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Trump lines up meetings with Zelenskyy, Putin in push to end Ukraine war

WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (Agencies): US President Donald Trump said Thursday he will soon meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest, Hungary, to discuss ways to end the war in Ukraine, following a "productive" phone call between the two leaders.Trump, who is set to host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the...

Suicide attack kills 7 Pakistani troops near Afghan border

PESHAWAR, Oct 17 (AFP): Seven Pakistani soldiers were killed in a suicide attack near the Afghan border on Friday, Pakistani security officials said, amid a fragile ceasefire between Islamabad and Kabul that paused days of intense fighting between the former allies this month.The South Asian neighbors engaged in fierce ground...

Ceasefire offers Israel opportunity to end its int’l isolation

GAZA, Oct 17 (Agencies): A ceasefire in Gaza is raising hopes among many in Israel that the country can begin to repair its image abroad, after months of deepening isolation due to the toll of the two-year conflict.Public opinion in the West has shifted significantly since the war erupted following...

Madagascar coup leader Randrianirina sworn in as president

ANTANANARIVO, Oct 17 (Reuters): Madagascar's coup leader Colonel Michael Randrianirina was sworn in as president on Friday to cheers, blaring trumpets and raised swords, days after taking control of the island nation in the wake of youth-led protests that forced out his predecessor.Ex-leader Andry Rajoelina, whom lawmakers impeached after he...

Japan PM hopeful avoids war shrine visit

TOKYO, Oct 17 (AFP): The new head of Japan's ruling party Sanae Takaichi sent an offering but avoided visiting a controversial war shrine on Friday, as political wrangling intensified over her bid to become prime minister.Takaichi became Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader on October 4 but her aim to become...

ASEAN must 'push for change' in Myanmar: EU

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 (AFP): The European Union (EU) will not send observers to Myanmar's upcoming election, its top human rights official said Friday, dismissing the vote as neither free nor fair and urging Southeast Asian nations to push for change.EU commissioner Kasja Ollongren also said the 27-nation bloc would...

Nearly 900m poor people exposed to climate shocks, UN warns

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 17 (AFP): Nearly 80 per cent of the world's poorest, or about 900 million people, are directly exposed to climate hazards exacerbated by global warming, bearing a "double and deeply unequal burden," the United Nations (UN) warned Friday."No one is immune to the increasingly frequent and stronger...

China expels two top-ranked generals from military in graft probe

BEIJING, Oct 17 (AFP): China said on Friday it has expelled two top generals from the military and ruling Communist Party, part of corruption investigations into nine high-ranking army officials.The announcement marks the latest push in a sweeping drive to root out graft at all levels of the party and...