Brazil's Bolsonaro given 27-year term for coup plotting

BRASILIA, Sept 12 (AFP): Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday sentenced firebrand ex-president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison for coup plotting at the end of a landmark trial that divided the nation and drew US fury.The sentence could see the 70-year-old far-right leader spend the rest of his days...

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Nepal protest death toll reaches 51 as 12,500 prisoners remain on the run

KATHMANDU, Sept 12 (Agencies): At least 51 people have been killed during violent anticorruption protests in Nepal this week, and thousands of prisoners who escaped during the chaos remain on the run, according to police, as the country’s former Chief Justice Sushila Karki appears set to be appointed interim prime...

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Myanmar junta airstrike on school in Arakan kills at least 18

At least 18 civilians, including children, were killed and 20 others injured on Friday when junta forces carried out an airstrike in Rakhine State, western Myanmar, reports, citing foreign media UN news.The junta forces bombed a private boarding school in Thayat Tabin Village in Arakan Army-controlled Kyauktaw township, Rakhine (Arakan)...

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