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Nearly 300 Myanmar soldiers flee to India after rebel gains
GUWAHATI: Nearly 300 Myanmar soldiers crossed the border into India to flee an advance by armed insurgents fighting the country’s ...

Namibian president to undergo cancer treatment
Namibian President Hage Geingob will start treatment for cancer after routine medical checkups and a follow-up biopsy led to the ...

Thai pro-democracy activist jailed for record 50 years for royal insult
BANGKOK: A Thai man was given a 50-year prison sentence Thursday for criticizing the monarchy — the longest jail term ...

Japan becomes the fifth country to reach the moon after its spacecraft landed on the lunar surface
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s spacecraft arrived on the surface of the moon early Saturday, but it wasn’t immediately clear if ...

Number of N Korean defectors triples in 2023, Seoul says
The number of North Korean defectors making it to the South tripled last year to 196 after a run of ...

Biden’s Iran nuclear containment policy failing as UN warns regime has enough material for ‘several’ warheads
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How China could help cool Pakistan-Iran tensions
BEIJING: Beijing has said it was willing to mediate tensions between Pakistan and Iran, after the two countries traded deadly ...

EU chief says Israel was responsible for Hamas’ surge to power in Gaza
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Another Turkish soccer club ends contract with Israeli player over his posting on Gaza hostages
ANKARA: Turkey’s leading soccer club Basaksehir announced Thursday it has ended its contract with Israeli player Eden Karzev following a ...

German parliament approves easing rules to get citizenship
German lawmakers approved legislation on Friday that eases rules on gaining citizenship and ends restrictions on holding dual citizenship.The plan, ...