Asia

Parliament Armenia Still Chooses Opposition Leader as Prime Minister. The parliament of Armenia has elected opposition leader Nikol Pasjinian as prime minister. 59 of the 105 MPs voted for him, enough for the necessary majority, writes the…
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A former member of the Chinese politics bureau has been sentenced to life imprisonment for fraud. Sun Zhengcai is accused of having taken bribes for more than 20 million dollars, reports the EYE News. Because of his relatively…
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The UN mission in Afghanistan says that 30 children died in April in a helicopter attack by the Afghan army. In total 36 people died. 51 children were among the 71 wounded. The UN does not exclude that more victims have fallen. …
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Report World Press Freedom Day: Freedom of the Press in Free Fall in Myanmar. Freedom of the press in Myanmar is in free fall, despite the fact that the Asian country is led by a democratically elected government. This appears from a report…
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