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Former Tibet Communist Party secretary gets suspended death sentence over bribery

BEIJING (Reuters) -A court in Beijing on Wednesday sentenced Wu Yingjie, a former Communist Party secretary of China's Tibet region, to death with a...

Drone attacks on oil fields in Iraq’s Kurdish region shut down another facility

BAGHDAD (AP) — Drones targeted oil fields in Iraq’s semi-autonomous northern Kurdish region Wednesday, the latest in a series of attacks in recent days...

Russia launches new attacks on Ukraine with the countdown to a US peace deadline underway

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian weapons pounded four Ukrainian cities overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, injuring at least 15 people in an attack that...

Blast kills three Kenyan soldiers on road near Somali border

NAIROBI (Reuters) -A blast has killed three Kenyan soldiers patrolling a road in the east of the country near the Somali border, the military...

Israel threatens to escalate involvement in Syria as a ceasefire collapses

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Clashes raged in the southern Syrian city of Sweida on Wednesday after a ceasefire between government forces and Druze armed...

China hands 3-1/2-year prison sentence to Astellas’ Japanese employee, Nikkei says

TOKYO (Reuters) -A Beijing court on Wednesday sentenced a Japanese employee of Astellas Pharma to 3-1/2 years in prison, the Nikkei newspaper reported, citing...

Israel-backed aid organization in Gaza says 20 killed at distribution site, mostly in stampede

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An Israeli-backed American organization that runs an aid program in the Gaza Strip said Wednesday 20 Palestinians were killed...

Influential ex-Thai PM Thaksin to receive verdict on royal insult case in late August

BANGKOK (Reuters) -A Thai court will deliver a verdict on former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a royal insult case on August 22, his...

China, North Korea and Russia represent biggest security challenge since World War II, Japan says

Japan is facing its most severe security environment since World War II as three potential adversaries in East Asia – China, Russia and North...

Clashes resume in Syria’s Druze city of Sweida, Israel vows more strikes

DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Clashes between Syrian government troops and local Druze fighters resumed in the southern Druze city of Sweida early on Wednesday, collapsing a...

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