East Asia & the Pacific Australia: Former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith granted bail over alleged war crime of murder offences ABC News (Australia) War veteran Ben Roberts-Smith was granted bail after spending more than a week in custody over allegations of war crimes. The 47-year-old was arrested at Sydney Domestic Airport last week and charged with five counts of the war crime of murder, alleged to have occurred in Afghanistan in 2009 and 2012. A Sydney…
East Asia & the Pacific Cambodia: Thai military deploys armored vehicles, troops to O’Smach crossing, Cambodia rejects claims Khmer Times (Cambodia) The Thai military illegally deployed two armored vehicles and approximately 70 personnel to the O’Smach International Border Crossing in Oddar Meanchey province on April 2, prompting a strong response from Cambodia, which rejected Thai claims of provocation as “entirely untrue and baseless.” China: China, Europe and why Beijing took a swing at Iran over the Strait…
East Asia & the Pacific Cambodia: Hun Manet bats for calm amid border dispute with Thailand Khmer Times (Cambodia) In his third interview with an international news agency during his mission abroad, Prime Minister Hun Manet underscored Cambodia and its people’s desire for de-escalation of the border conflict with Thailand while reiterating his government’s support for peaceful settlement of differences between the estranged neighbors. China: US to keep China trade tariffs steady ahead of key…
