ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's Foreign Office said on Thursday that the country would continue its efforts for a peaceful resolution of the Middle East conflict.
"Pakistan is working to reduce tensions in the Middle East and the country continues to maintain open channels of communication with the parties involved," Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Hussain Andrabi said during a weekly press briefing here. (Pakistan-Middle East Conflict)
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YANGON -- Myanmar's former State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi was allowed to move from a prison to a designated residence to serve the remainder of her sentence on Thursday, the state-owned Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV) reported.
According to the report, Myanmar's President U Min Aung Hlaing ordered the change of the imprisonment location of Aung San Suu Kyi in accordance with relevant provisions of the criminal law. (Myanmar-Aung San Suu Kyi, 1ST LD WRITETHRU)
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SEOUL -- Former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and his wife Kim Keon-hee have both filed appeals with the Supreme Court on Thursday, challenging recent appellate court rulings in their respective criminal cases, local media reported.
Yoon was sentenced to seven years in prison on Wednesday in the appellate trial for charges including "obstruction of arrest." Kim, indicted for charges of bribery, was sentenced to four years in prison in the appellate trial on Tuesday. Both sentences were harsher than the first trial. (SKorea-Former President-Appeal)
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NEW DELHI -- At least 16 laborers were killed and 30 others injured, some of them critically, after a pickup van carrying them overturned and crashed into another vehicle in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, police said Thursday.
The accident occurred on Wednesday night near Chikliya crossing in Dhar district, about 265 km west of Bhopal, the capital city of Madhya Pradesh. (India-Traffic Accident-Deaths)
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TOKYO -- The Japanese yen surged into the 156 level against the U.S. dollar from the upper 160 range on Thursday, after Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said earlier that "decisive action" would be needed against yen declines.
"The time for decisive action, which I have previously mentioned, is finally getting closer," Katayama told reporters as the yen hit 160.72 earlier in the day. (Japan-Yen) Enditem
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