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Germany to offer refuge to two freed Belarus opposition leaders
BERLIN, Dec 15 - Germany will offer refuge to Maria Kalesnikava and Viktar Babaryka, two prominent Belarusian opposition leaders freed at the weekend after more than five years in prison, Interior Min...
Dec 15, 2025
Thailand to hold elections on Feb 8, local media reports
BANGKOK, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Thailand is set to hold parliamentary elections on February 8, according to multiple local media reports on Monday, including public broadcaster Thai PBS, broadcaster PPTV ...
Dec 15, 2025
Exclusive-'For all I know, she could be dead' says son of Myanmar's Suu Kyi
By John Geddie TOKYO, Dec 15 (Reuters) - With her health failing and an information vacuum around Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, her son worries that he may not even know if she pa...
Dec 15, 2025
Analysis-Australia PM Albanese faces Israel pressure after Bondi Beach attack
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The deadly attack on a Jewish festival at a famed Australian beach has deepened diplomatic tensions between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Israeli...
Dec 15, 2025
No 'out-of-pocket expenses' for childbirth in China from 2026
HONG KONG, Dec 15 (Reuters) - China will cover all out-of-pocket expenses related to childbirth next year, said the country's national healthcare security administration, as authorities try to incenti...
Dec 15, 2025
EU to broaden Belarus sanctions to include hybrid activity, Lithuania says
BRUSSELS, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The European Union is expected to agree on broadening its sanctions on Belarus' regime to include hybrid activity against the bloc, Lithuania's Foreign Minister Kestutis B...
Dec 15, 2025
Thailand cuts Laos fuel route as Cambodia border conflict deepens
By Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK/PHNOM PENH, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Thailand's military said on Monday that it has stopped fuel shipments passing through a border checkpoint with Laos because of fears they were...
Dec 15, 2025
South Korea, Laos to upgrade relations to comprehensive partnership, Seoul says
SEOUL, Dec 15 (Reuters) - South Korean President Lee Jae-myung and Laotian President Thongloun Sisoulith agreed at a summit in Seoul on Monday to upgrade bilateral relations to a comprehensive partner...
Dec 14, 2025
Reaction to Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai's guilty verdict in national security trial
HONG KONG, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai was found guilty on Monday of two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and one count of sedition under a China-imposed national ...
Dec 14, 2025
Beachside shooting throws Australia's gun control regime into question
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY, Dec 15 (Reuters) - After Australia's worst mass shooting in 1996, it took the government 12 days to ban semi-automatic weapons, organise a gun buyback scheme and introduce a lice...
Dec 14, 2025
