By Mohamed Junayd MALE (Reuters) -A Maldives high court overturned former president Abdulla Yameen’s 11-year jail term on Thursday and asked a lower court to restart criminal proceedings against him. Yameen was convicted in December 2022 of corruption and money laundering over kickbacks from a private company relating to the award of islands for tourism …
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By Hannah Ellison LONDON (Reuters) – Myanmar’s detained former leader and Aung San Suu Kyi was moved from prison to house arrest possibly to be used by the Southeast Asian nation’s ruling junta as a human shield in its conflict with resistance fighters, her son said on Thursday. Suu Kyi has been detained by the …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Troops from Russia and Tajikistan on Thursday completed several days of joint exercises in the Central Asian country to rehearse scenarios for cross-border incursions by militants or illegal armed groups. Tajikistan shares a long border with Afghanistan, which is home to a branch of Islamic State. The militant group claimed responsibility for …
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Chinese spies have targeted the Dutch semiconductor, aerospace and maritime industries to try to strengthen China’s armed forces, the Dutch military intelligence agency MIVD said in its annual report published on Thursday. As part of an ongoing trend of Chinese political espionage against the Netherlands and its allies, China is investing heavily …
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(Reuters) – Southeast Asian foreign ministers on Thursday urged an immediate cessation of violence in border areas of Myanmar, expressing concern for the wellbeing of civilians and a necessity to pursue dialogue. “We urge all parties for an immediate cessation of violence and to exercise utmost restraint, to uphold international humanitarian law, and to take …
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MANILA (Reuters) – Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon agreed on Thursday to deepen defence cooperation and expressed serious concern over the South China Sea, where the Philippines and China have had maritime run-ins. China claims almost the entire South China Sea, a conduit for more than $3 trillion …
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By Panu Wongcha-um MYAWADDY, Myanmar (Reuters) -Myawaddy, a critical trading post in Myanmar that rebel forces seized from the ruling junta last week, offers a glimpse of dynamics playing out across the Southeast Asian country as its vaunted military reels from battlefield losses. At the border town’s outskirts, the site of the most intense fighting, …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Two people were killed and four injured in an explosion at a chemical plant in northwest China’s Ningxia region, state media outlet Xinhua reported on Thursday. The accident occurred at the site of Ningxia Baofeng Energy, a Shanghai-listed group that produces chemicals from coal. Baofeng Energy did not immediately respond to Reuters’ …
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(Removes Hold in headline) MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines and New Zealand will elevate relations to a “comprehensive partnership” in 2026, New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said on Thursday. New Zealand is also committed to stepping up its defence relationship with the Philippines, Luxon told a joint press conference after a bilateral meeting with …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia shut a provincial airport and evacuated hundreds of people from the vicinity of the Ruang volcano after it belched explosive plumes of lava, rocks and ash for days, officials said on Thursday, declaring the highest alert on the situation. Wednesday’s dramatic eruption of the volcano on a remote island in the …
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