Japan condemns N.Korea missile launch ‘with strongest words’
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan condemned Friday's North Korean missile launch "with strongest words," the top government spokesman said, saying…
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Bin Laden’s son calls Muslims to Syria jihad
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) -- Hamza bin Laden, son and would-be heir of late Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, has urged…
7 years ago
74 dead, including 7 Iranians, in south Iraq attack: new toll
NASIRIYA, Iraq (AFP) -- Gunmen and suicide car bombers killed at least 74 people, including seven Iranians, near the southern…
7 years ago
At least 20 dead as boat capsizes in India
LUCKNOW, India (AFP) -- At least 20 people died on Thursday when a boat packed with laborers capsized on the…
7 years ago
Vietnam braces for “strongest storm in a decade”
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) -- Vietnam on Thursday ordered tens of thousands of people to evacuate its central coastal area as Typhoon…
7 years ago
Roadside bombs wound 20; kill soldier in Thailand’s troubled south
YALA, Thailand (Reuters) -- Roadside bombs planted by suspected Muslim insurgents in southern Thailand killed one soldier on Thursday (September…
7 years ago
25 people, mostly students, killed in Malaysia school fire — official
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- Twenty-five people, most of them students, were killed when a fire tore through a school in…
7 years ago
UN council calls for ‘immediate steps’ to end Myanmar violence
by Carole Landry Agence France-Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) - The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday broke its…
7 years ago
Two bodies recovered after boat collision off Singapore
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) -- Divers Wednesday recovered the bodies of two seamen who went missing after their dredger collided with…
7 years ago
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi to address nation on Rakhine crisis next week: spokesman
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi will address the crisis engulfing Rakhine state next week, in her…
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