By Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s voters could end more than a decade of Liberal Democratic Party dominance on Sunday, forcing the ruling party into power-sharing deals that could undermine the country’s leadership. The general election, nine days before the U.S chooses a new president, adds uncertainty to an already turbulent geopolitical landscape as the …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s foreign ministry said on Saturday it strongly condemns recent U.S. military activity with allies in the region, in a statement carried by state media KCNA. “We strongly denounce the U.S. hostile act of resorting to reckless military demonstration with its allies, not content with the present political and military tension …
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(This Oct. 24 story has been corrected to fix the amount of U.S. aid announced by Power to ‘total of about $55 million’ from ‘more than $38 million’ in paragraph 7) (Reuters) – An award-winning Cambodian journalist who was arrested on charges of inciting social unrest was freed on bail on Thursday, a day after …
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By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S., South Korean and Japanese national security advisers expressed “grave concern” on Friday over the deployment of North Korean troops in Russia for possible use against Ukraine, the White House said. The trio see the North Korean troop presence as the latest sign of growing Moscow-Pyongyang military ties, …
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea said on Friday any move to send its troops to assist Russia in its war in Ukraine would be in line with international law, although it stopped short of confirming that such a deployment had taken place. Ukraine, the United States and other Western allies say they have evidence that Pyongyang …
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By Krishn Kaushik and Mei Mei Chu NEW DELHI/BEIJING (Reuters) -India and China have begun implementing an agreement to end a military standoff on their disputed Himalayan border, the two sides said on Friday, in the biggest thaw between the Asian giants since deadly clashes between their armies four years ago. Troops who were eyeball-to-eyeball …
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By Mike Stone and Gerry Doyle WASHINGTON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Fearing China will deploy hypersonic weapons to sink ships in the Pacific, the U.S. Navy is moving forward with a plan to arm some of its vessels with Patriot interceptor missiles, two senior defense officials said. One industry official said putting the highly agile Patriot Advanced …
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By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – A new assistant Catholic bishop for Beijing was ordained on Friday, three days after the Vatican and Chinese officials extended an accord on appointments in China, the Vatican said. Bishop Matthew Zhen Xuebin, 54, was named to the role by Pope Francis, who approved his nomination within the …
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DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – At least 10 Pakistani frontier police were killed in a militant attack on an outpost near the northwestern city of Dera Ismail Khan, the interior ministry said in a statement. Thursday’s attack, claimed by Islamist militant group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, comes as Pakistan battles a resurgence of militant attacks in …
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By Shoon Naing, Wa Lone, Devjyot Ghoshal, Poppy McPherson, Antoni Slodkowski BANGKOK/BEIJING -When an alliance led by three rebel armies seized swathes of territory near Myanmar’s border with China from the military junta last October, Beijing looked the other way. A year on, rebel forces have ground down the junta, pushing the military out of …
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