Qatar signs $8-bn deal to buy 24 Typhoon fighters from UK
by David Harding Agence France Presse DOHA, Qatar (AFP) -- Qatar signed a multi-billion-dollar deal Sunday to buy 24 Typhoon…
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Heavy snow causes travel mayhem in northern Europe
by Martine Pauwels Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- The heaviest snowfall in four years in Britain caused…
7 years ago
Netanyahu faces pressure in Europe amid Jerusalem protests
by Adam Plowright and Valerie Leroux Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began a…
7 years ago
Palestinian president will not meet Pence: adviser
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories (AFP) -- Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas will not hold a planned meeting with US Vice President Mike Pence following…
7 years ago
Iraqi PM declares ‘end of war against IS’ in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) -- Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Saturday announced the end of a three-year war by Iraqi forces to drive…
7 years ago
India’s PM Modi faces test as his home state votes
AHMEDABAD, India (AFP) -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat began voting on Saturday, in a key electoral test…
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Russian strongman appears as “Superputin” in new exhibition
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- From a musclebound Superman to ice hockey player to jet pilot, Vladimir Putin plays various heroic…
7 years ago
Winds whip California fires as they spread south
by Veronique DUPONT / Robyn Beck Agence France-Presse BONSALL, United States (AFP) -- Thousands of firefighters battled raging wildfires in…
7 years ago
Israel strike kills 2 Palestinians, says Gaza officials
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) -- An Israeli air strike on a Gaza base of Hamas's military wing killed…
7 years ago
Three dead in samurai sword attack at Tokyo shrine
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A former priest wielding a samurai sword killed his Shinto priestess sister and another woman in…
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