SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea claims that about 800,000 of its citizens volunteered to join or reenlist in the nation’s military to fight against the United States, North Korea’s state newspaper reported on Saturday. About 800,000 students and workers, on Friday alone, across the country expressed a desire to enlist or reenlist in the military to …
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By Charlotte Greenfield KABUL (Reuters) – The U.N. World Food Programme has been forced to cut rations to 4 million Afghans this month, it said in a statement late on Friday, due to a funding shortfall in the midst of the country’s severe humanitarian crisis. “Due to funding constraints, at least four million people will …
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By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has formed a committee to lead his party if he is arrested, he told Reuters hours before an appearance before a court that had issued arrest warrants for him. The former cricket legend has led country-wide protests after his ouster from …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The situation between India and China in the western Himalayan region of Ladakh is fragile and dangerous, with military forces deployed very close to each other in some parts, Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday. At least 24 soldiers were killed when the two sides clashed in the region in …
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(Reuters) – A delegation from the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee led by Chairman Michael McCaul is set to visit the South Korean capital Seoul early next month, Yonhap News Agency reported on Saturday, citing diplomatic sources. (Reporting by Rahat Sandhu in Bengaluru)
By Allison Lampert MONTREAL (Reuters) -The United Nations aviation council on Friday voted to hear a case against Russia over the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, the foreign ministers of Australia and the Netherlands said. Australia and the Netherlands initiated the action over MH17 last year at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). …
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By Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -One of the top priorities for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security this year is to add more companies to a sanctions list for using forced labor in China’s Xinjiang region, a senior DHS official said on Friday. Robert Silvers, DHS undersecretary for strategy, policy, and plans, …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States accused China on Friday of attempting to hide North Korea’s atrocities from the world by blocking the webcast of an informal meeting of United Nations Security Council members on accusations of human rights abuses by Pyongyang. “Some council members are all too willing to shield …
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BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will visit China this month accompanied by a delegation of 240 business representatives, including 90 from agriculture sector, a senior Foreign Ministry official said on Friday. Trade promotion secretary Daniel Fernandes said at a press briefing that all the government’s ministries will be represented on …
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By Mubasher Bukhari and Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) -Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan will show up in court on Saturday, his lawyer said, defusing a volatile stand-off between his supporters and security forces who have tried to arrest him for evading the legal proceedings. Khan’s decision came after the high court in …
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