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Turkish vessel leaves contested waters in eastern Med: reports
AFP, Published on 13/09/2020
» ISTANBUL - The Turkish research ship at the centre of a row with Greece over gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean has left disputed waters where it was sent last month, according to ship-tracking websites and local media, in a move that could soothe spiralling tensions in the region.
2 red-shirt leaders, 1 politician receive royal pardon
King-oua Laohong, Published on 13/09/2020
» Two leaders of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship and one veteran politician will be released from jail on a royal pardon granted by His Majesty the King.
Angry EU rounds on Johnson's claim of Brexit blockade
AFP, Published on 13/09/2020
» LONDON: Ireland on Sunday rejected an incendiary claim by Prime Minister Boris Johnson that the EU is plotting to destabilise the UK, as another week of Brexit high drama beckoned ahead of a stormy parliamentary debate in London.
Defiant Belarus protesters set to march despite crackdown
AFP, Published on 13/09/2020
» MINSK: Belarus moved police vans and barbed wire into the centre of the capital Minsk on Sunday ahead of a new mass demonstration called for the eve of crunch talks between President Alexander Lukashenko and his main ally, Russia's Vladimir Putin.
Govt to universities: Stop students' calls for monarchy reform
Reuters, Published on 13/09/2020
» Authorities have summoned the heads of universities to tell them to stop students demanding reform of the monarchy, warning that such calls could lead to violence, a member of the military-appointed Senate said on Sunday.
Anutin asks protesters to wear face masks
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 13/09/2020
» Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has asked students who take part in the planned demonstration at Thammasat University on Sept 19 to wear face masks to avoid spreading or contracting Covid-19.
Jakarta to isolate virus cases in official facilities
Bloomberg News, Published on 13/09/2020
» Residents of Indonesia’s capital of Jakarta who tested positive for the coronavirus will be isolated in official facilities and can no longer be quarantined at home, the city’s governor said ahead of tighter restrictions that take effect on Monday.
Turkish vessel leaves contested waters in eastern Med: report
AFP, Published on 13/09/2020
» ISTANBUL: The Turkish research ship at the centre of a row between Greece and Turkey over gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean returned to a port in southern Turkey, local media reported Sunday.
Covid continues march across Philippines, Indonesia
Reuters and online reporters, Published on 13/09/2020
» JAKARTA/MANILA: While cases of Covid-19 remained under control in Thailand with just seven new infections – all imported – logged on Sunday, the virus continued to ravage Indonesia and the Philippines, with both Southeast Asian neighbours logging more than 3,000 new cases and more than 70 deaths.
Philippines deports US Marine pardoned for transgender killing
AFP, Published on 13/09/2020
» A US marine convicted of killing a transgender woman in the Philippines was deported on Sunday after being pardoned by President Rodrigo Duterte.