Belarus frees 123 prisoners after U.S. lifts sanctions
Belarus has released 123 prisoners, including opposition leader Maria Kalesnikava and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, following an agreeme...
Cambodia and Thailand’s senior defence leaders are meeting in Malaysia on Thursday (7 August) again for talks aimed at securing a lasting end to hostilities following a violent and deadly five-day border conflict in late July. The two sides have agreed to ASEAN monitoring and open talks.
Cambodian Defence Minister Tea Seiha and Thailand’s Acting Defence Minister Nattaphon Narkphanit are meeting at Kuala Lumpur at Malaysia’s Armed Forces headquarters to establish protocols for a resolution regarding the border dispute, rebuild trust between military forces, and implement measures to protect civilians and reduce tensions.
In a statement on Thursday, Nattaphon confirmed that Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to let the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) monitor the ceasefire. He added that both sides will continue open dialogue and utilise existing bilateral mechanisms to manage future tensions.
The clashes, which included artillery exchanges and airstrikes, resulted in at least 43 deaths and displaced more than 300,000 people on both sides.
Despite efforts from China and Malaysia, the fighting persisted until U.S. President Donald Trump pressured both nations by linking peace to ongoing tariff negotiations.
These terms were drafted more than three days of senior official talks in Kuala Lumpur and will be finalised with oversight from Chinese and U.S. observers.
The longstanding border dispute stems from undemarcated sections of their 817 km (508 miles) frontier, originally mapped by France in 1907.
Japan has lifted a tsunami advisory issued after an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 hit the country's northeastern region on Friday (12 December), the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said. The JMA had earlier put the earthquake's preliminary magnitude at 6.7.
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The United States issued new sanctions targeting Venezuela on Thursday, imposing curbs on three nephews of President Nicolas Maduro's wife, as well as six crude oil tankers and shipping companies linked to them, as Washington ramps up pressure on Caracas.
The resignation of Bulgaria's government on Thursday (11 December) puts an end to an increasingly unpopular coalition but is likely to usher in a period of prolonged political instability on the eve of the Black Sea nation's entry into the euro zone.
An extratropical cyclone has caused widespread disruption across Brazil’s São Paulo state, with powerful winds toppling trees and power lines, blocking streets and leaving large parts of the region without electricity.
Belarus has released 123 prisoners, including opposition leader Maria Kalesnikava and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, following an agreement with the United States to ease sanctions on the country’s potash exports.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reiterated his offer to host Ukraine-Russia peace talks in Ankara, at his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The talks took place on the sidelines of the international Forum for Peace and Trust in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, on Friday (12 December).
Two Syrian security personnel and several U.S. troops were injured on Saturday after a joint patrol came under gunfire near the city of Palmyra in central Syria, local media reported.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday responded to the release of new photographs from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein. Trump said he had not seen the photos but downplayed their significance, stating that the images were “no big deal.”
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