By Olzhas Auyezov and Mariya Gordeyeva ALMATY (Reuters) – The trial of a former government minister charged with beating his wife to death has gripped public attention in Kazakhstan, and some see it as a litmus test of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s promise to build a fairer, more equitable society. Shocking footage played in the courtroom …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India will enter Pakistan to kill anyone who escapes over the border after trying to carry out terrorist activities in the country, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told broadcaster CNN News18 on Friday. The minister’s comments come a day after Britain’s Guardian newspaper published a report stating the Indian government had killed …
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres has appointed former Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop as his special envoy for Myanmar, a United Nations spokesperson said on Friday, as the country faces renewed violence. Bishop, who was Australian foreign minister from 2013 to 2018, replaces Singaporean diplomat Noeleen Heyzer, who stepped down from the …
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(Reuters) – A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Myanmar on Friday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), EMSC said. (Reporting by Nilutpal Timsina in Bengaluru)
By Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) -A Thai court is holding hearings on a petition seeking to reopen one of the most controversial cases in the country’s modern history, the death of King Ananda Mahidol who was found shot dead in his bedroom in 1946 at the age of 20. King Ananda, also known as Rama …
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(Reuters) – Indonesia’s Rizki Juniansyah set a world record at weightlifting’s World Cup in Phuket on Thursday, knocking out compatriot Rahmat Erwin Abdullah, who won bronze at the Tokyo Olympics, to win a place at this year’s Paris Games. The International Weightlifting Federation’s (IWF) official website called 20-year-old Juniansyah’s triumph at the men’s 73 kg …
By Yimou Lee and Fabian Hamacher HUALIEN, Taiwan (Reuters) -A helicopter plucked to safety on Thursday six people stranded in a mining area after Taiwan’s worst earthquake in 25 years, and rescue workers reached 400 people cut off in a hotel in a mountainous national park by air, and confirmed all were safe. Hundreds of …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The United States and European Union will continue to support Armenia and ethnic Armenians from the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, leaders from both sides of the Atlantic pledged as they were meeting with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Friday. Azerbaijan took control of the former breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh in September 2023, prompting …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia will leave enough fiscal room in the 2025 budget for incoming president Prabowo Subianto’s multi-billion free school meal programme, while ensuring the country’s track record of fiscal prudence, a minister said on Friday. The 2025’s budget will still not exceed the fiscal deficit ceiling at 3% of gross domestic product (GDP), Finance …
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will meet the Saudi crown prince during a two-day visit to Riyadh that starts on Saturday, the foreign ministry said. The visit will be Sharif’s first foreign trip since forming a coalition government in February. The two are longtime allies, with the South Asian nation often turning to …
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