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Three rail workers detained after Turkish rail crash

ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) -- A Turkish court on Monday placed three railway workers in pre-trial detention after they were accused of…

Malaysia files charges against Goldman over 1MDB scandal

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- Malaysia on Monday filed criminal charges against Wall Street titan Goldman Sachs and two of…

Saudi Arabia slams US Senate vote as ‘interference’

  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) -- Saudi Arabia on Sunday rejected as "interference" a US Senate resolution to end American…

N. Korea hits latest US sanctions, says these may ‘block path to denuclearization’

  SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- North Korea has condemned the United States over its latest sanctions measures, warning the…

Powerful blast at Japan restaurant injures 42

  TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A powerful blast ripped through a restaurant in northern Japan late Sunday, injuring 42 people,…

China says to suspend extra tariffs on US cars, parts

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China announced Friday it will suspend extra tariffs added to US-made cars and auto parts for…

US-backed forces expel IS from east Syria hub

  by Rouba EL HUSSEINI Agence France Prese BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) -- Kurdish-led forces seized the Islamic State's main hub…

Protests in Japan as work to relocate US base resumes

  TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan on Friday resumed work to relocate a controversial US military airbase in Okinawa, prompting…

13 feared dead in flooded Indian ‘rat hole’ mine

NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- At least 13 miners were feared dead after being trapped by flooding in an illegal…

‘Peace is possible’ in Yemen: US State Department

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday praised UN-brokered talks aiming to end Yemen's…

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