WWII bomb defused in Hong Kong after thousands evacuated
HONG KONG, China (AFP) - A wartime bomb was defused in Hong Kong on Thursday after forcing a busy commercial district into…
7 years ago
Asia
Government appeals to rural India in last budget before election
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) - India's government promised hundreds of billions of dollars to develop poor rural areas and help struggling farmers…
7 years ago
Nepal losing out to China as Everest operators cross mountain
by Annabel Symington Agence France-Presse KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP) -- Poor regulation and overcrowding are pushing Everest climbers away from Nepal…
7 years ago
Japan fire kills 11 at home for elderly people
https://youtu.be/x2b7tYWiY2A by Kyoko Hasegawa Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Eleven people died after a fire broke out at a…
7 years ago
North Korea slams US as ‘gross violator of human rights’
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- North Korea has denounced US President Donald Trump's administration as a "gross violator of human…
7 years ago
May arrives in China eyeing post-Brexit trade links
by Ben Dooley Agence France-Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) -- British Prime Minister Theresa May arrived in China on Wednesday as…
7 years ago
Wife of Taiwan activist jailed in China barred from visiting
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) - The wife of a Taiwanese democracy activist who was jailed in China in a case which further strained…
7 years ago
Yemen govt warns of coup as separatists take over headquarters
ADEN, Yemen (AFP) -- Yemen's government accused southern separatists of an attempted coup on Sunday after they took over its…
7 years ago
Navalny arrested as thousands rally against Putin and ‘pseudo-polls’
by Anna SMOLCHENKO / Ola CICHOWLAS Agence France Presse MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russian police on Sunday detained opposition leader…
7 years ago
Ambulance bomb kills 95, wounds 158 in Kabul: official
by Mushtaq MOJADDIDI and Emal HAIDARY Agence France Presse KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) -- An explosives-packed ambulance blew up in…
7 years ago
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