China detains rights lawyer after call for reform
BEIJING, China (AFP) - Chinese authorities detained a prominent human rights lawyer on Friday, people familiar with the case said, just hours…
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Asia
N. Korea prepares grand military parade on eve of Olympics: report
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- North Korea is preparing a lavish display of its military strength in a parade on…
7 years ago
S. Korea ex-president Lee denounces graft probe as ‘revenge’
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) - Former South Korean president Lee Myung-Bak on Wednesday denounced as "political revenge" a corruption probe into allegations…
7 years ago
Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong jailed over protest
by Elaine Yu Agence France-Presse HONG KONG, China (AFP) - Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was jailed for the second time…
7 years ago
Trump tells Xi US trade deficit with China ‘not sustainable’: W.House
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US President Donald Trump told Chinese leader Xi Jinping he was disappointed about Washington's deepening…
7 years ago
South Korean soldiers’ wages almost doubled
(AFP) -- South Korea nearly doubled wages for its rank-and-file conscripted soldiers on Tuesday but their pay will remain just…
7 years ago
Eight bodies found as ‘North Korean’ boat washes up in Japan
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Eight bodies have been recovered from a wrecked boat that washed ashore in central Japan,…
7 years ago
US, allies meet to find diplomatic way out of N. Korea crisis
by Michel Comte © Agence France-Presse VANCOUVER, Canada (AFP) -- Foreign ministers from 20 nations began crisis talks Monday on North Korea's…
7 years ago
Palestinian leaders call for suspension of recognition of Israel
by Nasser Abu Bakr and Joe Dyke Agence France-Presse RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories (AFP) - Palestinian leaders voted on Monday to call for…
7 years ago
Baghdad twin suicide bombing kills 31
by Ammar Karim Agence France Presse BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) -- Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi called for the elimination…
7 years ago
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