North Korea confirms 1st COVID outbreak, Kim orders lockdown
Seoul (AP) — North Korea imposed a nationwide lockdown Thursday to control its first acknowledged COVID-19 outbreak after holding for
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Passengers injured as plane leaves runway in western China
Beijing (AP) — A Chinese passenger jet left the runway upon takeoff and caught fire in western China on Thursday
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Sri Lanka leader vows to shed powers, appoint prime minister
Colombo (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president on Wednesday promised to appoint a new prime minister, empower the Parliament and abolish
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Putin ready for long war beyond Donbas: US intelligence chief
Washington (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin will not end the Ukraine war with the Donbas campaign and is determined to build
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Marcos presidency complicates US efforts to counter China
Manila (AP) — Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s apparent landslide victory in the Philippine presidential election is raising immediate concerns about a further erosion
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India’s top court puts colonial-era sedition law on hold for review
New Delhi (Reuters) – India’s Supreme Court on Wednesday barred the government from using a colonial-era sedition law, that critics
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Eight soldiers killed in Togo, raising spectre of first deadly Islamist attack
Lome (Reuters) – Eight soldiers were killed and 13 wounded in an attack in northern Togo on Wednesday, the government
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Israeli ‘aggression’ targeted Syria’s Quneitra -Syrian state media
Cairo (Reuters) – Syrian state news agency SANA reported early on Wednesday that an act of “Israeli aggression” was carried
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards shell militant bases north of Iraq’s Erbil – state media
Dubai (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards artillery fire hit an area north of the Iraqi Kurdish capital of Erbil on
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Turkish lira weakens against dollar for fifth day
Istanbul (Reuters) – The Turkish lira eased a further 0.85% against the dollar on Wednesday, weakening for a fifth session
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