Singapore train collision leaves 25 injured
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) -- At least 25 people were injured in a train collision in Singapore on Wednesday, officials said,…
7 years ago
Asia
China to send envoy to North Korea
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China will send a special envoy to North Korea, state media said Wednesday, after US President…
7 years ago
UN condemns N. Korea for firing missiles as people starve
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- UN member-states on Tuesday condemned North Korea for gross human rights violations and for conducting missile…
7 years ago
N. Korea soldier shot six times as he defected to South
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- A North Korean soldier involved in an extremely rare and dramatic defection to the South was shot…
7 years ago
North Korea at UN warns US carriers are fueling tensions
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- North Korea warned at the United Nations Monday that the deployment of three US…
7 years ago
Iran hunts for survivors as quake kills 400 near Iraq border
by Siavosh Ghazi with Shwan Mohammed in Darbandikhan, Iraq Agence France Presse TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) -- Teams of Iranian rescuers…
7 years ago
Vietnam and China agree to back off conflicts in S. China Sea
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) -- Vietnam and China agreed Monday to back away from conflicts in the South China Sea, in…
7 years ago
Dense fog strands more than 10,000 travelers at airport in southwest China city
CHENGDU, China (CCTV) -- The dense fog enveloped parts of Chengdu City in southwest China's Sichuan Province on early Monday…
7 years ago
Fuel removal device installed at meltdown-hit Fukushima reactor
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Workers at Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have installed a device to remove nuclear…
7 years ago
UPDATED: More than 200 killed, 1,700 injured as strong quake rocks Iran-Iraq border
by Siavosh Ghazi with Shwan Mohammed in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq Agence France Presse TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) -- More than 200 people were…
7 years ago
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