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At least 13 Somali soldiers killed after military, al Shabaab clash
By Feisal Omar and Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - At least 13 Somali troops have died after the army attacked militant group al Shabaab in jungle and farms near the district of Afgoye northwest of ...
Oct 15, 2020
Australia police drop journalist probe over Afghan troops story
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian authorities on Thursday dropped an investigation into a journalist accused of receiving classified information to produce a report on alleged troop miscondu...
Oct 15, 2020
Explainer: What’s behind Thailand’s protests?
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's government banned gatherings of more than five people on Thursday in the face of three months of escalating demonstrations that have targeted King Maha Vajiralongkorn as...
Oct 15, 2020
New Zealand’s Ardern still comfortably ahead on eve of election
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's ruling Labour Party led by Jacinda Ardern remains in a commanding position two days before a general election, despite support slipping slightly i...
Oct 15, 2020
Pentagon prepares to welcome once-banned Indonesian minister, despite rights concerns
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration will welcome Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto to the Pentagon on Friday after dropping a defac...
Oct 15, 2020
Facebook shuts NZ party’s page before polls over COVID-19 misinformation
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook shut down the page of a fringe New Zealand political party on Thursday, days before a general election, for sharing what the company called misinformation about the nov...
Oct 15, 2020
‘Good progress’ is not good enough: EU to push Brexit Britain on trade
By Robin Emmott and Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders meeting in Brussels on Thursday will pressure Britain for concessions in their troubled Brexit talks, saying a trillio...
Oct 15, 2020
Chinese Australians complain of “McCarthyism” at inquiry
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Three Australian citizens of Chinese ethnicity who were asked to condemn the Chinese Communist Party as they appeared before a government inquiry into diaspora iss...
Oct 14, 2020
Malaysia’s Anwar summoned over list of backers for PM bid -police
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian police on Thursday said they had summoned opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to assist investigations into a viral list of federal lawmakers allegedly backing his bid t...
Oct 14, 2020
Mexico captures leader of bloody Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican security forces have captured drug gang leader Adn Ochoa, known as "El Azul," who headed a cartel central Mexico blamed for fanning a surge of violence this year. Guana...
Oct 14, 2020
