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Brunei faced with widespread boycott, unflattering Twitter hashtag over stoning law
Brunei caused a global outcry over its archaic Shariah laws © Arno Maierbrugger
A growing number...
Brunei shows interest in purchasing Russian Sukhoi Superjets
One result of the meeting between Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah at the Russia-ASEAN summit in Sochi this week and...
Obama, Sultan of Brunei discuss TPP
On his visit to the US on March 12, Brunei's leader Hassanal Bolkiah and US President Barack Obama discussed ways to move forward on...
Brunei invests in Turkey
The Sulatanate of Brunei has bought a 20 per cent stake in Turkish Yildiz Holding's margarine and vegetable oil producing unit, Marsa Yag, the...
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