WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has approved the possible sale of Airborne Early Warning and Control Aircraft to South Korea for an estimated $4.92 billion, the Pentagon said on Monday. The principal contractor will be Boeing Co, the Pentagon said. (Reporting by Jasper Ward and Eric Beech, editing by David Ljunggren)
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan on Monday passed an amendment to a law that will extend the terms of the heads of the armed forces to five years from three, in a rowdy parliamentary session opposed by jailed ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party. Extending the term of commanders including Army Chief General Asim Munir …
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By Hyunsu Yim and Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea and the European Union on Monday jointly condemned North Korea’s supply of weaponry to Moscow and demanded that it withdraw troops it has sent as Russia wages war against Ukraine. The EU and South Korea were holding their first “Strategic Dialogue” meeting in Seoul, shortly …
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By Prasto Wardoyo SURABAYA, Indonesia (Reuters) -Naval forces of Indonesia and Russia began their first joint military training drills in the Java Sea on Monday, the Indonesian navy said, something analysts said showed the Southeast Asian country’s willingness to befriend any country. The joint exercise comes as Indonesia’s newly-inaugurated President Prabowo Subianto has pledged closer …
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By Saurabh Sharma LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) -At least 36 people were killed and six were injured after a bus plunged into a gorge in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand on Monday, an official told Reuters. The bus was travelling from Garhwal in the Himalayas and was headed to the town of Ramnagar, with at …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Most of Indonesia is predicted to have a normal wet season next year, making it suitable to grow crops, the country’s weather agency BMKG said on Monday. Last year’s dry season was the most severe since 2019 due to an El Nino weather phenomenon, bringing a prolonged drought that hurt crops and …
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By Fayaz Bukhari NEW DELHI (Reuters) – At least 11 people were injured when militants threw a grenade at Indian security forces on Sunday in a crowded flea market in Srinagar, capital of India-administered Kashmir, a police official said. Militants missed their target and instead injured at least 11 people, the official told Reuters. The …
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(Reuters) – Malaysia has sent a complaint letter to Vietnam over its alleged expansion of a South China Sea reef that both countries claim as their own, two officials told Reuters, in a rare bilateral escalation not involving China. The move brings to light another of the multiple disputes in the strategic waterway, most of …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Authorities in India’s capital and surrounding areas handed out fines to the owners of thousands of vehicles and construction sites for infringing pollution rules, in a bid to counter a slump in air quality during the last three weeks. New Delhi is the world’s most polluted major city, Swiss group IQAir …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – The Pacific Islands nation of Palau, important to the U.S. military amid tensions with China, and among a dozen allies of Taiwan, holds a national election for president on Tuesday. President Surangel Whipps Jr is contesting the post against his brother-in-law, former president Tommy Remengesau, who stood at traffic intersections on Monday …
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