By Olivia Le Poidevin
GENEVA (Reuters) -A special session on the situation in al-Fashir, Sudan, opened on Friday at the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva following grave concerns about mass killings during the fall of the city to paramilitary…
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China Summons Japanese Ambassador Over Prime Minister’s Taiwan Comments
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China’s Vice Foreign Minister, Sun Weidong, summoned Kenji Kanasugi, Japan’s Ambassador to China, on Thursday to lodge a strong protest against Takaichi’s comments on Taiwan. The incident highlights…
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Bear runs onto airport tarmac, halting flights
An airport in the Japanese city of Hanamaki temporarily suspended flights on Wednesday after a bear wandered onto its grounds.
The animal was spotted on the tarmac at 13:00 local time, halting flights for more than an hour.
Human encounters with…
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Iran to face S. Korea at 2025 IWBF Asia Oceania Championships
TEHRAN – Iran’s men’s wheelchair basketball team will face South Korea on Saturday at the 2025 IWBF Asia Oceania Championships bronze medal match.
Team Melli lost to Japan 65-55 on Friday and failed to book their place at the final.
The…
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India has called the Delhi blast an ‘act of terror’: How will it respond? | Conflict
New Delhi, India – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet late Wednesday described the car explosion which jolted New Delhi earlier in the week as a “heinous terror incident, perpetrated by antinational forces”.
The Indian…
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Iran, Tajikistan ink MoU to expand aviation ties
Iran and Tajikistan will be enhancing aviation partnership through a newly signed cooperation agreement with the aim of strengthening technical, operational, and training collaboration across the industry.
During a visit to the Republic of…
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Iran households cut deeper into food budgets as incomes shrink
Average monthly incomes now stand near $200, leaving millions unable to keep pace with food inflation. Many respondents said basic protein disappeared from their tables months ago.
“Our daily cost for five people is about 30,000,000 rials…
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Russia, China, Arab states oppose US Gaza stabilization force
The Chinese and the Russians –two veto-wielding members of the UN Security Council– have called for the “Board of Peace” under US President Donald Trump’s ceasefire plan to be removed from the resolution entirely, according to four UN…
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(SP)INDONESIA-JAKARTA-AMPUTEE FOOTBALL-ASIAN CUP QUALIFIERS 2025-IRAN VS JAPAN
(251114) — JAKARTA, Nov. 14, 2025 (Xinhua) — Akbar Lotfimoghaddam (L) of Iran vies with Daiki Goto of Japan during the match between Iran and Japan at the Asian Amputee Football Cup Qualifiers 2025 in Jakarta, Indonesia, Nov. 14, 2025….
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‘They Offered Him a Lighter’: How Iranian Officials Sparked a Self-Immolation
Ahmad Baledi had just turned 20 when he made a desperate choice that would cost him his life and force the resignation of one of his cit …
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