Trump's China visit set to test fragile truce
Beijing, May 11 (BBC): Beijing has confirmed that US President Donald Trump will travel to China this week to meet Xi Jinping.The visit, from 13-15 May, will be the first to China by a US president in nearly a decade - and comes at a pivotal moment for ties between...
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Thailand's former PM Thaksin freed from prison
BANGKOK, May 11 (Reuters): Thailand's billionaire former premier Thaksin Shinawatra was released from jail on parole and met by cheering crowds on Monday, eight months after a court ordered him to do the prison time he tried to dodge with a prolonged stay in hospital.The 76-year-old tycoon remade and dominated...
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Pakistan blames Afghan-based militants for deadly attack on police
ISLAMABAD, May 11 (Reuters): Pakistan blames Afghanistan-based militants for the attack on a police post that killed 15 personnel over the weekend, Pakistan's foreign ministry said on Monday, signaling fresh tension between the neighbours whose militaries have clashed over the issue this year.The police personnel were killed in a car...
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Myanmar complains over pariah treatment in ASEAN bloc
YANGON, May 11 (AFP): Myanmar claimed on Monday that "discriminatory measures" are shutting it out of the ASEAN bloc after a summit last week saw the organisation continue to blacklist the country's post-coup leadership.The 11-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations has shunned Myanmar from summits since the military in 2021...
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