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The UN special envoy for Myanmar warned that the Southeast Asian nation is in crisis, with conflict escalating, criminal networks “out of control” and human suffering at unprecedented levels. Julie Bishop told the UN General Assembly’s human rights committee on Tuesday in her first report since being appointed by
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Indonesian authorities investigating graft have arrested a former trade minister turned government critic on suspicion of improperly granting a sugar import permit in 2015 that led to losses of $25 million. Thomas Trikasih Lembong was named a suspect and arrested late on Tuesday by prosecutors from the attorney general’s
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A tram crashed into a store in central Oslo on Tuesday, injuring the driver and at least three other people, Norwegian police said. There were around 20 passengers onboard the tram at the time of the collision, according to police. Images from the scene showed a blue tram that had
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Fireworks set off during celebrations for Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, could further worsen air quality in the Indian capital this week, officials said on Tuesday, offsetting a reduction in burning of farm waste in nearby states. Rated the world’s most polluted capital by Swiss group IQAir for
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte confirmed on Monday that North Korean troops have been sent to Russia and that North Korean military units have been deployed to the Kursk region. “The deepening military cooperation between Russia and North Korea is a threat to both Indo-Pacific and Euro-Atlantic security,” Rutte told
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Every rainy season for the past 12 years, floods have swept through 67-year-old Idris Egbunu’s house in central Nigeria. It is always the same story — the Niger River bursts its banks and the waters claim his home for weeks on end, until he can return and take stock of
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Iranian authorities have allowed imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to be hospitalized after almost nine weeks of feeling sick, a group campaigning for the activist said Sunday. The Free Narges Coalition said in a statement that Mohammadi must be granted a medical furlough to receive comprehensive treatment for
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The number of dead and missing in massive flooding and landslides wrought by Tropical Storm Trami in the Philippines has exceeded 100 and the president said Saturday that many areas remained isolated with people in need of rescue. Trami blew away from the northwestern Philippines on Friday, leaving at least
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Residents of Tehran awoke and went about their business as planned on Saturday after their sleep was troubled by Israeli strikes that triggered blasts that echoed across the city. The night skies had been criss-crossed by light trails from air defense weapons, but by mid-morning the capital had resumed its
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North Korea’s foreign ministry on Friday said it would not confirm media reports of the country’s troops deploying to help Russia’s war in Ukraine, after Pyongyang’s envoy to the United Nations dismissed the claims. If North Korea had taken such steps, it would be in line
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Iranian authorities have issued an additional six-month prison sentence against Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, a group campaigning for the activist said. The Free Narges Coalition said in a statement on Thursday that Mohammadi was sentenced on Oct. 19 to an additional six months in prison on the charge
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Manama: (BNA): His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa received yesterday members of the royal family, the Chairman of the Shura Council, Speaker of the Representatives Council, and officials at Sakhir Palace. HM the King welcomed the attendees and praised the long-standing Bahraini tradition of such gatherings, which strengthen
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Greece is to ask neighboring Turkiye to crack down harder on gangs trafficking would-be asylum seekers, a senior migration official said on Thursday. “We are not doing enough about migrant smugglers. We are raising the issue with our European peers and our Turkish neighbors,” the official said on condition of
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Birmingham Airport in central England has been evacuated as a precautionary measure following a report of a suspicious vehicle, police said on Wednesday. “West Midlands Police is currently dealing with an ongoing incident on-site,” the force said on X. “Airport operations are currently impacted, and passengers should not come to
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A Greenland court on Wednesday extended the detention of anti-whaling activist Paul Watson for three more weeks, pending a decision on his possible extradition to Japan where he is wanted over an altercation with whalers. This marks the fourth extension of his detention since Watson was arrested in July in
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The appeal trial of a Vietnamese property tycoon sentenced to death for fraud totalling $27 billion will begin in November, state media said Wednesday. Property developer Truong My Lan was found guilty in April of swindling cash from the Saigon Commercial Bank (SCB) — which prosecutors said she controlled — and sentenced