at a local bank

India not planning to invite Ukraine to G20 summit in September

Bomb explodes in Afghanistan in a memorial ceremony for a Taliban official, killing another official

Lawyers unfurl a banner, which reads "Marriage freedom for all," before a ruling outside the Fukuoka District Court in Fukuoka, southern Japan Thursday, June 8, 2023. A Japanese court on Thursday ruled that the government’s denial of same-sex marriage is in “unconstitutional state,” a latest court decision in favor of the couples and their supporters seeking equal rights as the only member of Group of Seven with no legal protection for LGBTQ faces growing global attention.

Japan’s denial of same-sex marriage, other LGTBQ+ protections looks unconstitutional, judge rules

UNICEF concerned by Taliban move to bar international groups from Afghan education sector

Mayon Volcano spews white smoke as seen from Daraga, Albay province, central Philippines on Thursday June 8, 2023. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raised Thursday the status of Mayon Volcano in Albay to Alert Level 3 due to "increased tendency towards a hazardous eruption.

Philippines raises alert level around volcano, villagers told to leave danger zone

Indian wrestlers demanding arrest of sports official for sexual abuse suspend protests

South Korean inquiry to look into 237 more foreign adoptions suspected to have laundered origins

Pakistan urged to stop arresting Afghan refugees after 250 detained recently

Minibus crash kills 25 people, including nine children, in northern Afghanistan

Philippine court rejects bail request by former opposition senator who opposed deadly drug campaign

Japan supports Sweden’s NATO membership as defense ministers strengthen ties

Indonesia to deport Australian surfer jailed for drunken rampage in conservative province

European Union urges probe into ‘horrible and heinous’ poisoning of Afghan schoolgirls

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi waits to address judges of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, Dec. 11, 2019. Myanmar’s Supreme Court has agreed to hear a special appeal of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s bribery conviction for allegedly receiving gold and thousands of dollars from a former political ally, legal officials said Tuesday, June 6, 2023.

Legal officials say Myanmar’s Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal of Suu Kyi’s bribery conviction

Norway climber sets new goal to scale all 14 tallest peaks within 3 months