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India: Peaceful Election Rerun in Manipur

A re-run of voting at 11 polling stations in India’s restive northeastern state of Manipur concluded peacefully on Monday with a turnout of almost 82%, election commission officials said, days after polling was marred by violence.

April 23, 2024 7:43 am
 

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Five rockets fired from Iraq towards U.S. military base in Syria

At least five rockets were launched from Iraq’s town of Zummar towards a U.S. military base in northeastern Syria on Sunday, two Iraqi security sources told Reuters.

April 22, 2024 4:49 pm
 

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Haiti's capital under gang attacks ahead of government transition

Armed gangs launched fresh attacks on parts of Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince ahead of the installation of a transitional council set to usher in a new government, local media said on Sunday, reporting arson and heavy gunfire in the city centre.

April 22, 2024 3:44 pm
 

Pacific Islands

Sogavare returns for his 7th term

CARETAKER Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has been re-elected for his seventh tenure as the Member of Parliament for East Choiseul.

April 22, 2024 2:45 pm
 

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PNG leader responds to Biden's cannibalism comment

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape says his nation does not deserve to be labelled cannibals, and urged the U.S. to clear up the remnants of World War Two littered across the Pacific, after comments by President Joe Biden about his missing serviceman uncle.

April 22, 2024 1:27 pm
 

World

Some young people see Trump as an answer to their economic woes

Thin with a boyish face and earrings in both ears, 23-year-old Isayah Turner does not look like a stereotypical Trump supporter, who tend to be middle aged or older.

April 22, 2024 12:38 pm
 

World

Netanyahu opposes sanctions on army battalions

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he would fight against sanctions being imposed on any Israeli military units for alleged rights violations, after media reports said Washington was planning such a step.

April 22, 2024 11:26 am
 

World

Massive river flooding expected in China's Guangdong, threatening millions

Major rivers, waterways and reservoirs in China’s Guangdong province are threatening to unleash dangerous floods, forcing the government on Sunday to enact emergency response plans to protect more than 127 million people.

April 22, 2024 9:53 am
 

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India to rerun election at 11 places in Manipur after violence

India, staging the world’s biggest election, will rerun voting at 11 polling stations in the northeastern state of Manipur on Monday after reports of violence and damage to voting machines in the state torn by months of ethnic clashes.

April 22, 2024 7:45 am
 

World

More than 14 Palestinians killed in West Bank violence

Israeli forces killed 14 Palestinians during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, while an ambulance driver was killed as he went to pick up wounded from a separate attack by violent Jewish settlers, Palestinian authorities said.

April 22, 2024 6:34 am
 

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West Bank Violence: 14+ Palestinians killed

Israeli forces killed 14 Palestinians during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, while an ambulance driver was killed as he went to pick up wounded from a separate attack by violent Jewish settlers, Palestinian authorities said.

April 21, 2024 5:34 pm
 

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China urges powers to avoid rivalry in South Pacific

China’s foreign minister Wang Yi on Saturday said the South Pacific region should not become an arena for major power rivalries and that its assistance to countries there is free of political conditions.

April 21, 2024 3:34 pm

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