KABUL (Reuters) – Four survivors of a crash in northern Afghanistan of a charter plane on its way to Moscow were in good health, the Taliban administration said on Monday. It also said that the bodies of two passengers killed in the accident were being moved to the Afghan capital from the remote crash site. …
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By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – China has been lobbying non-Western countries to praise its human rights record ahead of a key U.N. meeting where it will face questions and criticism over its actions in Hong Kong and Xinjiang, according to diplomats and documents. Four diplomats told Reuters that China’s mission at the United Nations …
By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan said on Monday Iran’s foreign minister will visit the country next week, signaling efforts to mend relations after the neighbours exchanged missile strikes last week at what they said were militant targets. Ambassadors of both countries have also been asked to return to their posts by Jan. 26, …
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HANOI (Reuters) – A court in Vietnam on Monday sentenced nine people to death after being convicted of involvement in one of the country’s largest drug trafficking cases in months, state media reported. They were found guilty of trafficking 105 kg (231.49 lb) of methamphetamine and heroine from Laos to Vietnam from 2021 until early …
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By Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s top court has pledged to “deepen judicial disclosure” after its plan to curtail access to court decisions faced unusual public criticism from lawyers and legal experts. The Supreme People’s Court (SPC) announced in December it would create a new database of over 2,000 cases accessible to scholars, lawyers …
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MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines condemns the latest “provocative action” by Chinese coastguard against Filipino fishermen, the spokesperson of the National Security Council said on Monday. Jonathan Malaya in a television interview was referring to a report by the Philippine coastguard at the weekend about a Jan 12 incident where it said Chinese coastguard instructed …
(Reuters) – A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck southern Xinjiang, China on Monday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ)said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), GFZ said. (Reporting by Disha Mishra in Bengaluru; Editing by Kim Coghill)
By Saurabh Sharma and YP Rajesh AYODHYA, India (Reuters) – A grand temple to Hindu god Lord Ram opens on Monday on a site in India millions believe is his birthplace, in a religious spectacle led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi months before he seeks a rare third term in elections. The construction of …
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KABUL/MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s aviation watchdog said on Sunday four people survived the crash of a charter plane bound for Moscow in northern Afghanistan, citing the Russian embassy there, and it said the condition of two other passengers on board was not yet clear. Two Taliban provincial officials said four survivors were now with Taliban administration …
KABUL (Reuters) – Two Taliban officials in the northern Afghan province of Badakhshan said on Sunday that two passengers were killed in a plane crash involving a charter aircraft in the province but they said four others had survived. Khan Mohammad, head of the provincial governor’s office, said the four surviving passengers were now with …
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