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Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto took an early lead as Indonesia began counting votes in its presidential election Wednesday, with a 60% share among the nearly 40% of ballots counted so far in an unofficial tally.The front-runner in pre-election polls, Subianto was the only candidate with ties to t...
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Gaza’s southernmost town, Rafah, is bursting at the seams. Nearly the last place spared an Israeli offensive so far, Rafah's population has more than quintupled with Palestinians streaming in to escape fighting. They pack by the dozens into apartments. Sidewalks and once-empty lots are clo...
Aya al-Sudani, a bubbly toddler with a toothy smile, will mark her first birthday on Tuesday, but there will be no celebration with cake and presents. The day also marks a dark memory.On Feb. 6, 2023, a massive earthquake hit Syria and Turkey and the baby girl was pulled alive from the rubble ...
For decades, India has focused its defense policy on its land borders with rivals Pakistan and China. Now, as its global ambitions expand, it is beginning to flex its naval power in international waters, including anti-piracy patrols and a widely publicized deployment close to the Red Sea to help pr...
China’s growingly assertive posture in the South China Sea and escalating violence in Myanmar topped the agenda for Southeast Asian diplomats meeting in Laos on Monday.The gathering is the first high-level meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations since Laos took over the rotating ...
Gunmen attacked villagers in the oil-rich region of Abyei claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan, leaving at least 52 people dead, including a U.N. peacekeeper, and 64 wounded, a regional official said Sunday.The motive for the attack Saturday evening was not immediately clear but it was suspected to...
Sports,Football
Inter Miami played six preseason matches last season. Most were behind closed doors with few people watching, all took place in Florida and the biggest news probably came when some fans prematurely set off fireworks and got ejected from the exhibition-season opener.The soccer icon and Inter Miami ha...
It was business as usual for Liverpool in its first game since Jurgen Klopp announced his shock decision to walk away at the end of the season.The Merseyside club advanced to the fifth round of the FA Cup after a 5-2 win against second-tier Norwich on Sunday.How Klopp would love to end his trophy-la...
South Korea’s military said Sunday that North Korea fired several cruise missiles that flew over waters near a major military shipyard on the country’s eastern coast, extending a streak in weapons tests that are worsening tensions with the United States, South Korea and Japan. The l...
Iran said Sunday it successfully launched three satellites into space, the latest for a program that the West says improves Tehran's ballistic missiles.The state-run IRNA news agency said the launch also saw the successful use of Iran's Simorgh rocket, which has had multiple failures in the ...
A liquor store has opened in Saudi Arabia for the first time in over 70 years, a diplomat reported Wednesday, a further socially liberalizing step in the once-ultraconservative kingdom that is home to the holiest sites in Islam.While restricted to non-Muslim diplomats, the store in Riyadh comes as S...
Spreading demonstrations by French farmers against low wages and other grievances were hit by tragedy Tuesday when a woman was killed and her husband and daughter injured in a crash at a protest barricade, authorities said.A prosecutor, Franck Rastoul, told public radio France Bleu Occitanie that th...
A severe drought that began last year has forced authorities to slash ship crossings by 36% in the Panama Canal, one of the world's most important trade routes.The new cuts announced Wednesday by authorities in Panama are set to deal an even greater economic blow than previously expected.Panama ...
A landslide set off by days of heavy rain buried a house where people were holding Christian prayers in the southern Philippines, killing at least 10 people, including children, and seriously injuring two others, a disaster-response official said.Ten people remained unaccounted following the landsli...
North Korea said Friday it had tested a purported underwater nuclear attack drone in response to a combined naval exercise between South Korea and the United States and Japan this week, as it continues to blame its rivals for raising tensions in the region.The alleged drone test came days after Nort...
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Israel will pursue its war against Hamas until victory and will not be stopped by anyone, including the world court, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a defiant speech Saturday, as the fighting in Gaza approached the 100-day mark.Netanyahu spoke after the International Court of Justice at Th...
Huawei South Asia Representative office has recently announced its achievements in the renewable energy sector at an event titled “Huawei Solar Annual Ceremony 2023” in Dhaka.Representatives from more than 62 EPC partner companies, distribution partners and high officials from Huawei wer...
The Papua New Guinea government worked to restore order Thursday after at least 15 people were reportedly killed during rioting and looting that left the country’s two biggest cities in flames.The unrest began in the capital, Port Moresby, on Wednesday after hundreds of police officers, soldie...
The head of the U.N. health agency said Wednesday holiday gatherings and the spread of the most prominent variant globally led to increased transmission of COVID-19 last month.Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said nearly 10,000 deaths were reported in December, while hospital admissions during the month j...
Astronauts will have to wait until next year before flying to the moon and at least two years before landing on it, under the latest round of delays announced by NASA on Tuesday.The space agency had planned to send four astronauts around the moon late this year, but pushed the flight to September 20...
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