JAKARTA (Reuters) -Six people have died as nearly 100 Rohingya landed by boat in Indonesia’s Aceh province, a local fishing community said on Thursday, in the latest wave of arrivals to the Southeast Asian country in recent days. Miftach Tjut Adek, chief of the community, told Reuters that the 96 arrivals, including seven children, were …
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By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea said it launched an intercontinental ballistic missile on Thursday, in what South Korean officials said could be related to its development of new solid-fuel rocket engines. South Korea’s defense minister said on Wednesday the North could seek new ICBM technology from Russia in exchange for deploying its troops …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s position on the South China Sea remains unchanged and it will respond appropriately to safeguard its territory, an official said on Thursday, after a Chinese coast guard vessel interrupted a survey by Jakarta’s state energy firm. Indonesia said last week it had driven the Chinese coast guard ship away three times …
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By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – More than 100 North Koreans have gone missing after being caught by secret police while trying to defect from the isolated country or even for trying to call relatives in South Korea, a Seoul-based human rights group said on Thursday. The Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG) released a report …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s financial hub Shanghai is bracing for potentially the worst rains in more than 40 years as Typhoon Kong-rey looks set to arrive from the south to sweep along the eastern coast over the next two days. Shanghai’s railway operator announced suspensions to some high-speed trains from Thursday to Friday in preparation …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Russia’s envoy to the United Nations on Wednesday questioned why its allies like North Korea could not help Moscow in its war against Ukraine given Western countries claim the right to help Kyiv. Vassily Nebenzia faced a blunt argument at a Security Council meeting from the United States, …
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(Reuters) – The United States secured the release of American pastor David Lin from China last month in exchange for a Chinese citizen, Politico reported on Wednesday, citing three people familiar with the deal. Lin had been in jail since 2006 in a case Washington said was wrongful detention. U.S. politicians had for years urged …
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By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired a long-range ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast on Thursday, South Korea and Japan said, a day after Seoul reported the North was making preparations to test-launch an intercontinental ballistic missile. The launch, at a sharply raised angle, was from an area near …
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By Ariba Shahid KARACHI (Reuters) – Attiq Ur Rehman is determined to follow his dream to become Pakistan’s first professional surfer despite his father’s concern for his future, a lack of equipment and the messy waves near Karachi. “I don’t care about the money right now. I just want to compete,” the 21-year-old says, shrugging …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top UN official on Wednesday urged a probe into the killings in Bangladesh during protests that led to the downfall of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, while also calling for minority protection and a national process of truth and healing. The South Asian nation has seen rising tensions …
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