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‘Serious threat’: Indonesia’s new criminal code faces rights challenges over sex, speech, police powers
JAKARTA, Jan 13 — Activists are challenging Indonesia’s new criminal code, which outlaws sex outside marriage and the insulting of top officials, saying it threatens rights and gives authorities broad power with minimal oversight. The government has celebrated the new
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China says will ‘safeguard’ interests after Trump tariff threat over Iran
BEIJING, Jan 13 — China said today it would protect its rights and interests after US President Donald Trump announced a 25 per cent tariff on any country doing business with Iran. “We have always believed that there are no
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Trump sets meeting with Venezuelan opposition leader, Caracas under pressure
CARACAS, Jan 13 — Washington announced yesterday Venezuelan opposition figure Maria Corina Machado will meet President Donald Trump this week as pressure grew on the interim leadership in Caracas to speed up the release of political prisoners. Machado has been
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Myanmar’s pro-military party says it won Suu Kyi’s seat as disputed election continues
YANGON (Myanmar), Jan 12 — Myanmar’s main pro-military party today claimed victory in the parliamentary seat of sidelined democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi in elections being derided as a ploy to prolong junta rule. The armed forces have ruled
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Trump says Iran ‘want to negotiate’ after reports of hundreds killed in protests
WASHINGTON, Jan 12 — US President Donald Trump said Iran’s leadership had contacted him to seek negotiations, as protests across the country entered a second week amid a violent crackdown that rights groups say has killed scores of demonstrators. Speaking
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Iran says protest violence ‘under total control’, blames Trump for inciting unrest
TEHRAN, Jan 12 — Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said the situation in the country was “under total control” after violence linked to protests escalated over the weekend. According to Reuters, Araqchi said on Monday that warnings by US President
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Bushfires destroy hundreds of buildings in southeast Australia, first death confirmed
SYDNEY, Jan 11 — Bushfires have razed hundreds of buildings across southeast Australia, authorities said Sunday, as they confirmed the first death from the disaster. Temperatures soared past 40 °C as a heatwave blanketed the state of Victoria, sparking dozens of
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Tense week in Caracas: Maduro supporters take to streets as US holds ex-leader
CARACAS, Jan 11 — Several hundred supporters of deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro staged protests in the capital yesterday, a week after his capture by US forces, as the interim government moved to revive ties with Washington and slowly released
Read MoreUS urges citizens to leave Venezuela ‘immediately’ amid security fears
WASHINGTON, Jan 11 — The US State Department yesterday urged Americans in Venezuela to leave the country “immediately,” citing risks from armed militias searching vehicles for US citizens at roadblocks. “The security situation in Venezuela remains fluid,” the department said
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Why online calls in China for a swift Taiwan takeover clash with military reality
TAIPEI, Jan 11 — Some Chinese online users are calling for a lightning Venezuela-style snatch of Taiwan’s leaders in a prelude to taking over the island, but analysts, scholars and security officials say China’s modernising military is still far from
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