S. Korea ferry salvage workers may have found human remains: maritime ministry
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- Salvage workers who raised South Korea's sunken Sewol ferry may have found the remains of…
8 years ago
International
S. African anti-apartheid icon Ahmed Kathrada dies: charity foundation
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- Leading South African anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada, who was one of Nelson Mandela's closest colleagues,…
8 years ago
Cyclone Debbie makes landfall in Australia: meteorologists
AYR, Australia (AFP) -- Cyclone Debbie made landfall in northeast Australia Tuesday, with lashing rain and howling winds battering the…
8 years ago
Kremlin critic Navalny gets 15 days in jail after protest
by Maria PANINA and Gabrielle TETRAULT-FARBER Agence France Presse MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was sentenced…
8 years ago
US leads boycott of nuclear weapons ban talks
by Catherine TRIOMPHE Agence France Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- More than 100 countries on Monday launched the…
8 years ago
Singaporean couple jailed for starving Philippine maid
by Toh Ting Wei Agence France-Presse SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) - A Singapore couple who starved their Philippine maid until she…
8 years ago
Troops evict opposition MPs from Maldives parliament
MALÉ, Maldives (AFP) - Security forces physically ejected protesting MPs from the Maldives parliament Monday in chaotic scenes during a failed…
8 years ago
Eight killed, 40 injured after avalanche hits ski slopes in Japan
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- An avalanche Monday killed seven Japanese high school students and a teacher on a mountain-climbing outing,…
8 years ago
Swiss authorities open inquiry into weekend rally vs Turkish President Erdogan
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Swiss authorities have opened an investigation into a weekend rally against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,…
8 years ago
China’s drug problem expanding: government
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China’s drug problem is severe and growing, the government said Monday, with particularly sharp rises in…
8 years ago
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