NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India will never restore the Indus Waters Treaty with Islamabad, and the water flowing to Pakistan will be diverted for internal use, Home Minister Amit Shah said in an interview with Times of India on Saturday. India put into “abeyance” its participation in the 1960 treaty, which governs the usage of the …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -K-pop group BTS member Suga was discharged from the South Korean military on Saturday, the seventh and final member to complete the country’s mandatory national service amid expectations of the band’s comeback from a hiatus. Suga finished his military tenure as a social service agent on Saturday with little fanfare as fans looked …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump predicted on Friday that the United States will be able to negotiate trade deals with both India and Pakistan. Speaking to reporters as he arrived in New Jersey, Trump spoke optimistically about the potential for trade agreements with the two countries. (Reporting By Steve Holland, Editing by Franklin Paul)
BAKU (Reuters) -A court in Azerbaijan sentenced seven journalists to jail terms ranging from 7-1/2 to nine years on Friday after finding them guilty of smuggling, in what international press freedom advocates have described as a politically motivated case. Six of the defendants are affiliated with Abzas Media, an independent outlet focused on corruption and …
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MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippines accused Chinese Coast Guard ships on Friday of carrying out aggressive manoeuvres and targeting its fisheries vessels with water canons while they were delivering supplies to Filipino fishermen at the disputed Scarborough Shoal on Friday. One of the four Philippine fisheries vessels involved in the mission was briefly struck by a …
By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand’s embattled Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra faced the prospect of losing her government’s majority on Friday, as a vital coalition partner looked set to demand her resignation and senators launched a legal bid to remove her from office. Paetongtarn, the politically inexperienced daughter of divisive tycoon and …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan will hold a recall vote for around one quarter of parliament’s lawmakers – all from the main opposition party – next month, the election commission said on Friday, a move which could see the ruling party take back control of the legislature. While Lai Ching-te won the presidency last year, his Democratic …
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By Orathai Sriring and Thanadech Staporncharnchai BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand’s economy is already on the ropes. Consumption has remained tepid despite a government stimulus programme, few of its economic engines are firing, and uncertainty wrought by U.S. President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs means that the Thai economy could grow just over 1% this year. Now, Southeast …
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LONDON (Reuters) -A Chinese student convicted of drugging and raping 10 women in Britain and China was jailed on Thursday for 24 years in a London court. Zhenhao Zou, 28, who lived in south London, used online platforms and dating apps to meet women, inviting them to his home under the pretext of having drinks …
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BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) -China’s military criticised on Friday the sailing of a British warship through the Taiwan Strait as a deliberate attempt to “cause trouble”, while Taiwan’s president ordered monitoring stepped up in response to Chinese military activities. China, which views Taiwan as its own territory, though Taipei rejects that claim, has stepped up drills around the …
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