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Two Chinese ships enter Japan's territorial waters near Senkaku islands
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 9 (ANI): Two Chinese vessels have entered Japan's territorial waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands, a media report said on Monday.
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Ahead of Prez Kovind's visit, Jaishankar speaks with Jamaican FM
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): With India seeking to deepen its friendly ties in the Caribbean, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Monday held talks with the Foreign Minister of Jamaica Kamina J Smith ahead of President Ram Nath Kovind's visit to the island nation.
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Are Chinese military bases a threat in the South Pacific?
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 9 (ANI): April's signing of a secretive security cooperation agreement by Solomon Islands and China understandably created a huge stir in Australasia and the South Pacific. The deal could potentially pave the way for a full-blown Chinese military base in the Solomons, but h
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Sri Lanka gets one more year to repay USD 200 mln bailout fund to Banglade
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 9 (ANI): As cash-strapped Sri Lanka struggles to emerge out of a deepening economic crisis, Bangladesh has extended the term of the USD 200 million loan to the island nation under a currency swap deal by one more year.
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Earthquake of magnitude 4.4 hits Andaman and Nicobar's Campbell Bay
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Andaman and Nicobar [India], May 9 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 on the Richter scale hit Campbell Bay, Andaman and Nicobar island on Monday, said the National Center for Seismology.
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Sri Lanka defence ministry asks people to be 'patient' amid crisis
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 8 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Sunday requested the people to practice "utmost intelligence and patience" amid the ongoing political and economic crisis in the Island nation.
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China's PLA Navy conducts military drills near Taiwan
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 8 (ANI): Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has been engaged in military drills intensively over the past few days in the Philippine Sea to the east of the island of Taiwan and south of Japan.
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Greek coast guard locates 106 illegal sea migrants on Kos Island
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], May 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The Greek coast guard said on Sunday that 106 illegal migrants were found having reached the Greek island of Kos in the southeastern Aegean Sea after their boat sank.
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China's security pact with Solomon Islands grave concern for Australia ami
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 8 (ANI): Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison hoped that in order to win the general elections on May 21 he could use the country's fraught relations with China, but it backfired after the Solomon Islands signed a security pact with China.
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Australia raises deep concerns about security agreement of Solomon Islands
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], May 8 (ANI): Australian Foreign Minister met her Solomon Islands counterpart and raised deep concerns over the security arrangement between China and the island nation.
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Taipei hopes world will sanction China like Russia if it invades Taiwan
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], May 8 (ANI): Taiwan hoped that the world will sanction China if it invades the island nation the same way the global community is now sanctioning Russia for its war on Ukraine.
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Sri Lanka cancels leave of security forces after declaration of emergency
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 8 (ANI): Sri Lanka on Saturday cancelled the leave of security forces with immediate effect after the declaration of a state of emergency in the island nation.
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