SEOUL, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – South Korea’s ruling conservative party officially split Tuesday over the impeachment of scandal-hit President Park Geun-Hye, threatening to complicate presidential elections that could be held as soon as March. A group of 29 lawmakers left the ruling Saenuri Party, arguing that its leadership refuses to embrace reforms despite the political crisis fuelled […]
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S. Korea ruling party splits over president’s impeachment
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Six dead, 18 missing in Philippines’ Christmas typhoon
MANILA,(MILLAT+APP/AFP) – At least six people are dead and 18 others missing after Typhoon Nock-Ten lashed the Philippines over the Christmas holidays, the government said Tuesday as it tried to assess the damage. The unusually late storm first hit the eastern provinces on Christmas Day, flooding roads and farms, destroying homes and damaging ships as […]
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Cambodian court convicts exiled opposition leader
PHNOM PENH, MILLAT+(APP/AFP) – Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy was sentenced to five years in prison on Tuesday over a post on his Facebook page, a conviction that makes his return from self-imposed exile unlikely. The conviction caps a major crackdown this year on critics of the country’s strongman leader Prime Minister Hun Sen, who […]
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Brazil says 19 migrants feared drowned off Bahamas
BRASMLIA, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – At least 19 Brazilian migrants are feared drowned off the Bahamas as they tried to cross illegally to the United States, officials in Brasilia said Monday. The group went missing “during a purported crossing by sea from the Bahamas to the United States,” a foreign ministry statement said. The migrants’ families have […]
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Sudan frees 20 opposition members after protest call
KHARTOUM, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Sudan has freed 20 political opponents detained since last month after they called for protests against rising fuel prices, their parties said Monday. Sudanese Congress Party spokesman Mohamed Arabi said 16 members were freed on Sunday, but added that “dozens of other figures including the head of the party and his deputy […]
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China’s aircraft carrier passes south of Taiwan
TAIPEI, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Taiwan said Monday it was closely monitoring the movements of China’s sole aircraft carrier and five other warships, which earlier passed south of the island on an exercise held amid worsening cross-strait relations. The Liaoning and five escorts sailed 20 nautical miles outside Taiwan’s air defence identification zone (ADIZ) in the Bashi […]