Nobel Peace Prize winner Nihon Hidankyo pleads for elimination of nuclear arms
Pacific Asia • Dec 10, 2024, 1:36 PM
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Japan's atomic bomb survivors' group Nihon Hidankyo accepted its Nobel Peace Prize, urging countries to abolish the weapons resurging as a threat 80 years after the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.
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Putin seeks to 'give reassurances' in apology over Azerbaijan plane crash
Pacific Asia • 4:25 PM
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Vladimir Putin admitted Saturday Russian air defence was working when an Azerbaijani Airlines plane tried to land in Grozny before crashing, breaking the Kremlin's silence as speculation mounted Russia may have accidentally shot the plane. Despite not ta
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Putin apologises for 'tragic incident' following crash of Azerbaijani airliner
Pacific Asia • 4:15 PM
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologised to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a “tragic incident” following the crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people, but stopped short of acknowledging that Mosc
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Azerbaijani airliner crash may be result of weapon fire, transport minister says
Pacific Asia • 10:26 AM
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Azerbaijan’s minister of digital development and transportation Rashan Nabiyev said Friday that the Azerbaijani airliner that crashed earlier this week may have been hit by a weapon while outside aviation experts blamed the crash on Russian air defense s
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Afghan Taliban forces hit 'several points' in Pakistan in response to air strikes, Kabul says
Pacific Asia • 10:01 AM
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Afghanistan's Taliban has targeted a number of points in neighbouring Pakistan, Kabul's defence ministry said Saturday, in what seems to be a response to an aerial bombardment carried out by Pakistani aircraft on Afghan territory a few days ago.
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S. Korean prosecutors say Yoon authorised soldiers to shoot during botched martial law bid
Pacific Asia • 7:51 AM
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South Korea's prosecutors are alleging that suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol authorised the military to shoot if needed to enter parliament during his short-lived attempt to impose martial law, according to a report shared with the media.
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France asks Indonesia to transfer death row prisoner Serge Atlaoui
Pacific Asia • 2:55 AM
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France has requested that Indonesia transfer Serge Atlaoui, a 61-year-old French national on death row who has spent nearly 20 years behind bars in the Southeast Asian country on drug charges.
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