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Russia sends troops to put down deadly Kazakh uprising
Russia sent paratroopers into Kazakhstan on Thursday to quell a countrywide uprising after deadly violence spread across the tightly controlled former Soviet ...Djokovic in limbo as lawyers battle over Australia entry ban
World number one tennis player Novak Djokovic was denied entry into Australia on Thursday amid a storm of protest about a decision ...Kazakh president fails to quell protests, 8 deaths reported
The president of ex-Soviet republic Kazakhstan appealed to a Russian-led security bloc for help on Thursday after failing to quell days of ...Macron’s blunt language on France’s unvaccinated causes furore
The government on Wednesday defended President Emmanuel Macron’s use of coarse language in a stepped-up campaign against France’s unvaccinated, after his words ...Kazakhstan’s government resigns as fuel protests rage
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev accepted the government’s resignation on Wednesday after a fuel price increase in the oil-producing Central Asian country triggered ...North Korea fires suspected missile as S.Korea breaks ground for ‘peace’ railway
North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile off its east coast on Wednesday, just hours before South Korean President Moon Jae-in attended ...Returned North Korea defector struggled to resettle in South, lived meagre life
A former North Korean defector who made a risky and rare cross-border return home last week had struggled in South Korea, officials ...Sudan’s Hamdok quits as premier after failing to restore civilian government
Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said on Sunday he was resigning, six weeks after returning to his post in a deal with ...S.Korea’s Moon promises final push for North Korea peace
South Korean President Moon Jae-in vowed on Monday to use his last months in office to press for a diplomatic breakthrough with ...Internet services disrupted ahead of Sudan protests
Internet and mobile services appeared to be disrupted in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Sunday ahead of planned protests against military rule, Reuters ...














