JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia holds a presidential election in February next year, with three men campaigning to succeed President Joko Widodo as leader of the world’s third-largest democracy and its most populous Muslim-majority nation. Here are details of the candidates and their running mates. PRABOWO SUBIANTO The former special forces commander is making a third …
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(Reuters) – Lebanon have reappointed former Montenegro coach Miodrag Radulovic to replace Croatian Nikola Jurcevic just a month before the Asian Cup in Qatar, the Lebanese FA said on Monday. Jurcevic left on Saturday by mutual consent after only two months in the role as Lebanon prepare to open the tournament against the hosts and …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, President Vladimir Putin’s top oil and gas point man, will head a Russian delegation to China for participation in an inter governmental commission on energy, the government said on Monday. It said without elaboration that the delegation of up to 20 officials will visit China on …
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By Arshad Mohammed and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Monday it put sanctions on two former Afghan officials and 44 related entities for a corruption scheme in which they allegedly siphoned off millions of dollars in U.S. government funds meant for Afghan security forces. The Treasury named the two as …
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By Hidayatullah Tahjuddin and Stanley Widianto PIDIE, Indonesia (Reuters) – Myanmar’s Rohingya face a wave of hostility and rejection in Indonesia, where regional communities say they are fed up of a spike in the numbers of boats carrying the persecuted ethnic minority to their shores. More than 1,200 Rohingya have landed in Indonesia since November, …
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By Mikhail Flores and Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippines on Monday called the actions of Chinese vessels against its boats carrying out South China Sea resupply missions over the weekend – including one with a senior Philippine military official aboard – a “serious escalation”. Manila accused the Chinese coastguard and maritime militia of repeatedly …
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By Gloria Dickie and Charlotte Greenfield DUBAI (Reuters) – Humanitarian concerns have been raised over Afghanistan being left out of United Nations climate negotiations for a third year in a row, as the country grapples with worsening drought and floods. Dozens of people were killed in Afghanistan, one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to …
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MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines on Monday described the actions of Chinese vessels against its boats carrying out South China Sea resupply missions over the weekend as a “serious escalation”. In the latest in a series of confrontations, Manila accused Chinese coast guard and maritime militia vessels of repeatedly firing water cannon at its resupply …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union member states on Monday added four people related to the government of Myanmar and its army and two suppliers of military equipment in the country to its sanctions list. The listings include a minister, two other members of the State Administrative Council and a commander responsible for airstrikes targeting civilians …
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(Reuters) -Representatives from Myanmar’s ruling military have held talks, facilitated by China, with three armed rebel groups leading an anti-junta offensive, state media reported a junta spokesperson as saying on Monday. Myanmar’s military is battling armed opponents on several fronts, in the fiercest challenge to its grip on the Southeast Asian country since it seized …
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