South Korea warns Japan of security pact risk, calls for ‘cooling-off’ in trade row
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South Korea warns Japan of security pact risk, calls for ‘cooling-off’ in trade row

BANGKOK (Reuters) – South Korea is exploring all options in a bitter trade row with Japan, including scrapping an intelligence…
Iran to further reduce commitments to nuclear deal: foreign minister
Middle East

Iran to further reduce commitments to nuclear deal: foreign minister

GENEVA (Reuters) – Iran will take another step to reduce its compliance with a landmark 2015 nuclear deal, Iranian Foreign…
Syrians fleeing war allowed to stay longer in the United States
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Syrians fleeing war allowed to stay longer in the United States

(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration will allow about 7,000 Syrians who have fled war in their country to…
Sudan detains nine soldiers after protesters killed
Middle East

Sudan detains nine soldiers after protesters killed

CAIRO (Reuters) – Sudan’s military council spokesman said on Friday that nine soldiers from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the…
Turkey starts filling huge Tigris river dam, activists say
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Turkey starts filling huge Tigris river dam, activists say

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey has started filling a huge hydroelectric dam on the Tigris river, a lawmaker and activists said,…
Indonesia says probing report of death of pregnant woman in Syrian camp
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Indonesia says probing report of death of pregnant woman in Syrian camp

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia is investigating a report that a pregnant Indonesian woman who had joined Islamic State died after…
Virtuous circle: rescued refugee seeks to save others
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Virtuous circle: rescued refugee seeks to save others

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – It was the kindness of strangers that propelled single mother Dalya to a new life…
Ethiopian migrants die of hunger and thirst in stranded boat: U.N. agency
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Ethiopian migrants die of hunger and thirst in stranded boat: U.N. agency

DUBAI (Reuters) – At least 15 Ethiopians died after the boat trying to smuggle them into Yemen broke down and…
Mashrou’ Leila concert in Lebanon canceled after church pressure
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Mashrou’ Leila concert in Lebanon canceled after church pressure

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s Byblos festival has canceled a concert by the indie rock band Mashrou’ Leila “to prevent bloodshed”…
Israel approves new homes for settlers, Palestinians in West Bank
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Israel approves new homes for settlers, Palestinians in West Bank

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel has approved the construction of 6,000 new homes for Jewish settlers and 700 new homes for…
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