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Seoul expects N.Korea will release 3 US detainees to Pompeo

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- North Korea is expected to release three US detainees as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo…

S. Korea ex-president Park leaves jail for medical care

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- Disgraced former South Korean president Park Geun-hye briefly left prison to receive medical care at…

China’s Xi, North Korea’s Kim meet ahead of Trump summit

by Laurent THOMET Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping met Kim Jong Un in China…

China vice premier to visit US for trade talks: White House

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- China's top economic official will visit Washington next week to continue trade discussions, the White…

Former top Chinese Communist official jailed for life for bribery: state media

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- A former Chinese Communist Party official who was once tipped for a top leadership post was sentenced…

Singapore likely to host Trump-Kim summit in June: report

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- US President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un are likely to meet in…

Six members of Hamas military wing killed in Gaza explosion

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) -- Six people were killed in an unexplained explosion in the central Gaza Strip on…

Navalny, 1,600 supporters detained at anti-Putin rallies

by Anais LLOBET with Marina KORENEVA in Saint Petersburg Agence France Presse MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russian opposition leader Alexei…

Toll rises to 7 after earthquake in S.African mine

  JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- An earthquake that hit a South African gold mine claimed a total of seven…

Russia detains Navalny supporters during anti-Putin rallies

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russian police on Saturday detained several dozen supporters of opposition leader Alexei Navalny as nationwide protests…

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