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Tajikistan decriminalises ‘liking’ social media posts deemed extremist

14 May 2025

ALMATY (Reuters) – Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon signed a law on Wednesday removing criminal liability for “liking” posts on social media containing material that publicly calls for terrorism or other serious crimes, his press service said. Official figures show more than 1,500 people have been jailed for liking and commenting on articles that the authorities …

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India rejects China’s latest renaming of places in Arunachal border state

14 May 2025

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India said on Wednesday that it rejects China’s move to rename places in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh where the Asian neighbours share a border, adding that the Himalayan territory was an integral part of India. Beijing has renamed places in Arunachal Pradesh in the past as well and the …

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China says Japanese man’s sentencing in spy case followed legal procedures

14 May 2025

BEIJING (Reuters) -The case of a Japanese man jailed for 12 years in China was handled according to the law, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday after he was asked about the man’s trial. The Japanese Consulate-General in Shanghai said its officials were allowed to observe proceedings on Tuesday, but details could not …

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Training aircraft from Japan’s Self-Defence Force crashes in central Japan

14 May 2025

TOKYO (Reuters) -A Self-Defence Force training aircraft crashed after taking off from a military base in central Japan, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Wednesday, declining to elaborate further. A defence ministry spokesperson said it is collecting information. Japanese public broadcaster NHK, citing multiple defence ministry officials, reported that the T-4 training aircraft disappeared …

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Two Taiwan allies attend Beijing forum as China steps up diplomatic pressure

14 May 2025

By Liz Lee and Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) -Haiti’s foreign minister was one of Taiwan’s two diplomatic allies attending a forum on Tuesday in Beijing between China and Latin American and Caribbean countries, as China steps up its pressure campaign against the diplomatically isolated island. Democratically governed Taiwan, which China views as its own territory, …

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China to present new peacekeeping commitments to UN, defence chief says

14 May 2025

BEIJING (Reuters) – China will put forward new peacekeeping commitments, and support the reform and transformation of the United Nations’ peacekeeping efforts, state news agency Xinhua said on Wednesday, citing the Chinese defence chief. China is always a staunch supporter and constructive force for UN’s peacekeeping operations, Defence Minister Dong Jun told UN Secretary-General Antonio …

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US imposes sanctions on companies it says sent Iranian oil to China

13 May 2025

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed sanctions on more than 20 companies in a network that it said has long sent Iranian oil to China, days after negotiators from Iran and the United States concluded a fourth round of nuclear talks.    The network facilitated the shipment of oil worth …

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Russia rejects ‘biased’ UN ruling on 2014 downing of Malaysian airliner

13 May 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin on Tuesday rejected as biased a ruling by the U.N. aviation council that Russia was responsible for the downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine in 2014 that killed all 298 passengers and crew. “Our position is well known. You know that Russia was not a country that took part …

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Ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina’s party barred from election as party registration suspended

13 May 2025

DHAKA, Bangladesh (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s Election Commission has suspended the registration of ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League, effectively barring the party from contesting the next national elections. The move comes after the interim government of Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus banned all activities of the Awami League under the Anti-Terrorism Act after days …

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US says Trump’s ‘unification’ comment was about US-China trade

13 May 2025

TAIPEI (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s comment on “unification” was about the U.S.-China trade relationship and U.S. policy toward Taiwan has not changed, the de facto U.S. embassy on the island said on Tuesday, after the wording caused unease in Taipei. China claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory and has vowed to “reunify” …

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