Australian Bagnato pleads not guilty in Thai murder trial
Antonio Bagnato, 26, fled after Australian organised crime figure and international drug trafficker Wayne Rodney Schneider was kidnapped and killed last year.
Lindsay Murdoch is a three-time winner of the Walkley Award, Australia's top award for journalistic excellence. Lindsay is a former correspondent based in Singapore, Jakarta and Darwin. In 1999 he covered the tumultuous events in East Timor, and in 2003 he covered the Iraq war while embedded with US Marines.
Antonio Bagnato, 26, fled after Australian organised crime figure and international drug trafficker Wayne Rodney Schneider was kidnapped and killed last year.
Thai officials and workers in the area are at a loss over the military government's order for the mine to be closed by December 31.
An Australian man wanted in Queensland on kidnapping and torture charges, who has been frequenting bars in the Thai capital for more than two weeks has been arrested.
An NGO-group said it had identified a total of 430 destroyed buildings in three districts of Maungdaw.
Across the region, leaders expect Trump to be less critical of human rights and anti-democratic policies than Barack Obama
Australia has secretly flown a sixth refugee from Nauru to Phnom Penh under Australia's controversial $55 million agreement with the Cambodian government.
A Philippine court has approved the late dictator's remains being moved to the country's national Heroes' Cemetery in a controversial verdict that will elevate his legacy.
World sailor Jurgen Kantner declared he didn't "care about pirates or governments" after being kidnapped for the first time in 2008.
Terrorist groups are planning kidnappings on Philippines islands popular with Australian tourists, the United States has warned.
In Malaysia, journalists at the respected news site Malaysiakini are facing increasing intimidation and threats, including from the pro-Malay "Red Shirts" movement which has vowed to "tear down" their offices.
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