Tens of thousands mark 3 years since rebel takeover of Yemen capital
SANAA, Yemen (AFP) - Tens of thousands of supporters of Yemen's Huthi rebels and their allies gathered in Sanaa on Thursday to mark three years…
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Asia
Second Indian journalist killed in one month
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- A reporter covering political unrest in India's northeast was beaten to death during violent clashes,…
7 years ago
Rohingya crisis sparks fear among Bangladeshi Buddhists
by Claire Cozens Agence France-Presse RAMU, Bangladesh (AFP) - As thousands of Rohingya flee ethnic violence in Myanmar, Bangladesh's small Buddhist community fears…
7 years ago
Myanmar insists to UN that Rakhine improving
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) - Myanmar insisted Wednesday to the United Nations that the crisis in violence-torn Rakhine state…
7 years ago
N. Korea shrugs off Trump threat as ‘dog’s bark’
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) - North Korea's foreign minister has brushed aside US President Donald Trump's fiery threat to destroy…
7 years ago
Japan deploys missile defense to northern island: official
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan will Tuesday deploy an additional missile defense system on its northern island of Hokkaido, a…
7 years ago
Trump, Xi agree on ‘maximizing pressure’ on N. Korea: White House
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping committed to "maximizing pressure…
7 years ago
US flies bombers over Korean peninsula for drill: Seoul
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- The US flew four stealth fighter jets and two bombers over the Korean peninsula on Monday in a show of…
7 years ago
UN urged to punish Myanmar army over Rohingya ‘atrocities’
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) - Pressure tightened on Myanmar Monday as a rights group urged world leaders to impose sanctions on the country's military,…
7 years ago
Typhoon Talim brings heavy rain, major disruption in southern Japan
KYOTO, Japan (CCTV) -- A powerful typhoon ripped into southern Japan on Sunday, dumping torrential rain, halting train services and…
7 years ago
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