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16 May 2023
Japan and China used a new military hotline for the first time on Tuesday, their defence ministries said, following years of negotiations to set up the communication channel.
16 May 2023
Angry villagers stormed a remote government office in Sri Lanka on Tuesday, officials said, a day after a herd of up to 50 elephants ravaged farmers' fields near a wildlife reserve.
16 May 2023
A woman won a local election in India almost two weeks after her death as supporters kept their pledge to back her in a sign of respect, officials said.
15 May 2023
Iranian authorities on Monday executed five people over "armed drug smuggling" in the south of the country, the judiciary reported.
15 May 2023
Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was due back in court on Monday after his arrest and brief detention last week sparked days of deadly civil unrest.
15 May 2023
China has sentenced a 78-year-old US citizen to life in prison for espionage, a court said Monday, but revealed few details about the case that had previously gone unreported.
15 May 2023
Japan's top boyband agency has issued an apology over sexual assault allegations against its late founder Johnny Kitagawa, with fans demanding Monday that the firm "fully investigate" the matter.
15 May 2023
Thailand's progressive Move Forward Party (MFP) claimed victory in the country's election Monday after a stunning result that decimated military-backed parties, which have ruled the kingdom for nearly a decade.
14 May 2023
Calm returned to Gaza Sunday as a fragile ceasefire ending five days of fighting held, leaving Palestinians and Israelis to count the cost of cross-border fire which has killed dozens.
14 May 2023
Cyclone Mocha crashed ashore in Myanmar and southeastern Bangladesh on Sunday, uprooting trees, scattering flimsy homes in Rohingya displacement camps and bringing a storm surge into low-lying areas. Packing winds of up to 195 kilometres (120 miles) per hour, Mocha hit between Cox's Bazar, home to nearly one million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, and Myanmar's…
14 May 2023
Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan called for nationwide "freedom" protests on Sunday, after his brief arrest and detention this week triggered deadly unrest.
14 May 2023
More than a dozen people were killed in an overnight battle between Pakistan paramilitary troops and militants who stormed their base and took families hostage, the army said. "Well equipped" fighters assaulted a Frontier Corps compound in Muslim Bagh, Balochistan province, and captured three families in a residential block, the military said. Fighting raged from…

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Xabi Alonso, who was seen by many as Liverpool's top target to replace Jurgen Klopp as their manager, said on Friday he is staying at Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen next season. The 42-year-old Spaniard has Leverkusen on course for a trophy treble, including their first ever German league crown. "It's been a season of speculation…
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Transaction activities of the stock market on the Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) declined by 0.08 per cent, making the market capitalisation to close the week at N59.121 trillion.
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The suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, on Friday wished President Bola Tinubu a happy 72nd birthday amid allegations of financial misconduct and abuse of office. Edu extended her birthday wishes to Tinubu on X, praising the president's visionary leadership and its positive impact on the nation. https://x.com/edu_betta/status/1773622842233340082?s=31 This gesture comes…
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The times are tough. It is therefore just appropriate that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has shunned all forms of celebration of his 72nd birthday. He has great dreams. And a proverb says a man who wants his dream to come true does not sleep. That is a proverb Asiwaju has lived all his life and…
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King of the Ewu kingdom, Clement Ikolo, who is one of the suspects declared wanted by the Nigerian military, has been handed over to the military by the police. The spokesperson for the Delta State Police Command, Bright Edafe, confirmed this on Friday. The monarch was one of the eight persons declared wanted by the…