By Sakshi Dayal NEW DELHI/KABUL (Reuters) -The U.N. Security Council Committee has temporarily lifted a travel ban on the Afghan Taliban foreign minister, which would allow him to visit India between October 9 and 16, India’s foreign ministry said on Friday. If confirmed, it would be the first visit to India by a senior leader …
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SIDOARJO, Indonesia (Reuters) – The number of students confirmed dead after the collapse of an Islamic school building in Indonesia rose to 13 late on Friday, the country’s disaster mitigation agency said, as the search for survivors continued. The Al Khoziny school in the town of Sidoarjo in East Java province caved in on Monday, …
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By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -The 20 points that U.S. President Donald Trump announced this week under his plan to end the war in Gaza were not in line with a draft presented to him by a group of Muslim-majority countries, Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on Friday. The group had proposed a full …
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By Johan Purnomo SIDOARJO, Indonesia (Reuters) -The anxiety gripped Jayanti Mandasari as soon as she got off the phone with her son M. Muhfi Alfian on Monday. A generous boy, he had called to ask for money to treat his friends to some snacks. Despite the light-hearted nature of the call, she could not shake …
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By Shoon Naing (Reuters) -Myanmar’s junta chief is becoming a frequent flier. In the last six months, Min Aung Hlaing has flown to more countries than he did in the years after he grabbed power in a 2021 coup that ousted an elected civilian government. His travels – part of a diplomatic push by Min …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia has detected radioactive contamination at a sprawling industrial zone near the capital Jakarta, found to have high levels of Caesium-137 (Cs-137), a manmade radionuclide. Here are some facts about what we know so far: – In August, two sites were found to be contaminated with high levels of Cs-137. Indonesia’s environment minister …
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By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippines is closely watching Beijing’s plans for a nature reserve at the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, its chief of armed forces said on Friday, adding it was important that the shoal does not become militarised. Manila has called last month’s announcement by China of plans …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) -A Thai court on Friday imposed the death penalty and commuted it to life imprisonment for a hitman who shot dead a former Cambodian opposition lawmaker in Bangkok in January, the lawyer for the victim’s family told Reuters. Ekkalak Paenoi, 41 a former Thai marine, was found guilty to the killing of Lim …
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By Heejin Kim SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea should consider resuming reunions of families separated during the Korean War of 1950 to 1953, as part of humanitarian cooperation measures between the neighbours, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Friday. At a meeting ahead of the national Chuseok thanksgiving holidays, Lee told South Koreans who …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department on Thursday brushed off a statement from the senior Chinese diplomat in Hong Kong warning the recently appointed U.S. consul general there not to interfere in the affairs of the Chinese-ruled city. “U.S. diplomats represent our nation and are charged with advancing U.S. interests globally, which is standard practice …
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