A Filipina inmate sentenced to death in Indonesia was moved to capital Jakarta before she is expected to fly home on Wednesday, after the government signed an agreement to repatriate her.Mother of two Mary Jane Veloso, 39, was arrested and convicted in 2010 after the suitcase she was carrying was found to be lined with …
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Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol resisted investigators’ calls on Monday for him to answer questions over his failed bid to declare martial law this month.Yoon, suspended from office by parliament since Saturday, faces concurrent probes over alleged insurrection by both South Korean prosecutors and a joint team of police, defence ministry and anti-corruption …
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Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus, who heads the caretaker government installed after an August revolution, said Monday that general elections would be held late next year or in early 2026.Pressure has been growing on Nobel Peace Prize winner Yunus — appointed the country’s “chief adviser” after the student-led uprising that toppled ex-premier Sheikh Hasina — …
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Taiwan has received 38 advanced Abrams battle tanks from the United States, the defence ministry said Monday, as the island boosts its military capabilities against a potential Chinese attack.Washington has long been Taipei’s most important ally and biggest arms supplier — angering Beijing, which claims Taiwan as part of its own territory.The M1A2 tanks — …
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Fiji doctors have decided to discharge five of the seven patients — including four Australians and an American — who were hospitalised after drinking pina coladas at a luxury hotel bar, the government said Monday.All seven were taken to hospital on Saturday night suffering from “nausea, vomiting and neurological symptoms”, according to Fiji’s health ministry.They …
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Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus, who heads the caretaker government installed after an August revolution, said Monday that general elections would be held late next year or in early 2026.Pressure has been growing on Nobel Peace Prize winner Yunus — appointed the country’s “chief adviser” after the student-led uprising that toppled ex-premier Sheikh Hasina in …
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Governments worldwide are stepping up efforts to engage with Syria’s new interim rulers, just over a week after Islamist-led rebels ousted president Bashar al-Assad, ending decades of brutal rule and civil war.The lightning offensive that captured the capital Damascus on December 8 led to celebrations across the country and beyond.At Damascus university on Sunday, Yasmin …
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South Korea’s constitutional court kicked off proceedings on Monday over the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, who has been suspended from office over his failed bid to impose martial law.Yoon was removed by South Korea’s parliament on Saturday over his short-lived attempt to suspend civilian rule, which plunged the country into its worst political …
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Seven guests hospitalised after drinking cocktails in a luxury Fiji hotel — including four Australians and an American — are in a stable condition, the Pacific island government said Monday.The seven were taken to hospital on Saturday night suffering from “nausea, vomiting and neurological symptoms”, according to Fiji’s health ministry.They fell ill after drinking a …
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The Israeli government approved on Sunday a plan to increase the population of the annexed Golan Heights, while insisting it had no intention of confronting Syria after seizing a UN-monitored buffer zone.As Islamist-led rebel forces swept Syrian president Bashar al-Assad out of power last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had ordered troops to seize …
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