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Saudi filmmakers, businessmen eye return of the silver screen

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse Agence France Presse DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) -- Saudi filmmakers and major cinema chains alike…

First ‘serious incident’ for Japan bullet train as crack found

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A crack has been found in a Japanese "bullet train" that could have caused a derailment,…

400,000 children in DR Congo could die from hunger, says Unicef

KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) -- The United Nations on Tuesday warned that more than 400,000 children in Democratic Republic of…

UN envoy says North Korea agrees on need ‘to prevent war’

UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- A senior UN official returning from Pyongyang said Tuesday that North Korean officials had told…

Biggest LA fire spreading more slowly as survivors pick up the pieces

by Veronique Dupont Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- Crews battling wildfires ravaging southern California for a…

Magnitude 6.2 quake hits southeastern Iran: seismological center

TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) -- A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck Iran's southeastern province of Kerman on Tuesday, the Iranian seismological center reported,…

Kim vows to make N.Korea ‘world’s strongest nuclear power’: KCNA

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- Kim Jong-Un has vowed to make North Korea the "world's strongest nuclear power," state media reported…

US warns companies smuggling fuel to North Korea

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- White House National Security Advisor HR McMaster warned Tuesday that shipping companies caught smuggling goods into North…

Canada to buy 18 used Australian jets

by Michel Comte © Agence France-Presse OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) -- Canada announced Tuesday it would buy 18 used Australian jets instead of…

Pistorius injured in prison brawl over phone

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (Agence France Presse) -- Former Paralympic champion and convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius has been injured in a…

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