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UNICEF concerned over report of aid group ban from Afghan education

8 Jun 2023 8 Jun 2023

By Charlotte Greenfield (Reuters) -The U.N. children’s agency said on Thursday it was following up with Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities over whether international organisations would be excluded from education projects, which could affect hundreds of thousands of students. “UNICEF is deeply concerned by reports that over 500,000 children, including over 300,000 girls, could lose out on …

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Exclusive-Taiwan foreign minister to make Europe trip next week -sources

8 Jun 2023 8 Jun 2023

By Ben Blanchard and Robert Muller TAIPEI/PRAGUE (Reuters) – Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu will make a previously unannounced visit to Europe next week, four sources briefed on the matter said, and is expected to appear with the Czech president at one event in a diplomatic breakthrough. Taiwan, which is claimed by China, has no …

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Pakistan’s Imran Khan gets bail on murder charges – lawyer

8 Jun 2023 8 Jun 2023

By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan’s ousted former prime minister Imran Khan secured bail on Thursday from the Islamabad High Court over new murder charges, meaning he cannot be rearrested in connection with those charges for the next 14 days, his lawyer said. Khan was arrested on May 9 and held for three days, triggering …

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Taiwan activates air defence as China aircraft enter zone

8 Jun 2023 8 Jun 2023

TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan activated its defence systems on Thursday after reporting 37 Chinese military aircraft flying into the island’s air defence zone, some of which then flew into the western Pacific, in Beijing’s latest mass air incursion. China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, has over the past three years regularly flown …

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Blast in northern Afghanistan kills 11 during funeral of deputy governor

8 Jun 2023 8 Jun 2023

By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL (Reuters) -An explosion inside a mosque in northern Afghanistan on Thursday killed at least 11 people during the funeral of the Taliban’s provincial deputy governor, who died in an attack earlier this week, officials said. The Taliban-run Ministry of Interior said that more than 30 people were also injured in …

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Japan ruling on same-sex marriage disappoints but ‘a step forward’

8 Jun 2023 8 Jun 2023

By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) -A Japanese court on Thursday said a ban on same-sex marriage was constitutional but it raised concerns about the dignity and human rights of same-sex couples, a ruling short of activists’ expectations but still seen as a step forward. The judgement by the Fukuoka district court came a week after …

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China, India must step back from Himalayan border confrontation – Indian minister

8 Jun 2023 8 Jun 2023

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India and China must find a way to step back from potential confrontation in the western Himalayas, India’s foreign minister said on Thursday, fearing that the militarised, disputed border could lead to conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbours. Both militaries have fortified positions and deployed large numbers of troops and equipment in …

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Philippines raises alert level at rumbling volcano after rockfall, quakes

8 Jun 2023 8 Jun 2023

MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines raised the alert level at the popular Mayon volcano by a notch on Thursday, after detecting volcanic earthquakes and hundreds of rockfall events. The 2,462-metre (8,077-foot) volcano in central Albay province – a draw for tourists because of its near-perfect conical shape – “is exhibiting magmatic eruption,” the state volcanology …

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ASEAN to hold first joint military exercise off Indonesia

8 Jun 2023 8 Jun 2023

By Kate Lamb and Ananda Teresia JAKARTA (Reuters) – The Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN will hold its first-ever joint military exercise in the South China Sea, its chair Indonesia said on Thursday, the latest multilateral security drills at a time of rising tension and uncertainty in the region. The decision was taken at a meeting …

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Indonesia to deport Australian arrested for drunken, naked rampage

8 Jun 2023 8 Jun 2023

MEULABOH, Indonesia (Reuters) – An Australian man who was arrested for drunken assault and public nudity in Indonesia’s ultra-conservative Islamic province Aceh is set to be deported, authorities said. Bodhi Mani Risby-Jones, 23, was arrested by police in April after he was found streaking in an inebriated state through a village on Simeulue island off …

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