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Former Philippine President Benigno Aquino dies at age of 61
Former Philippine President Benigno Aquino, the son of two of the Southeast Asian country’s democracy icons, died in a Manila hospital on ...Russia says it chases British destroyer out of Crimea waters with warning shots, bombs
Russia said on Wednesday it had fired warning shots and dropped bombs in the path of a British warship to chase it ...China condemns latest U.S. warship transit of Taiwan Strait
China condemned the United States on Wednesday as the region’s greatest security “risk creator” after a U.S. warship again sailed through the ...U.S. seizes Iranian news sites under unclear circumstances
The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it seized 36 Iranian-linked websites, many of them associated with either disinformation activities or violent ...Heavy fighting reported in Ethiopian Tigray region
Officials in Ethiopia counted ballots on Tuesday after a parliamentary election billed as the first free vote in the country’s history but ...AstraZeneca vaccine effective against COVID-19 variants identified in India
AstraZeneca Plc’s COVID-19 vaccine is effective against Delta and Kappa variants, which were first identified in India, the company said on Tuesday, ...Philippines’ Duterte warns he’ll jail people who refuse the COVID-19 vaccine
President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to jail people who refuse to be vaccinated against the coronavirus as the Philippines battles one of Asia’s ...Iran’s Raisi calls for effective nuclear talks, rules out Biden meet
Iran’s President-elect Ebrahim Raisi said on Monday he will not allow nuclear negotiations for the sake of negotiations, in his first news ...Tokyo Olympics to allow up to 10,000 local fans for each event
Up to 10,000 domestic spectators will be allowed in Tokyo 2020 venues, Olympics organisers said on Monday, a decision that cuts against ...Israel’s Bennett warns against nuclear talks with Iran’s “hangmen regime
Israel condemned on Sunday the election of hardline judge Ebrahim Raisi as Iranian president, saying his would be a “regime of brutal ...