WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Wednesday rejected North Korean accusations that joint military exercises in the region are a provocation and said the United States has no hostile intent toward Pyongyang. “We have made clear we have no hostile intent toward the DPRK (North Korea) and seek serious and sustained diplomacy to address …
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OTTAWA (Reuters) – The Canadian parliament on Wednesday unanimously voted in favor of a non-binding proposal for the resettlement of 10,000 Uyghur Muslim refugees from China’s Xinjiang region into Canada over two years. The House of Commons voted 322-0 for Liberal member of parliament Sameer Zuberi’s bill, which also called on the government to recognize …
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(Reuters) -Myanmar’s junta extended the country’s state of emergency by another six months, the acting president said at a leadership meeting broadcast on state TV on Wednesday, as protesters marked the anniversary of a 2021 military coup with a “silent protest”. Junta leader General Min Aung Hlaing, in a meeting on Tuesday with the army-backed …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – The United States and South Korea carried out combined military air exercises involving B-1B bombers as well as F-22 and F-35 fighter aircraft, the South Korean defence ministry said on Thursday. The ministry said in a statement that the drills aimed to promote interoperability between the militaries and were an effective demonstration …
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By Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The speaker of Taiwan’s parliament during a forum for international religious freedom in Washington on Wednesday stressed the importance of defending the island’s democracy in the face of pressure from China. In an address to the International Religious Freedom Summit, You Si-kun sharply criticized Beijing’s suppression of …
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By Mica Rosenberg, Kristina Cooke and Jackie Botts SAN PEDRO TAPANATEPEC, Mexico (Reuters) -Their journey starts with a humanitarian visa for Brazil: one of the few remaining exit routes for Afghans fleeing Taliban rule. It ends, after a perilous trek overland through Latin America across at least 11 countries, with scaling the border wall and …
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By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is deeply concerned about Russia’s supply of military equipment to Myanmar’s junta and will continue to seek ways to limit such cooperation between the two countries, a senior U.S. State Department official said on Wednesday. Speaking in a telephone briefing on the two-year anniversary of Myanmar’s military …
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PRAGUE (Reuters) -Czech lower house of parliament speaker Marketa Pekarova Adamova on Wednesday assured Taiwan of her country’s support for partner states who respect human rights and liberal democracy, ahead of a visit to Taipei planned for March. The Czechs have been intensifying relations with the self-ruled island, which giant neighbour China claims as its …
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By Sakura Murakami TOKYO (Reuters) – NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday stressed the importance of NATO’s working closely with partners in the Indo-Pacific, saying Europe could not ignore what happens in East Asia because the global security is interconnected. “Working with partners around the world, especially in the Indo-Pacific, is part of the answer …
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Major arrests have been made in connection with the Pakistan mosque bombing that killed over 100 people on Monday, Peshawar police chief Ijaz Khan told Reuters on Wednesday. He said police are investigating how the suicide bomber entered the highly-secured police area, and could not rule out internal assistance to carry …
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