Pakistan’s youth deliver stinging rebuke to military elite by backing jailed leader Khan
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Japan chip, battery supply chains to tap $1bn in state bank investment
TOKYO -- The government-backed Development Bank of Japan will invest more than 150 billion yen ($1 billion) to build supply chain resilience in semiconductors, batteries and other industries vital to the nation's economic security, Nikkei has learned.
Biden urged Netanyahu to protect civilians in Rafah, White House says
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) -- U.S. President Joe Biden told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday that Israel should not launch a military operation in Rafah without a credible plan to ensure the safety of the roughly 1 million people sheltering there, the White House said.
Former PM Alexander Stubb wins Finnish presidency, narrowly defeating ex-top diplomat Pekka Haavisto
Former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb won Finland's election runoff Sunday against ex-Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto in a close race for the presidency and the task of steering the Nordic country's foreign and security policy now that it is a member of NATO, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Allies of ex-premier Imran Khan secure biggest share of seats in Pakistan’s final election tally
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Allies of imprisoned Pakistani ex-premier Imran Khan won more seats in national elections than the political parties who ousted him from power nearly two years ago, according to a final tally of results published Sunday.
Khan’s PTI leads as final results in Pakistan election called
The military has called for stability as multiple parties allege election tampering and announce protests.
Facing setbacks against resistance forces, Myanmar’s military government activates conscription law
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government on Saturday activated for the first time a decade-old conscription law that makes young men and women subject to at least two years of military service if called up, effective immediately. The announcement of the measure on state television amounts to a major, though tacit, admission that the army is struggling to contain the nationwide armed resistance against its rule.