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Tokyo, Aug. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japan will deploy three CH-47 transport helicopters of its Ground Self-Defense Force to Indonesia as part of an international emergency relief operation in response to the ongoing forest fires in the Southeast Asian country, Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi

(Adnkronos) – “Three Palestinian terrorists were killed” in the Jenin area, West Bank. This is what the IDF reports in a statement published on ‘Telegram’. As part of a joint operation by the Israeli army with the Shin Bet in the Jenin

(Adnkronos) – A necklace with 673 diamonds has been stolen from the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna. The Austrian police announced this, releasing images of the two perpetrators of the theft, still at large, who acted with their faces uncovered. Ten

(Adnkronos) – Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, King of Tooro, Uganda, recognized last year by Guinness World Records as the world’s youngest reigning monarch, having ascended to the throne at the age of three, has died at 34. “It is with

(Adnkronos) – Also in the Sverdlovsk region, the Yabloko party has been banned from submitting its list for the regional elections associated with the national vote for the renewal of the Duma next September (18-20). The regional court accepted the complaint filed

Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s National Police Agency on Friday said that it will upgrade its Foreign Affairs and Information Department to a bureau, in order to improve the handling of espionage threats from other countries and foreign-affiliated organizations. The upgrading of

Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–The opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan informed the Centrist Reform Alliance and Komeito on Friday that it will not take part in a proposed merger with the two other opposition parties. The three parties had tried to

(Adnkronos) – Talks on the future of the Strait of Hormuz, promoted by Turkey and Germany, which were supposed to be held on Sunday in Istanbul, have been postponed. The Berlin government announced this, explaining that the talks were postponed due to

Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japanese authorities spent 15,399.3 billion yen in foreign exchange market interventions from July 30 to Wednesday, the Finance Ministry said Friday. The figure marked the largest-ever monthly amount spent on yen-buying, dollar-selling interventions. The Japanese government and the

Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–Active faults in and around the Kinki western Japan region could trigger an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 or larger with a 50-60 pct probability within the next 30 years, a government panel said Friday. The probability