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Myanmar rebel group withdraws troops from key town on Thai border
A Myanmar rebel group has withdrawn its troops from a town along the Thai border following a counteroffensive by soldiers of the ...Pro-China party wins Maldives election in landslide
By MOHAMED SHARUHAN AP MALE, Maldives — Maldivians voted in parliamentary elections Sunday, in a ballot crucial for President Mohamed Muizzu, whose ...US House passes $95 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan
By Richard Cowan, Moira Warburton and Patricia Zengerle Reuters The U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday with broad bipartisan support passed a $95 ...Indonesian volcano eruption forces evacuations, airport closure
Indonesia shut a provincial airport and evacuated hundreds of people from the vicinity of the Ruang volcano after it belched explosive plumes ...Floods grip Kazakhstan and Russia as tributaries of Ob rise
By Tamara Vaal Reuters Swathes of northern Kazakhstan and Russia’s Urals region were flooded on Monday as melt waters swelled the tributaries ...Sydney knife attacker shot dead by police after killing six at shopping centre
A man stabbed six people to death at a busy Sydney shopping center Saturday before he was fatally shot, police said. Multiple ...Vietnam sentences real estate tycoon Truong My Lan to death in its largest ever fraud ...
A top Vietnamese property tycoon faces a potential death sentence Thursday as she and her co-accused await verdicts in one of the ...Russia, Kazakhstan evacuate over 100,000 people amid worst flooding in decades
Russia and Kazakhstan ordered more than 100,000 people to evacuate after swiftly melting snow swelled mighty rivers beyond bursting point in the ...Search for survivors after Taiwan hit by biggest quake in 25 years
By Amber WANG AFP At least seven people were killed and more than 700 injured Wednesday by a powerful earthquake in Taiwan ...Thousands of Korean doctors face license suspensions as Seoul moves to prosecute strike leaders
By HYUNG-JIN KIM AP Thousands of striking junior doctors in South Korea faced proceedings to suspend their medical licenses Tuesday, as authorities are pushing ...