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South Korean police blocked from raid on president’s office
By Claire LEE AFP South Korean police said Wednesday that security guards were blocking a raid on President Yoon Suk Yeol’s offices ...Evacuations underway as Philippine volcano erupts
A volcano erupted in the central Philippines on Monday, sending a huge ash column high into the sky as the government ordered ...Six Pakistani soldiers, 22 militants killed in clashes near Afghan border, army says
Six Pakistani soldiers and 22 militants were killed in armed clashes in a northwestern region near the Afghan border on Saturday, the ...South Korean lawmakers call to impeach President Yoon after back-track on martial law
BY HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG AP South Korea’s main opposition party on Wednesday urged President Yoon Suk Yeol to resign immediately ...South Korea battles second day of heavy snow; four dead
South Korea grappled with heavy snowfall for a second day on Thursday, with dozens of flights cancelled, ferry operations suspended and at ...China sends naval, air forces to shadow US plane over Taiwan Strait
China’s military said on Tuesday it deployed naval and air forces to monitor and warn a U.S. Navy patrol aircraft that flew ...In world’s largest refugee camps, Rohingya mobilise to fight in Myanmar
By Devjyot Ghoshal and Poppy Mcpherson Reuters One day in July, Rafiq slipped out of the world’s largest refugee settlement in southern ...45 lawmakers and activists get 4 to 10 years in prison in Hong Kong’s biggest ...
By KANIS LEUNG and ZEN SOO, Associated Press Forty-five lawmakers and activists were sentenced to four to 10 years in prison Tuesday ...Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi erupts again, government to widen restricted zone
Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted at least three times early on Saturday, spewing an ash column 9 km (5.6 miles) high, as ...North Korea says record test was new Hwasong-19 intercontinental ballistic missile
By Hyunsu Yim and Josh Smith Reuters North Korea flexed its military muscle with the test of a huge new solid-fuel intercontinental ...