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A soldier from the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) carries an RPG launcher at a Myanmar military base at Thingyan Nyi Naung village on the outskirts of Myawaddy, the Thailand-Myanmar border town under the control of a coalition of rebel forces led by the Karen National Union, in Myanmar, April 15, 2024/File Photo

Myanmar rebel group says it withdraws from key town on Thai border

Reuters |Updated 5 minutes ago |2 min read

(Reuters) - A Myanmar rebel group has withdrawn its troops from a town along the Thai border following a counteroffensive by soldiers of the ruling junta from whom the rebels had this month wrested the key trading post, an official said on ...

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Fire, evacuation after Ukraine drone attacks on Russia's Smolensk, Lipetsk

Reuters |Updated 35 minutes ago |2 min read

(Reuters) -Fire broke out at energy facilities in Russia's Smolensk region after a Ukraine-launched drone attack and people were evacuated from parts of Lipetsk in Russia's southwest after a drone there fell on an industrial park, regional officials ...

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare speaks during a bilateral meeting with his Chinese counterpart Li Qiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Monday, July 10, 2023. Andy Wong/Pool via

Solomon Islands' Sogavare says he runs security amid tense wait for new government

Kirsty Needham |Updated 4 hours ago |3 min read

By Kirsty Needham (Reuters) - Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manesseh Sogavare said he narrowly won his seat and still exercises power over security in the Pacific Islands nation, as he vies with opposition parties to form government after an ...

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Factbox-Shenzhou-18 caps over two decades of Chinese human spaceflight

Reuters |Updated 4 hours ago |2 min read

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will send three astronauts into low-Earth orbit on Thursday in the country's 13th crewed mission to space, marking more than two decades of Chinese human spaceflight. Of the 13 crewed missions, half were visits to ...

The U.S. Capitol dome is seen from the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 19, 2023.

US Senate has enough votes to pass Ukraine, Israel aid bill, voting continues

Reuters |Updated 4 hours ago |1 min read

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate backed a $95 billion foreign aid package on Tuesday providing security assistance for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, with enough votes to send the measure to the White House for President Joe Biden to sign into ...

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson answers questions from reporters about U.S.-Mexico science collaborations, in Mexico City, Mexico, April 23, 2024.

NASA chief asks nations to work together on climate change

Stefanie Eschenbacher |Updated 4 hours ago |2 min read

By Stefanie Eschenbacher MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - NASA is hoping that nations will work together more closely in the future on topics such as climate change, including greenhouse gas emissions, the space agency's head, Bill Nelson, said on ...

A Haitian soldier stands guard outside the international airport after a U.S. plane landed, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 23, 2024.

Haiti police bolster security around palace ahead of transition

Harold Isaac, Steven Aristil |Updated 4 hours ago |2 min read

By Steven Aristil and Harold Isaac PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haitian police deployed tear gas to move people back from a security perimeter around the National Palace while soldiers gripping rifles patrolled the international airport's ...

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro attends an event at the National Electoral Council (CNE) in Caracas, Venezuela, December 4, 2023.

Venezuela's Maduro says he is open to receiving UN rights envoy

Reuters |Updated 5 hours ago |1 min read

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday he is willing to receive an envoy from the United Nations' human rights office, after his government asked staff to leave the South American country earlier this year. "I ...

A North Korean flag flutters at the propaganda village of Gijungdong in North Korea, in this picture taken near the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, South Korea, July 19, 2022.

North Korea officials visit Iran in a rare public trip

Reuters |Updated 6 hours ago |1 min read

SEOUL (Reuters) - A North Korean delegation led by the cabinet minister for international trade is visiting Iran, the North's official media said on Wednesday in a rare public report of an exchange between the two countries believed to have ...

Former U.S. President Donald Trump leaves Manhattan Supreme Court on the 6th day of the hush money trial against him on April 23 2024. Curtis Means/Pool via REUTERS

Trump meets with Japan's former prime minister Aso

Nathan Layne |Updated 1 hour ago |3 min read

By Nathan Layne (Reuters) -Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, a senior figure in the country's ruling party, met with Donald Trump on Tuesday, becoming the latest U.S. ally seeking to establish ties with the Republican presidential candidate.

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