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US tariff hikes, Myanmar war and sea disputes will top ASEAN summit agenda
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) — The civil war in Myanmar, maritime disputes in the South China Sea and U.S. tariff hikes will top ...
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Myanmar in-depth: Slow earthquake response underlines need to overhaul long-flawed international aid efforts
Six weeks after a major new disaster, calls are growing to find new ways to address a host of access, funding, and structural ...
Hijack call from ship off Iran a false alarm, security firm Ambrey says
A hijack signal sent from a Panama-flagged petroleum products tanker off Iran was a false alarm, British maritime security ...
Iran’s supreme leader rejects US stance on uranium enrichment
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Tehran won’t seek permission from anyone to enrich uranium and called American statements ...
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Myanmar army says a transport helicopter has crashed in a combat zone due to malfunction
BANGKOK (AP) — A helicopter belonging to Myanmar’s military crashed in a combat zone in the country’s north while returning from a mission to deliver supplies to army outposts, a state-run ...
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Trump says Iran has a proposal from the U.S. on its rapidly advancing nuclear program
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that Iran has an American proposal over its rapidly advancing nuclear program as negotiations between the two count ...
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Trump Wants a Deal With Iran, but It May Be Weaker Than His Supporters Demand
Iran rejects any deal that would ban it from any nuclear enrichment, long a demand of U.S. conservatives. By Steven Erlanger Steven Erlanger has covered diplomatic talks with Iran over its nuclear ...
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Funerals held in Myanmar for pupils and teachers killed in airstrike on school
Villagers in central Myanmar have held funerals for almost two dozen students and teachers killed in what they said was a airstrike on a school by one of the ruling military’s jet fighters ...