Kim Jong-Nam murder suspects visit airport crime scene
by M Jegathesan Agence France-Presse SEPANG, Malaysia (AFP) --Two women on trial for murdering the North Korean leader's half-brother have visited…
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Asia
Typhoon leaves five dead after lashing Japan on election day
by Kyoko Hasegawa Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A powerful typhoon left five dead, one missing and…
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Five things to know about Japan’s pacifist constitution
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's long-held dream to change the pacifist constitution got a big boost this weekend…
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Death toll from Iraqi-Kurdish clashes reaches 31
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) -- Iraqi federal and paramilitary forces on Sunday said they lost five men in last week's clashes…
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Abe targets N. Korea after storming to ‘super-majority’ vote win
by Richard Carter/ Miwa Suzuki © Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stormed to a landslide "super-majority" in…
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No dialogue yet between rivals in Gulf crisis: Tillerson
DOHA, Qatar (AFP) -- US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Sunday said talks between feuding Gulf states remained unlikely,…
7 years ago
Abe: Nationalist blueblood at home, shrewd diplomat abroad
by Shingo ITO Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Shinzo Abe, on course to become Japan's longest-serving leader after…
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Two dead as typhoon slams into Japan after election day
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A powerful typhoon ripped into central Japan early Monday, leaving two dead and more than 10…
7 years ago
Learning to fly: ex-flight attendant aims high in Japan vote
by Alastair HIMMER Agence France-Presse KOSHIGAYA, Japan (AFP) - An elderly woman hunched over a cane stares intently as Japanese political hopeful…
7 years ago
Heartbroken residents get glimpse of Raqa in ruins
by Maya Gebeily Agence France-Presse RAQA, Syria (AFP) - Tears streaming down her freckled face, 35-year-old Asya took in the shattered glass,…
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