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Erdogan says Turkey to get rights in seas around it: Erdogan
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey is determined to do whatever is necessary to obtain its rights in the Black Sea, Aegean and Mediterranean, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday. Speaking at an event ...
Aug 26, 2020
Protesters rounded up in Belarus; Nobel-winning writer due for questioning
By Andrei Makhovsky MINSK (Reuters) - Belarusian police have rounded up dozens of protesters heading home from peaceful demonstrations, rights groups said on Wednesday, after days in which the authori...
Aug 26, 2020
Thai police make more arrest of pro-democracy demonstrators
By Jiraporn Kuhakan BANGKOK (Reuters) - Police in Thailand on Wednesday arrested two pro-democracy student protest leaders for taking part in rallies and would charge them with sedition, expanding a c...
Aug 26, 2020
Vietnam condemns new Chinese military drills in South China Sea
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam on Wednesday accused China of violating its sovereignty by conducting military drills in a disputed part of the South China Sea and said Beijing's actions were "complicating"...
Aug 26, 2020
Over 1,500 human bones found at Osaka historical grave site
TOKYO (Reuters) - An excavation in the western Japanese city of Osaka has unearthed more than 1,500 human bones at what is thought to be a burial site dating back some 160 years, city officials have s...
Aug 26, 2020
Thai minister says clampdown won’t stop as Facebook plans to fight order
By Patpicha Tanakasempipat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's digital minister vowed no relent on Wednesday in a crackdown on social media content deemed illegal and said it was unlikely Facebook would fo...
Aug 26, 2020
‘Polishing the gun’: China, U.S. tensions raise Taiwan conflict fears
By Ben Blanchard and Yew Lun Tian TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) - Numerous Chinese and U.S. military exercises, Taiwan missiles tracking Chinese fighters and plummeting China-U.S. ties make for a heady coc...
Aug 26, 2020
Indonesia reports 2,306 new coronavirus infections, 86 deaths
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia reported 2,306 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, taking its total number of cases to 160,165, data published on the country's health ministry website showed. The d...
Aug 26, 2020
France to join military exercises in Eastern Mediterranean: ministry
PARIS (Reuters) - France will join military exercises with Italy, Greece and Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean from Aug. 26 to Aug. 28, the French Armed Forces Ministry said on Wednesday. The minist...
Aug 26, 2020
Dozens of migrants rescued off Greek island
ATHENS (Reuters) - Dozens of migrants have been rescued from a boat off the Greek island of Halki, the coast guard said on Wednesday, in one of the biggest operations of its kind in the country in mon...
Aug 26, 2020
