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- Japan (1,436)
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- Nepal (712)
- Pakistan (3,592)
- Philippines (1,081)
- Singapore (4,460)
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- Thailand (1,124)
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- Vietnam (614)
Pentagon chief calls for new multi-year defence spending deal
WASHINGTON – Calling Republican defence spending plans a “road to nowhere,” Defence Secretary Ash Carter appealed on Wednesday for lawmakers to work with him toward a new bipartisan budget deal to provide stable funding for a US military hurt by years of steep cuts.Carter told a Senate appropriations panel that Republican...
Russia’s Putin, Germany’s Merkel to discuss Ukraine on May 10
Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will discuss the crisis in Ukraine at talks in Moscow on Sunday. …read more Source: China...
38m people displaced
GENEVA: Conflicts and violence in places like Syria and Ukraine have displaced a record 38 million people inside their own countries, equivalent to th …read more Source: The News...
Five soldiers killed in Ukraine
MINSK: Ukraine said on Wednesday that five Ukrainian soldiers were killed as fresh clashes rumbled on despite the resumption of talks between the gove …read more Source: The News...
MH17: Russian report blames Kiev
MOSCOW: An independent Russian newspaper on Wednesday published what it said was a report by Russian military engineers suggesting a Malaysian airliner shot down in Ukraine was hit by a Russian-made surface-to-air missile fired by Ukrainian forces. Novaya Gazeta, an investigative newspaper, said the report did not prove whether Kiev’s...
Separatists poised for offensive in Ukraine: US
Pro-Russian separatists appear to be making preparations for a fresh offensive in eastern Ukraine, US defense secretary Ashton Carter told lawmakers on Wednesday. …read more Source: The Times of...
Separatists poised for offensive in Ukraine: US
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Pro-Russian separatists appear to be making preparations for a fresh offensive in eastern Ukraine, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter told lawmakers on Wednesday.The Pentagon chief also said that sanctions imposed by European countries and a decline in oil prices were the most effective way to exert pressure on Russia...
Merkel To Discuss Ukraine With Putin In Moscow
A Kremlin aide says Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will discuss the crisis in Ukraine at talks in Moscow on May 10. Merkel will not attend a military parade on … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Ukraine cease-fire teeters; five government soldiers killed
Five Ukrainian government troops battling separatist forces in the east have been killed in one of the worst single days of bloodshed since a cease-fire was declared in February, military officials said Wednesday. Army spokesman Andriy Lysenko said four soldiers died when their armored vehicle hit a mine near the front line town of Avdiivka. […]...
Ukraine leader warns of worsening conflict, peace envoys more hopeful
MINSK/KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko warned on Wednesday of a growing threat of large-scale military action in the east of the country, but peace envoys reported some progress towards full implementation of a fragile ceasefire agreement. …read more Source: The...
