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Kabul, Oct 4 (EFE).- The Taliban government on Wednesday criticized Pakistan’s ultimatum to all undocumented migrants and refugees from its territory – mainly set to affect Afghans – to leave the country before Nov. 1, in order to avoid deportation. «Pakistan’s behavior against Afghan refugees is unacceptable. (…) The Pakistani...

Manila, Oct 4 (EFE). – Philippines authorities said on Wednesday that they were investigating the death of three Filipino fishermen whose boat was hit by an unidentified vessel in the South China Sea. Philippines Coast Guard spokesperson Jay Tarriela said the Filipino Fishing Boat (FFB) DEARYN capsized on Monday. “The...

New Delhi, Oct 4 (EFE).- The Indian government came under heavy criticism on Wednesday after the owner of a media house and an employee were arrested in a probe into suspected illegal Chinese propaganda funding. Prabir Purkayastha, the founder of NewsClick, and its human resources head, Amit Chakravarty, were arrested...

Bangkok, Oct 4 (EFE).- Thai police said Wednesday they will press five charges, including premeditated murder, against the 14-year-old suspect of a shooting in a Bangkok shopping mall in which two people were killed and five injured. Pol Maj Gen Nakarin Sukontawit told reporters that the suspect will be charged...

Seoul, July 14 (EFE).- Jungkook, the youngest member of the K-Pop supergroup BTS, made his solo debut on Friday with «Seven,» which also features American rapper Latto. «It’s an addictive song that anyone can easily pick up and enjoy,» said the 25-year-old Korean pop sensation, whose real name is Jeon...

Rome, Oct 3 (EFE).- Hundreds of Italian protesters clashed with the police on Tuesday during a demonstration in the northwestern city of Turin against the visit of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who arrived there to participate in a regional festival. Local media reported that at least two people were injured,...

New Delhi, Oct 3 (EFE).- India’s National Center for Seismology on Tuesday registered five successive earthquakes of magnitudes between 2.7 and 6.2 with epicenters in India and Nepal, although no material damage or casualties have been reported. The third and strongest tremor (6.2) took place at 2.51 pm local time...

Beirut, Oct 3 (EFE).- An alleged Israeli aerial attack has killed six fighters in the eastern Deir ez-Zor province of Syria, near the border with Iraq, a war monitor said on Tuesday. However, the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) said an Israeli strike on some sites in the border...

Kyiv, Oct 3 (EFE).- Ukraine has claimed to have busted a large espionage network responsible for transmitting sensitive defense-related information to the Russian armed forces. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said the spy ring, discovered in the southern Mykolaiv province, was one of the largest networks of Russian agents...

Bangkok, Oct 3 (EFE).- Thai police maintained the accusation of premeditated murder in their final investigation report against a Spaniard accused of killing a Colombian surgeon, police sources told EFE on Tuesday. Following a two-month probe, Koh Phangan police accuse Daniel Sancho of premeditated murder and concealing the body of...

Mexico City, Oct 2 (EFE).- Thousands of Mexicans marched in the rain in Mexico City on Monday to demand answers from the president to the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre of hundreds of protesters in the capital. As Andrés Manuel López Obrador is in his last year of his term, many Mexicans...