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Australia, Timor urge progress on Greater Sunrise gas field
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his East Timor counterpart, Xanana Gusmao, on Wednesday said the Greater Sunrise gas project should be devel...
Jan 28, 2026
Rwanda seeks arbitration in Britain's cancelled asylum deal
KIGALI, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Rwanda has filed an arbitration case against Britain over a cancelled asylum deal that Prime Minister Keir Starmer scrapped in 2024, the government of the East African natio...
Jan 28, 2026
Philippines maritime council calls for restraint amid heated exchanges between Manila and China diplomats
MANILA, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The Philippines' maritime council called for "restraint" on Wednesday amid heated public exchanges between its officials and the Chinese embassy in Manila, adding it "does n...
Jan 28, 2026
Thai parties tap nationalist mood as Cambodia clashes roil rural voters
KANTHARALAK, Thailand, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Thai lawmaker Phumin Leethiraprasert has switched party allegiances in his re-election campaign for a February 8 poll, aiming to show voters he can make tough...
Jan 28, 2026
Deputy chief minister of India's Maharashtra state among five dead in air charter crash
By Sakshi Dayal DELHI, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The deputy chief minister of India's wealthiest state of Maharashtra, Ajit Pawar, died on Wednesday, along with four other people on board, when his charter a...
Jan 27, 2026
Japan-born pandas Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei arrive in China as bilateral ties freeze
By Colleen Howe BEIJING, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Giant pandas Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei arrived in Sichuan province on Wednesday, China's panda research base said in a social media post, leaving Japan without ...
Jan 27, 2026
Ecuador says ICE agent tried to enter consulate in Minneapolis
By Brad Brooks and Alexandra Valencia MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 27 (Reuters) - A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent tried to get into Ecuador's consulate in Minneapolis on Tuesday but was prevented...
Jan 27, 2026
South Korea court sentences ex-First Lady Kim to jail term for bribery
By Kyu-seok Shim and Joyce Lee SEOUL, Jan 28 (Reuters) - A South Korean court on Wednesday sentenced former First Lady Kim Keon Hee to one year and eight months in jail after finding her guilty of acc...
Jan 27, 2026
Man sprays US lawmaker Ilhan Omar with liquid, disrupting Minnesota event
By Maria Alejandra Cardona, Daniel Trotta and Kanishka Singh MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Police arrested a man who sprayed Democratic U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar with a foul-smelling liquid in ...
Jan 27, 2026
Search for 32 people missing in Indonesia landslide hampered by rain as death toll rises to 34
JAKARTA, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Search operations for the 32 people still missing after a landslide in Indonesia's West Java were hampered by rain on Wednesday morning, the country's disaster mitigation a...
Jan 27, 2026
