(Corrects paragraph 6 to fix word order) By Shivam Patel NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India’s air force chief made the inaugural landing of a military transport aircraft at a new airbase capable of fighter jet operations close to the disputed Himalayan border with China, a defence official said on Thursday. The move comes amid a thaw …
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(Corrects to “cosying up”, from “coshing up”, in paragraph 8) By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday offered Spain’s King Felipe VI a vision of cooperation with “great global influence” as Beijing seeks Spanish support within the EU in exchange for greater economic security for its European partner. Felipe is the …
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By Rohith Nair (Reuters) -Some Sri Lanka cricketers requested to return home from their Pakistan tour on Wednesday for safety reasons after a suicide bombing in Islamabad, but their board issued a stern directive to stay put or face consequences. Sri Lanka are touring Pakistan, playing three one-day internationals followed by a Twenty20 tri-series along …
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By Shivam Patel NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) -India’s government confirmed on Wednesday that it was treating a car blast that killed eight people and wounded at least 20 others in Delhi as a “terror incident” and vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice as swiftly as possible. Earlier, three sources familiar with the investigation said …
By Ariba Shahid KARACHI (Reuters) -Pakistan’s parliament approved a constitutional amendment on Wednesday to expand the powers of the army chief and curb the remit of its Supreme Court, a move that critics said had done irreparable harm to the country’s democracy. The lower house of parliament approved the legislation with a more than two-thirds …
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(Reuters) -India has classified a deadly car blast that killed eight people and wounded at least 20 in the capital Delhi on Monday as a “terrorist incident”, according to a resolution passed by the country’s federal cabinet of ministers. (Reporting by Kanjyik Ghosh Editing by Gareth Jones)
By Saeed Shah and Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -A suicide bomber killed 12 people in Pakistan’s capital on Tuesday in a sharp escalation of militant violence that the defence minister said had pushed the country into a “state of war”. Pakistani government ministers accused neighbouring Afghanistan of complicity in the bloodshed – an accusation Kabul …
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By Tim Kelly and John Geddie TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi this week hinted at a possible shift in the country’s decades-old non-nuclear principles, raising speculation that she might seek to revise a ban on the entry of such weapons into its territory. Takaichi on Monday in parliament said she could not say …
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(Corrects death toll figure in first bullet to 27, not 26) By Devjyot Ghoshal LANGKAWI, Malaysia (Reuters) -The death toll from the sinking of a boat carrying members of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority climbed to 27 on Tuesday, as a survivor recalled a harrowing journey that left him floating for days in the Andaman …
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By Ann Wang SUAO, Taiwan (Reuters) -Taiwan evacuated more than 8,300 people ahead of Wednesday’s arrival of a much weakened Typhoon Fung-wong that brought record downpours to the mountainous east coast and unleashed floods that rose neck-high in places. Businesses and schools were shut in most southern areas of the island, with 51 people injured. …
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