Thursday, 16 March 2017 BEIJING: Authorities in the western region of Xinjiang have offered leniency to “separatists, terrorists and religious extremists” who turn themselves in, the latest in a string of recent security measures in the violence-prone region. China says militants have stirred up tension in Xinjiang, where hundreds of …
Read More »Philippines’ Duterte proposed deal to end city siege, then backed out
Thursday, 6 July 2017 MARAWI CITY: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was preparing to make a deal with Islamic State-inspired militants in the days after they laid siege to a southern city, but aborted the plan without explanation, an intermediary involved in the process said. Agakhan Sharief, a prominent Muslim …
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