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South Korean military drone collides with helicopter, no casualties

17 Mar 2025

SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean military drone collided with a stationary helicopter at an airfield on Monday, causing a fire that was extinguished in about 20 minutes without any casualties, South Korea’s defence ministry said. The drone was an Israeli-made Heron, a large reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle, Yonhap News Agency reported, citing the military. …

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Tokyo awaits national hero Ohtani and countrymen in historic MLB opener

17 Mar 2025

By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) – Masanori Murakami travelled to San Francisco 61 years ago this month on his way to becoming the first Japanese player in Major League Baseball.  On Tuesday, five of his countrymen, including national hero Shohei Ohtani, will don MLB uniforms in Tokyo as the world champion Los Angeles Dodgers face …

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Japan PM Ishiba’s cabinet approval hits record low, Asahi reports

17 Mar 2025

TOKYO (Reuters) – Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s government dropped to a record low after he handed out gift vouchers to some ruling party lawmakers, a poll conducted by the Asahi newspaper showed on Monday. The approval rating slid 14 percentage points to 26% from the previous survey done in February, the …

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North Korea says it will steadily upgrade nuclear armed forces, KCNA says

16 Mar 2025

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said on Monday it will steadily upgrade and bolster its nuclear armed forces and blamed the foreign ministers of G7 states for infringing on its sovereign rights by demanding the end of its nuclear weapons programme, state media reported. (Reporting by Jack Kim; editing by Diane Craft)

Separatist suicide attack in southwestern Pakistan kills at least five

16 Mar 2025

By Saleem Ahmed and Saud Mehsud QUETTA (Reuters) – Separatist militants drove a vehicle laden with explosives into a paramilitary convoy, killing at least five in southwestern Pakistan, officials said on Sunday, just days after the same group hijacked a train and held hostages for 36 hours. The Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the …

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Azerbaijan says Armenia fired on it, Yerevan denies the claim

16 Mar 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Azerbaijan on Sunday accused Armenian forces of shooting at Azerbaijani positions from the southern Syunik province of Armenia, a claim Yerevan dismissed as untrue. Azerbaijan’s defence ministry said in a statement that Armenian forces had opened fire with small arms on Sunday morning from the Goris area. It gave no further details. Armenia’s …

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China’s Xi declines EU invitation to anniversary summit, FT reports

16 Mar 2025

(Corrects headline to cut extraneous word, corrects ‘a’, not ‘an’, in paragraph 1) (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping has declined an invitation to visit Brussels for a summit to mark the 50th anniversary of EU-China diplomatic ties, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. Beijing told EU officials that Premier Li Qiang would meet the presidents …

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Massive rallies across South Korea ahead of key ruling on impeachment of Yoon

15 Mar 2025

By Minwoo Park and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) – South Koreans gathered in huge numbers in the capital Seoul on Saturday to support or oppose impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol before a court decides whether his short-lived declaration of martial law disqualifies him from office. The Constitutional Court is expected to decide in the coming …

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Chinese training fighter jet pilot parachutes to safety after crash, PLA Navy says

15 Mar 2025

SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – The pilot of a Chinese training fighter parachuted to safety after the plane crashed in southern Hainan province on Saturday afternoon, according to the People’s Liberation Army Navy. There were no casualties at the site of the crash, according to a statement from the southern theater command of the PLA Navy. (Reporting …

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US hits Thai officials with visa sanctions over deportation of Uyghurs to China

15 Mar 2025

By Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced sanctions on Friday against officials from Thailand, a U.S. ally, for their role in deporting at least 40 Uyghurs to China, where Washington says the members of the Muslim group will face persecution. The U.S. is “committed to combating China’s …

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