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By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan highlighted its counterterrorism cooperation with Washington after the arrest of Mohammad Sharifullah, whom it blames for a 2021 attack on U.S. troops at Kabul airport, in a military operation along the border with Afghanistan. “We will continue to partner closely with the United States in securing regional peace and …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Wednesday it would develop a package of major projects to tackle climate change as it moves to bring its carbon dioxide emissions to a peak before 2030 and become carbon neutral by 2060. The world’s largest producer of climate-warming greenhouse gas said it would develop new offshore wind farms …

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By Ruma Paul and Poppy McPherson DHAKA (Reuters) -The United Nations has warned it will have to cut monthly food rations to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh from $12.50 to $6 next month, unless it can raise funds to avert a measure that would worsen hunger in the world’s largest refugee settlement. “Yesterday, I was informed …

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By Saud Mehsud DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) -Thousands of people poured on to the streets of Bannu in northwestern Pakistan for the funerals on Wednesday of 18 people, including six children, killed in a suicide attack on a security installation. Suicide bombers drove two vehicles packed with explosives into the town’s military base in …

Suicide bombing at Pakistan military site kills 13 civilians, five soldiers Read More »

By Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) – Canada and the United States offered to resettle 48 ethnic Uyghurs held in detention in Thailand over the past decade, sources told Reuters, but Bangkok took no action for fear of upsetting China, where they were covertly deported last week. Thailand has defended the deportation, which came despite calls …

Exclusive-Canada and US offered Uyghurs in Thailand asylum before deportation to China, sources say Read More »

By Shoon Naing (Reuters) -Scam centres that operated along the Thai-Myanmar border for years have drawn fresh attention after the high-profile abduction and release of a Chinese actor in Thailand. The incident sparked a multi-national effort among Thailand, China and Myanmar to dismantle the centres in a network of scam compounds across Southeast Asia.  Criminal …

What are Southeast Asia’s scam centres, and why are they being dismantled? Read More »