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China says it drove away Philippine aircraft above disputed Scarborough Shoal
BEIJING, Dec 12 (Reuters) - China's military said on Friday it had driven away a Philippine aircraft that had "invaded" airspace above the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. The Embass...
Dec 12, 2025
Russia attacked energy facilities in southern Ukrainian Odesa region, officials say
KYIV, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Russia attacked energy facilities in the southern Ukrainian Odesa region overnight, causing fires and blackouts, the local governor and emergency service said on Friday. Gover...
Dec 12, 2025
South Africa's ANC says it needs to reform to regain support
By Nellie Peyton JOHANNESBURG, Dec 12 (Reuters) - South Africa's African National Congress, the liberation movement that brought Nelson Mandela to power, said it was facing a crisis over corruption, p...
Dec 12, 2025
Hong Kong leader says fire probe expected to conclude within 9 months
HONG KONG, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader John Lee said on Friday the government aims to wrap up within nine months an independent investigation into a fire that killed at least 160 people. Lee w...
Dec 12, 2025
Google to build subsea cables in Papua New Guinea under Australia defence treaty
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Papua New Guinea said on Friday that Alphabet's Google will build three subsea cables, funded by Australia under a mutual defence treaty, in a key upgrade ...
Dec 12, 2025
Hong Kong's legal clampdown on tycoon and China critic Jimmy Lai
By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret HONG KONG, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's High Court will hand down a verdict in the trial of media tycoon and China critic Jimmy Lai on Monday. The 78-year-old Lai, w...
Dec 12, 2025
Nepal says economy suffered $586 million hit from 'Gen Z' protests
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU, Dec 12 (Reuters) - The anti-graft protests in September that forced Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli to resign caused more than $586 million in losses to Nepal's $42 billion e...
Dec 12, 2025
Russia destroys 90 Ukrainian drones overnight, defence ministry says
MOSCOW, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Russia's Ministry of Defence said on Friday that air defence systems had destroyed 90 Ukrainian drones over the country and the Black Sea overnight. In the city of Tver, 181...
Dec 12, 2025
Irish minister defends 'limited' trade curbs on Israeli settlements
By John O'Donnell and Padraic Halpin DUBLIN, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Ireland's planned curbs on trade with Israeli settlements will be limited strictly to goods, a minister told Reuters, offering the first...
Dec 12, 2025
U.S. aid cuts disrupt life-saving treatment for starving children in Kenya
By Ammu Kannampilly LOMOLEM, Kenya, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Hellen Etiman, a Kenyan pastoralist, believed her severely malnourished son would soon recover after starting a course of life-saving specialised...
Dec 12, 2025
