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Fears for Aleppo civilians as Syria regime advances

by Karam al-Masri ALEPPO, Syria (AFP) -- Syrian government forces advanced quickly inside rebel-held east Aleppo on Monday, as the…

Japan PM says government to do utmost to respond to earthquake

  (REUTERS) -- A powerful earthquake rocked northern Japan on Tuesday (November 22), the Japan Meteorological Agency said, generating a…

Trump says he will move to withdraw from TPP ‘on day one’

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Donald Trump said Monday he would move to pull out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)…

Tsunami hits coast at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant: operator

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A tsunami measuring one metre (3.3 feet) hit Japan's coast at the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant…

Strong 6.9 quake hits Japan, triggering tsunami warning

    TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit northeastern Japan on Tuesday, triggering warnings of tsunami waves…

S. Korea’s main opposition moves toward Park impeachment

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- The impeachment of South Korea's embattled President Park Guen-Hye in a snowballing corruption case inched…

India train disaster toll rises to 142, more dead feared

PUKHRAYAN, India (AFP) -- The death toll from India's rail disaster rose to 142 on Monday after workers toiled through…

Search teams look for survivors of India train derailment

  KANPUR, India (Reuters) -- Indian rescue workers picked their way through the last of the mangled carriages of a…

Japan’s Abe heads to Argentina on trade

LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- After the APEC summit in Lima, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe heads to Argentina on Monday…

Obama says goodbye to world stage after eight years

by Andrew Beatty Joshua Howat Berger LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- US President Barack Obama bid farewell to the world stage…

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