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Malaysia ready to negotiate with China on South China Sea: PM

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Monday that Malaysia was prepared to negotiate the South China Sea dispute with Beijing to safeguard the country's energy exploration efforts.. Anwar -- who was on a visit to Beijing recently -- said the "sensitive" issue was raised at a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping as Malaysia's state energy firm Petronas has its largest oil platform in the disputed area, as well as several exploration projects.

Mon, Apr 3, 2023 1 mins read

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Trump heads into unknown as New York arraignment looms

Donald Trump is expected to fly Monday to New York for his historic arraignment on criminal charges, taking the United States and the office of the presidency into uncharted and potentially volatile territory.. His aides say Trump will decamp from his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida and fly Monday to New York, his former base of operations.

Mon, Apr 3, 2023 3 mins read

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Hashim Thaci: Kosovo rebel who swapped guns for politics

Kosovo's ex-president Hashim Thaci, whose war crimes trial begins in The Hague on Monday, is a former rebel leader who fought for Kosovo's independence and dominated the young nation's democracy for years.. But it was the war-era allegations that abruptly ended his presidency and have seen him spend the past two years waiting behind bars to stand trial. 

Sun, Apr 2, 2023 2 mins read

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War crimes trial of Kosovo ex-president Thaci to start

Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci goes on trial at a Hague war crimes tribunal Monday accused of a bloody campaign of murder and torture in the 1998-1999 independence war with Serbia. . They each face six counts of crimes against humanity and four counts of war crimes, including murder, torture, forced disappearances, persecution and cruel treatment. 

Sun, Apr 2, 2023 2 mins read

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Ukraine medics race to save soldiers wounded near Bakhmut

A wounded man with his arm in tourniquets groans with pain on an examination table as the anaesthetist reassures him: "That means the arm is alive.". Keeping a tourniquet on for three hours is "long", he acknowledges, but he is optimistic that the soldier's arm will be saved.

Sun, Apr 2, 2023 3 mins read

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Wagner claims 'legal' capture of Ukraine's Bakhmut as six killed nearby

Russia's Wagner paramilitary group on Monday claimed it had "in a legal sense" captured the eastern Ukraine town of Bakhmut -- the site of the longest battle of Moscow's operation in the country -- with its units now in control of city hall. . On March 20, Prigozhin had claimed Wagner units controlled 70 percent of the town.

Sun, Apr 2, 2023 4 mins read

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Israeli strikes in Syria kill two Iran-backed fighters: monitor

Two Iran-affiliated fighters have been killed in the latest Israeli air strike on targets in Syria, a war monitor said Sunday, with state news agency SANA reporting five Syrian soldiers wounded.. State news agency SANA reported, citing a military source, that "the Israeli enemy carried out an air assault... targeting positions in the city of Homs and its province".

Sun, Apr 2, 2023 3 mins read

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St Petersburg cafe blast kills top Russian military blogger

A prominent Russian military blogger was killed Sunday and 25 others injured in an explosion at a cafe in Russia's second-largest city of Saint Petersburg, the interior ministry said.. The health ministry said that a total of 25 people were injured in the blast, 24 of whom were taken to hospital.

Sun, Apr 2, 2023 2 mins read

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Oil powers announce surprise cuts of more than 1 million bpd

Major oil powers led by Saudi Arabia announced a surprise production cut of more than one million barrels per day on Sunday, calling it a "precautionary" move aimed at stabilising the market.. A Saudi energy ministry official "emphasised that this is a precautionary measure aimed at supporting the stability of the oil market", the official Saudi Press Agency said.

Sun, Apr 2, 2023 3 mins read

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Family of Arab Israeli killed at Al-Aqsa dispute police claims

The family of an Arab Israeli medical student shot dead by police at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound rejected on Sunday claims by the force that he grabbed and fired an officer's gun.. Israeli police said the 26-year-old "managed to take the gun (from an officer) and fire two bullets" before being shot dead by officers.

Sun, Apr 2, 2023 3 mins read