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ASEAN ministers urge more progress in Myanmar crisis

JAKARTA (Indonesia), Oct 28 (AP): Southeast Asian foreign ministers acknowledged on Thursday that their efforts to bring peace to Myanmar haven't succeeded and agreed to increase their determination to end violence in the country, where a military takeover last year set off a crisis that threatens to destabilize the region.Recent...

Sunak makes Parliament debut as PM, axes more Truss policies

LONDON, Oct 28 (AP): Rishi Sunak faced the opposition in Parliament for the first time as Britain's prime minister Wednesday, promising to restore economic stability after his predecessor's tax plans triggered market tumult.Sunak ripped up more of predecessor Liz Truss' flagship policies, reinstating a moratorium on fracking for shale gas...

N Korea fires ballistic missile toward sea

SEOUL, Oct 28 (AP): North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the sea on Friday, Seoul officials said, as its rival South Korea was wrapping up an annual military drill that the North views as an invasion rehearsal.South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement the missile flew...

Ex-PM Imran begins 'long march' for early Pakistan polls

LAHORE, Oct 28 (AFP): Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan launched a so-called "long march" Friday on the capital Islamabad to demand early elections, piling pressure on a government already in crisis.The former international cricket star was booted from office in April by a no-confidence vote after defections by some...

Iraqi parliament approves new Cabinet in long-awaited vote

BAGHDAD, Oct 28 (AP): Iraq's parliament gave its vote of confidence to a new Cabinet on Thursday, breaking a yearlong political stalemate. It's the first government since 2005 that doesn't include members from the bloc of a powerful Shiite cleric.A majority of the 253 lawmakers present voted to appoint 21...

World faces most dangerous decade since World War II: Putin

MOSCOW, Oct 28 (Al Jazeera): Russia's president blamed the West for playing a 'dangerous, bloody and dirty' game that was sowing chaos across the world.The world faces the most dangerous decade since World War II as Western elites scramble to prevent the inevitable crumbling of the global dominance of the...

Israeli forces kill two Palestinians

WEST BANK, Oct 28 (Al Jazeera): The Israeli army has shot and killed two Palestinian men at a military checkpoint south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian officials.The Palestinian health ministry announced just before 2am (11:00 GMT) on Friday that 47-year-old Imad Abu Rasheed was killed...