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Kim vows to make N.Korea ‘world’s strongest nuclear power’: KCNA

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- Kim Jong-Un has vowed to make North Korea the "world's strongest nuclear power," state media reported…

US warns companies smuggling fuel to North Korea

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- White House National Security Advisor HR McMaster warned Tuesday that shipping companies caught smuggling goods into North…

New York bomber not on Bangladesh terror list: Dhaka police

by Shafiqul Alam Agence France Presse Bangladesh police scrambled Tuesday for details about alleged New York subway bomber Akayed Ullah,…

Magnitude 6.2 quake hits southeastern Iran: seismological center

  TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) -- A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck Iran's southeastern province of Kerman on Tuesday, the Iranian seismological centre…

US, S. Korea, Japan start missile-tracking drill, irking China

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) - The US, South Korea and Japan carried out joint exercises Monday to track missiles from North…

Dubai 2018 budget foresees $15.5 bn expenditure ahead of Expo

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) -- Dubai on Sunday adopted its 2018 budget foreseing expenditure of 56.6 million dirhams (around…

India’s PM Modi faces test as his home state votes

AHMEDABAD, India (AFP) -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat began voting on Saturday, in a key electoral test…

Israel strike kills 2 Palestinians, says Gaza officials

  GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) -- An Israeli air strike on a Gaza base of Hamas's military wing killed…

Three dead in samurai sword attack at Tokyo shrine

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A former priest wielding a samurai sword killed his Shinto priestess sister and another woman in…

Japan plans long-range missiles amid N. Korea threat: minister

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan plans to purchase offensive air-to-surface missiles to counter North Korea's rising military threat, its defense…

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