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Japan's decade-long march towards arms exports
By Tim Kelly and John Geddie TOKYO, April 15 (Reuters) - Japan has spent the past decade steadily dismantling some of the world's toughest arms export restrictions as it steps back from the postwar pa...
Thomson Reuters Apr 14, 2026
Trump doubles down in criticizing Pope Leo over Iran
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump, whose war and immigration policies have been condemned by Pope Leo, reiterated his criticism of the religious leader on ...
Thomson Reuters Apr 14, 2026
China calls US claims of military pressure on Taiwan a 'distortion'
BEIJING, April 15 (Reuters) - The United States' claims about China exerting military pressure on Taiwan are distorted, and demonstrate its "malicious intentions", a government spokesperson in Beijing...
Thomson Reuters Apr 14, 2026
UN watchdog says North Korea is boosting nuclear weapons capacity
By Joyce Lee and Kyu-seok Shim SEOUL, April 15 (Reuters) - North Korea has made "very serious" advances in its abilities to turn out nuclear weapons, with the probable addition of a new uranium enrich...
Thomson Reuters Apr 14, 2026
A shipment of Austrian timber and its tortuous new route to Qatar
By Andrew Mills, Nazih Osseiran and Sarah El Safty DOHA, April 15 (Reuters) - Until the Iran war, shipments of Austrian spruce timber to Qatar, where the wood is used to support concrete and make basi...
Thomson Reuters Apr 14, 2026
Vedanta plant blast in India's Chhattisgarh kills 14, injures 20
By Jatindra Dash April 15 (Reuters) - At least 14 people lost their lives and 20 others were injured following a boiler explosion at a power plant operated by India's Vedanta Ltd in the central Indian...
Thomson Reuters Apr 14, 2026
Britain's Prince Harry speaks of struggles of fatherhood on Australia tour
By Alasdair Pal SYDNEY, April 15 (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Harry spoke on Wednesday of the struggles of early fatherhood, as he visited a Melbourne football club on the second day of his tour of Au...
Thomson Reuters Apr 14, 2026
South Korea says Israel accepts explanation, dispute over President Lee's comments resolved
SEOUL, April 15 (Reuters) - South Korea's Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said on Wednesday a high-level Israeli offical said it accepted Seoul's explanation of President Lee Jae Myung's social media remark...
Thomson Reuters Apr 14, 2026
Sanctioned tanker turns back to Strait of Hormuz, day after Gulf exit
By Florence Tan and Mariko Katsumura SINGAPORE, April 15 (Reuters) - The U.S.-sanctioned tanker Rich Starry made its way back to the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday after exiting the Gulf the day before...
Thomson Reuters Apr 14, 2026
Iran war promises green edge for Asia as plastic packaging runs short
By Minwoo Park, Kaori Kaneko and John Geddie SEOUL/TOKYO, April 15 (Reuters) - An 'eco-friendly' range of paper tubes and pouches touted by Yonwoo, a South Korean maker of packaging for cosmetics, has...
Thomson Reuters Apr 14, 2026
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