UN to evaluate refugee strategy
UN to evaluate refugee strategy
GENEVA, Dec 13: The United Nations will appraise its policies on refugees next week, due to an increase in armed conflict, the politicisation of asylum law and cuts to international aid.
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UN to evaluate refugee strategy
UN to evaluate refugee strategy
GENEVA, Dec 13: The United Nations will appraise its policies on refugees next week, due to an increase in armed conflict, the politicisation of asylum law and cuts to international aid.
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US says Mexico agrees to water treaty obligations
US says Mexico agrees to water treaty obligations
NEW YORK, Dec 13, 2025 (AFP) - The United States and Mexico reached an agreement on water-sharing on Friday, after President Donald Trump threatened new sanctions.
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Myanmar junta denies killing civilians in hospital strike
Myanmar junta denies killing civilians in hospital strike
Myanmar's military junta denied on Saturday killing civilians in a hospital air strike that left more than 30 people dead. A military jet bombed late Wednesday the general hospital of Mrauk-U in w...
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Thailand vows to keep fighting Cambodia, despite Trump’s ceasefire claim
Thailand vows to keep fighting Cambodia, despite Trump’s ceasefire claim
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the continued fighting. Thailand’s leader vowed to keep fighting on the disputed border with Cambodia as fighter jets struck...
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Iran seizes oil tanker in Gulf of Oman: Iranian media
Iran seizes oil tanker in Gulf of Oman: Iranian media
Iran has seized an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, Iranian media said overnight Friday to Saturday, adding that 18 crew members from India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh were on board. "An oil tanker c...
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UN Security Council adopts resolution on youth, peace, security
UN Security Council adopts resolution on youth, peace, security
The Security Council on Friday unanimously adopted a resolution on youth, peace and security. Resolution 2807 called on all relevant actors to consider ways to increase the participation and leade...
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EU bans transfer of Russian central bank assets back to Russia
EU bans transfer of Russian central bank assets back to Russia
The Council of the European Union (EU) on Friday decided to prohibit any transfers of immobilized assets belonging to the central bank of Russia within the bloc back to Russia, citing the ongoing c...
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UN chief alarmed by drone strike killing over 30 Sudanese civilian
UN chief alarmed by drone strike killing over 30 Sudanese civilian
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is deeply alarmed by a reported drone strike that killed at least 30 civilians in Sudan's South Darfur state, his deputy spokesman said Friday. The attack rep...
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U.S. reports 2.9 mln flu cases for current flu season
U.S. reports 2.9 mln flu cases for current flu season
There have been at least 2.9 million illnesses, 30,000 hospitalizations and 1,200 deaths from flu so far for the current flu season in the United States, according to latest estimates of the U.S. C...
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New Zealand lowers 2050 methane target
New Zealand lowers 2050 methane target
New Zealand has passed legislation lowering its 2050 biogenic methane target, aimed at balancing emissions cuts with agricultural productivity. The new "sensible" biogenic methane target was set i...
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Almost 4 in 5 Australians support world-first under-16 social media ban: survey
Almost 4 in 5 Australians support world-first under-16 social media ban: survey
Almost four in five Australian adults support the federal government's new ban on social media use for children under 16, a survey showed Friday. The survey of 1,598 Australian adults, funded by t...
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Cambodia says Thailand still bombing hours after Trump truce call
Cambodia says Thailand still bombing hours after Trump truce call
Cambodia said Saturday that Thailand continued dropping bombs on its territory hours after US President Donald Trump said the neighbours had agreed to stop fighting. The latest clashes between the...
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US envoy to meet Zelensky, Europe leaders in Berlin this weekend
US envoy to meet Zelensky, Europe leaders in Berlin this weekend
US President Donald Trump's special envoy will meet with Volodymyr Zelensky and other European leaders in Berlin this weekend, the White House said, as Washington presses for a plan to end Russia's...
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Cambodia urges Thailand to immediately cease fire: Information Minister
Cambodia urges Thailand to immediately cease fire: Information Minister
Cambodia called on Thailand to immediately cease military actions against Cambodia and its civilian infrastructure, Cambodian Minister of Information Neth Pheaktra said on Saturday. On Saturday mo...
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Divisive role of local governments stressed
Divisive role of local governments stressed
Kathmandu, Dec 13: Deputy Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Sunita Dangol, has stressed on decisive role of local governments in international partnership and investment programmes. Speaking a...
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Trump says Thailand and Cambodia agree to ‘cease all shooting’
Trump says Thailand and Cambodia agree to ‘cease all shooting’
Anutin said he had asked Trump to urge Cambodia to cease hostilities, withdraw troops and remove landmines. Thailand and Cambodia have agreed “to cease all shooting” effective Friday, US President...
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EU agrees to indefinitely freeze Russian assets, removing obstacle to Ukraine loan
EU agrees to indefinitely freeze Russian assets, removing obstacle to Ukraine loan
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, writing on X social platform in English, praised the decision as a “landmark step toward justice and accountability”. The European Union agreed on Friday...
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Sax-playing pilot Anutin's short-lived Thai premiership
Sax-playing pilot Anutin's short-lived Thai premiership
BANGKOK, Dec 13: Saxophonist, occasional pilot and heir to a construction fortune, Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul led a short-lived coalition government marked by conflict with Cambodia.
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Russia, Turkey, Iran presidents in Turkmenistan for rare summit
Russia, Turkey, Iran presidents in Turkmenistan for rare summit
ASHGABAT, Dec 13: The leaders of Russia, Turkey and Iran meet Friday in Turkmenistan, an isolated Central Asian state which is marking 30 years of official neutrality with a rare international summ...
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FNCCI discusses with Vietnamese Fin Ministry on economic cooperation
FNCCI discusses with Vietnamese Fin Ministry on economic cooperation
Hanoi (Vietnam), Dec 12: The Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) and the Investment Promotion and International Cooperation Department under the Finance Ministry of Viet...
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US plan sees Ukraine joining EU in 2027, official tells AFP
US plan sees Ukraine joining EU in 2027, official tells AFP
Ukraine could join the European Union as early as January 2027 under the latest US plan to end the war with Russia, a senior source familiar with the matter told AFP on Friday. The complicated EU ...
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