New Tokyo governor says defying party secured win
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Tokyo's new governor Yuriko Koike on Monday credited her landslide victory to having stood up to…
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International
French ferry evacuated after mystery underwater blast
MARSEILLE, France (AFP) -- A passenger ferry docked in the southern French port of Marseille was evacuated Sunday after an…
8 years ago
Clinton’s ‘Rust Belt’ tour courts white working class
by Ivan Couronne PITTSBURGH, United States (AFP) -- Hillary Clinton took a bus tour across the US "rust belt" region…
8 years ago
Kabul hotel attack ends after three Taliban fighters killed: police
KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) -- A Taliban attack on a Kabul hotel housing foreign contractors ended Monday after all three Taliban…
8 years ago
Taiwan apologizes to indigenous people for first time
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) -- President Tsai Ing-wen formally apologized to Taiwan's indigenous people for their centuries of suffering on Monday,…
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Slain soldier’s father calls Trump a ‘black soul’
by Jim Mannion WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The father of a slain Muslim American soldier assailed Donald Trump as…
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N. Korea hacked into emails of Seoul officials: report
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- Seoul prosecutors believe North Korea hacked into the email accounts of dozens of South Korean…
8 years ago
Taliban truck bomb rocks hotel for foreigners in Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) -- A massive Taliban truck bomb struck a hotel for foreigners on the outskirts of Kabul early…
8 years ago
Balloon in deadly Texas crash likely touched power line
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A hot air balloon that went down in a fiery crash in a Texas pasture,…
8 years ago
Tensions as tens of thousands rally for Erdogan in Germany
by Richard HEISTER with Stuart WILLIAMS in Istanbul COLOGNE, Germany (AFP) -- Tens of thousands of supporters of Turkish President…
8 years ago
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