By Saeed Shah ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Dozens of fighters were killed in overnight border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan, both sides said on Sunday, in the most serious fighting between the neighbours since the Taliban came to power in Kabul. The Pakistan military said that 23 of its soldiers were killed in the clashes. The Taliban …
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MANILA/BEIJING (Reuters) -The Philippines and China accused each other on Sunday of responsibility for a maritime confrontation near disputed islands in the South China Sea, further escalating tensions in the resource-rich waterway. The Philippine Maritime Council, an inter-agency government body, blamed Chinese maritime forces for deploying water cannon and ramming a Filipino vessel near the …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) -A fire broke out on Sunday at a facility in Indonesia’s Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP), the country’s largest nickel processing facility, which injured three workers, an official said. The fire affected a scrubber tower at one of IMIP’s tenants, IMIP spokesperson Dedy Kurniawan said in a text message, adding that it may have …
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(Removes story link in paragraph 3. Also adds cross-head.) DHAKA (Reuters) -Bangladesh launched a nationwide vaccination campaign on Sunday to protect millions of children from typhoid, a deadly and increasingly drug-resistant disease that poses a growing public health threat. The month-long campaign aims to immunize around 50 million children aged between nine months and 15 …
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By Heejin Kim SEOUL (Reuters) -China says it is ready to develop its relationship with North Korea to strengthen strategic cooperation in international and regional affairs, North Korea’s state media KCNA reported. Chinese President Xi Jinping made the comment in a letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday, KCNA said, adding that …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) -The Israel Gymnastics Federation said it was appealing Indonesia’s decision to block the country’s gymnasts from competing in a world championship, calling the move by the world’s largest Muslim-majority country “outrageous”. The Southeast Asian nation said on Friday it had denied visas to Israeli gymnasts amid an outcry over Israel’s military offensive in …
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By Mohammad Yunus Yawar, Mushtaq Ali and Saeed Shah ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Firefights broke out along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border late on Saturday, with the Afghan Taliban attacking Pakistani posts, according to security officials from both countries, following a Pakistani airstrike in Kabul this week. Pakistani security officials said that they were responding “with full force” to what …
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By Joyce Lee and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a large military parade displaying its new intercontinental ballistic missile in front of visiting international dignitaries, state media KCNA said on Saturday. The parade, which began late on Friday, marked the 80th anniversary of the foundation of its ruling Workers’ …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea and Vietnam signed cooperation agreements in fields including their defence, foreign and health ministries, North Korean state media KCNA said on Saturday. In did not elaborate on the Friday agreements. Vietnam’s Communist Party chief To Lam led a delegation to Pyongyang this week to attend the 80th anniversary of the foundation …
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BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) -Chinese police on Saturday offered rewards of $1,400 for information about 18 people it said were Taiwanese military psychological operations officers spreading “separatist” messages, a day after Taiwan pledged to boost its defences. China views democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory, over the strong objections of the government in Taipei, and has increased …
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