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By Ananda Teresia JAKARTA (Reuters) – The Indonesian president’s vast volunteer network on Thursday indicated it will endorse retired military general Prabowo Subianto in the February 2024 election, in the strongest signal yet the nation’s leader is backing his erstwhile rival. All regional branches of the influential network Projo, which is seen as a proxy …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China and India held the 20th round of military chief-level talks on Oct.9-10, the Chinese defence ministry said on Thursday. The two sides had “active, in-depth and constructive” communications on resolving the remaining issues in the western section of the China-India border in an “early and acceptable manner”, the ministry said. They …

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By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan has set up a task force to draw lessons from the surprise attack by Hamas on Israel, Defence Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng said on Thursday, saying intelligence is key to preventing a war as the island works to counter China’s military threats. Taiwan, claimed by China …

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By Leika Kihara MARRAKECH, Morocco (Reuters) – Finance leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) advanced nations may discuss the impact escalating tensions in the Middle East could have on the global economy, a senior government official of this year’s group chair Japan said on Wednesday. While not included in the official agenda of Thursday’s …

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By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – The World Food Programme on Wednesday called the recent Afghanistan earthquakes a ‘disaster on top of a disaster,’ urging the international community to provide humanitarian aid to the war-torn nation. Limited aid makes relief work difficult after earthquakes and aftershocks since Saturday rattled the religiously conservative nation. …

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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday that he also had Beijing on his mind when he decided to help arm Ukraine given Western concern about the global expansion of authoritarianism. Morrison, who was prime minister from 2018 to 2022, had repeated disputes with China, including in 2020 when Canberra …

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By Hyun Young Yi INCHEON/SEOUL (Reuters) -South Koreans returning from Israel on Wednesday said they were relieved to get out after clashes between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas forced airlines to suspend flights. A plane carrying 192 South Koreans from Tel Aviv arrived at Incheon Airport, just outside the capital Seoul, after Korean Air …

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