MOSCOW (Reuters) – A French man and a German man have been arrested for unauthorised entry to the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan that Russia uses for space launches, Russian state media reported on Friday. RIA news agency quoted a Kazakh prosecutor as saying the pair were detained for one day and then removed from the …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui, in a Moscow meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, accused the United States and South Korea of plotting a nuclear strike against her country. She did not provide evidence to back her assertion, but spoke of regular consultations between Washington and Seoul at which …
TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan cleared up and offices and financial markets re-opened on Friday after the powerful Typhoon Kong-rey swept through the island causing two deaths and snarling transport, as the remnant of the storm brushed the Chinese coast. Kong-rey slammed into Taiwan’s mountainous and sparsely populated east coast on Thursday afternoon, the largest storm by …
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QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – At least seven people including five school students were killed and 23 injured in a blast in southwestern Pakistan on Friday, a police official said. “The target was a police van which was going to pickup a polio (vaccination) team,” Senior Superintendent of Police Rehmatullah told Reuters. One police officer was …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) -Four Thai nationals were killed and one was injured by rocket fire near the town of Metula, close to the border between Lebanon and Israel, Thai Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa posted on the social media platform X on Friday. Last year, 46 Thais were among the 1,200 people killed when Hamas militants launched …
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By Hyunsu Yim, Josh Smith and Hyun Young Yi SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea flexed its military muscle with the test of a huge new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile dubbed Hwasong-19, state media said on Friday, amid international uproar over its troops deployed to aid Russia in Ukraine. The launch on Thursday flew higher than any …
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HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam has protested against China’s alleged detention of its fishermen and fishing vessels in the contested Paracel Islands in the busy South China Sea, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Thursday. Vietnam urged China to “immediately release the fishermen and fishing vessels that were illegally detained”, the spokesperson told a regular press conference, …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) -Eight people died in a large fire at a cooking oil factory near the Indonesian capital Jakarta, local fire authorities said on Friday. Around 20 firefighting trucks are at the site and have contained the blaze in most areas of the factory, authorities said. Footage from Metro TV showed flames and billowing black …
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By Michael Martina and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States expects North Korean troops in Russia’s Kursk region to enter the fight against Ukraine in the coming days, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday as he pressed China to use its influence to rein in Pyongyang. Blinken spoke after North Korea …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea and Russia concluded a joint exhibition of technology products in Pyongyang, North Korean state media KCNA reported on Friday, after showcasing gadgets from various companies within the countries. Russia and North Korea have been cooperating more widely since the two countries’ leaders in June pledged a stronger partnership. North Korean …
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