BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Council on Friday said Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to a civilian EU mission alongside the countries’ border, where the worst fighting between the two ex-Soviet states since 2020 killed more than 200 people late last month. It also said the next meeting of a border delimitation commission will take …
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COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s top court has granted permission for proceedings against former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the rights group which filed the case against him said in a statement on Friday. The court also agreed to allow proceedings against the country’s former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, its former finance minister and two of its …
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By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a birthday greeting to Russian President Vladimir Putin this week, congratulating him for “crushing the challenges and threats of the United States”, the latest sign of deepening ties between the two pariah states. As Russia’s isolation over its war in Ukraine has …
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By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on a Myanmar businessman and two others involved in procuring Russian-made weapons from Belarus for the junta that seized power in the Southeast Asian country early last year, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. The military staged a coup in February 2021, detaining …
By Poppy McPherson and Vorasit Satienlerk NA KLANG, Thailand (Reuters) – Pink and white coffins adorned with gold and bearing the bodies of the 22 children killed in a gun and knife rampage in Thailand were loaded onto a truck late on Thursday and driven away in the darkness. Thailand’s deputy prime minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, …
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By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. rights council on Thursday voted down a Western-led motion to hold a debate about alleged human rights abuses by China against Uyghurs and other Muslims in Xinjiang in a victory for Beijing as it seeks to avoid further scrutiny. The defeat — 19 against, 17 for, 11 abstentions …
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By Vorasit Satienlerk and Athit Perawongmetha NA KLANG, Thailand (Reuters) -A former policeman killed 34 people, including 23 children, during a knife and gun rampage at a daycare centre in northeast Thailand on Thursday, police said, before later shooting dead his wife and child at home and turning his weapon on himself. In one of …
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(Reuters) – A former policeman killed 34 people, including 23 children, during a knife and gun rampage at a daycare centre in northeast Thailand on Thursday, police said, before later shooting dead his wife and child at home and turning his weapon on himself. Here are details of previous school shootings and mass killings of …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – South Korea’s ambassador on North Korean human rights expressed disappointment on Thursday that Joe Biden’s administration had yet to appoint an envoy for the issue, despite the U.S. leader’s vow to put rights at the center of his foreign policy. Lee Shin-wha was named to her post in South Korea in July …
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkish, Armenian and Azeri leaders met informally at a European summit on Thursday, Turkish media reported, marking the first top level talks between Turkey and Armenia since they launched a bid to mend ties late last year after decades of animosity. State-owned Anadolu news agency said President Tayyip Erdogan spoke with Armenia’s Prime …
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