SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea on Monday called for the United Nations Command to be dissolved calling it an “illegal war organization” over a meeting which is scheduled to take place between the member states in South Korea later this week, state media KCNA reported. (Reporting by Hyunsu Yim; Editing by Sandra Maler)
(Reuters) – A Myanmar fighter jet has crashed during clashes between the military and an insurgent group, both sides said, in another setback for a junta facing the biggest challenge to its rule since a coup in 2021. The jet went down over Kayah State in eastern Myanmar, near the border with Thailand, on Saturday …
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By Tim Kelly YONAGUNI, Japan (Reuters) – Japan on Sunday conducted a tsunami evacuation drill on its westernmost island, an exercise that could also help residents respond to an emergency arising from any attempt by China to take control of nearby self-ruled Taiwan, an official said. About 200 island officials and members of Japan’s military, …
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By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Ju-min Park TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) – Defence chiefs from South Korea, Japan and the United States have agreed to start as planned a real-time data sharing scheme on North Korean missiles in December, South Korea’s defence ministry said on Sunday. U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin met his South Korean counterpart Shin Won-sik …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Four people were killed when a building collapsed in China’s Wenzhou city, state media outlet CCTV reported on Sunday. The collapse occurred on Saturday during renovation of the building, and the casualties were all construction workers, CCTV reported, adding that continuous rain had hampered rescue work. An investigation into the cause is …
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By Rupam Jain SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Three Bangladeshi tourists died in India’s Kashmir region when some of the houseboats stationed in the picturesque Dal lake caught fire on Saturday, a police official said. Police said a fire broke out in one houseboat in the early hours and quickly spread to other boats moored nearby. …
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By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka will appeal over its suspension from the International Cricket Council (ICC), sports minister Roshan Ranasinghe said on Saturday, following the national team’s dismal World Cup performance. The ICC, the sport’s governing body, suspended Sri Lanka Cricket’s (SLC) membership with immediate effect on Friday, citing government interference in …
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MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines’ coast guard said on Saturday it would maintain its regular supply missions to troops stationed on a disputed atoll in the South China Sea even though it expects more Chinese vessels to be sent to the area. The Philippines regularly sends supplies to a handful of troops living aboard an …
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By Ariba Shahid and Mohammad Yunus Yawar KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – After living in Pakistan for years, thousands of Afghans have gone into hiding to escape a government order to expel undocumented foreigners because they fear persecution under a Taliban administration in their homeland, rights activists say. “The gate is locked from the outside… we …
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By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping face-to-face for the first time in a year on Wednesday, the White House said, in high-stakes diplomacy aimed at curbing tensions between the world’s two superpowers. The closely watched interaction, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in …
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