KABUL (Reuters) -Afghan citizen Enayatullah Asghari watched dismayed after Israel and Iran launched strikes on each other last month, as the Gulf nation where he had sought refuge turned more hostile, work on Tehran building sites dried up and he was accused of spying. Asghari, 35, is among tens of thousands of Afghans whom Iran …
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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Fiji is opposed to China setting up a military base in the Pacific Islands, Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said on Wednesday, adding that it did not need such a base to project power, as shown by an intercontinental ballistic missile test. Strategically placed between the United States and Asia, the …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand’s Constitutional Court suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Tuesday as it considers a petition filed by 36 senators seeking her dismissal. The senators have accused the 38-year-old premier of dishonesty and breaching ethical standards in violation of the constitution over a leaked telephone conversation with Cambodia’s former premier Hun Sen. WHO WILL …
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Quad grouping of the United States, India, Japan and Australia called on Tuesday for the perpetrators of an Islamist militant attack that killed 26 in India-administered Kashmir to be brought to justice without delay. The April 22 attack sparked heavy fighting between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan in the latest …
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By Hyunjoo Jin and Minwoo Park SEOUL (Reuters) -K-pop supergroup BTS will head to the United States this month to start working on new music and will launch its next album early next year ahead of a world tour, it said on Tuesday. The seven members of the group, who have been reunited after completing …
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By Krishna N. Das DHARAMSHALA, India (Reuters) -The Dalai Lama will meet 11 senior Buddhist monks on Wednesday morning before delivering a written statement that will “most probably” talk about his eventual succession as the spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhists, an official said. Tibetan Buddhists believe that enlightened monks are reborn to continue their spiritual …
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By Nailia Bagirova and Lucy Papachristou BAKU (Reuters) -Post-mortems on two Azerbaijani brothers who died in Russian police custody have shown that they were beaten to death, authorities in the South Caucasus country said on Tuesday as tensions rose sharply between Moscow and Baku. Azerbaijani prosecutors said they had opened a criminal investigation into the …
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By Panu Wongcha-um and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from duty pending a case seeking her dismissal, in a major setback for a government under fire on multiple fronts and fighting for its survival. The court accepted a petition from 36 senators accusing Paetongtarn of …
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By Devjyot Ghoshal and Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) -It was a Thai court decision last year that swept Paetongtarn Shinawatra into the prime minister’s office and now, once again, the fate of the 38-year-old novice politician lies in the hands of the judiciary. The Constitutional Court suspended Paetongtarn – Thailand’s youngest prime minister – from …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday risked another attempt at arresting him by skipping questioning by a special prosecutor investigating his December declaration of martial law, prompting the prosecutor to issue a new summons for Saturday. Yoon said he did not go to Tuesday’s appointment because he needed to prepare …
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