By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the release, due to his age, of Charles Sobhraj, a French national known as “the serpent” who police say is responsible for a string of murders in the 1970s and 1980s. Sobhraj, 78, is accused of killing over 20 young Western backpackers across …
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By Sakshi Dayal NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India’s government has asked the country’s states to keep a sharp lookout for any new variants of the coronavirus and urged people to wear masks in crowded areas, citing an increase in COVID-19 cases in China and other parts of the globe. Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya met senior government …
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By Jibran Ahmad and Asif Shahzad PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan’s security forces killed 25 of 35 Islamist militants holed up in a counter-terrorism centre in the northwestern city of Bannu, while one hostage and two commandos died in the operation to retake the compound, the army said. Militants being held at the centre took …
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By Mei Mei Chu KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian towns were left inundated with muddy water in the wake of torrential rains, footage shared on social media and verified by Reuters showed on Wednesday, forcing more than 72,000 people to evacuate as rainfall and floods were forecast to persist. At least two people have died …
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(Reuters) – Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has undertaken a surprise trip to Beijing and held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping during which he said they discussed the Ukraine conflict. Medvedev, now deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, posted a video on his Telegram channel showing him meeting Xi, smiling for photos and a …
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By Napat Wesshasartar BANG SAPHAN (Reuters) – Hopes faded on Wednesday among relatives of Thai marines still missing after their warship sank off the country’s central coast, even as military-led rescue teams expanded their search area. Just one of a group of 30 missing seamen has been found alive after the HTMS Sukhothai went down …
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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A provision to provide 4,000 more visas for Afghans who worked with the United States was included in a massive government spending bill unveiled on Monday, along with an extension of the Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program until 2024. SIVs are available to many Afghans who aided U.S. forces as …
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By Charlotte Greenfield and Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL (Reuters) -Afghanistan’s Taliban-run higher education ministry on Tuesday suspended access to universities by female students until further notice, drawing strong condemnation from the United States, Britain and the United Nations. A letter, confirmed by a spokesperson for the higher education ministry, instructed Afghan public and private universities …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department on Tuesday said it hopes to see China defeat the current COVID-19 outbreak and get it under control, adding that Washington is prepared to continue to support countries around the world, including China, on COVID-19 and other health issues. State Department spokesperson Ned Price told reporters at a …
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By Napat Wesshasartar BANG SAPHAN, Thailand (Reuters) -Thailand’s military mobilised helicopters, warships and unmanned drones off its central coast on Tuesday as rescue teams raced against time to find survivors after a navy corvette sank at the weekend in choppy waters. One marine was rescued alive on Tuesday from the waters of the Gulf of …
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