Kuwaitis vote amid disputes over subsidies
Kuwait City, Kuwait ( AFP) - by Omar Hassan Kuwaitis vote Saturday to elect the seventh parliament in a decade in the oil-rich…
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Israel orders more F-35 warplanes from US
JERUSALEM, Israel (AFP) -- Israel will order 17 more US-made F-35 warplanes to take its fleet of stealthy Joint Strike…
8 years ago
Homes and woods burnt as Israeli wildfires spread
HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) -- Wildfires tore across central and northern Israel on Friday (November 25) forcing tens of thousands of residents…
8 years ago
Japan PM says Russian missile deployment on disputed isles “regrettable”
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday (November 25) that Russia's deployment of missile systems…
8 years ago
Putin jokes that Russian borders ‘don’t end’
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- President Vladimir Putin on Thursday joked with a schoolboy that Russia's borders "don't end anywhere". Putin…
8 years ago
IS truck bomb in Iraq sows carnage among Shiite pilgrims
by Abbas al-Ani with Max Delany in Mosul HILLA, Iraq (AFP) -- A suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State…
8 years ago
5.4-magnitude quake hits Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) -- A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan early Friday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no…
8 years ago
5.6 magnitude na lindol, muling yumanig sa northeastern, Japan
Isang magnitude 5.6 na lindol ang muling yumanig sa northeastern Japan. Naganap ito, dalawang araw pa lamang ang nakalilipas makaraang…
8 years ago
Thousands of Rohingya flee Myanmar violence
TEKNAF, Bangladesh (AFP) - by Munir UZ ZAMAN Sam JAHAN Horrifying stories of gang rape, torture and murder are emerging…
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Rescue operation underway after construction accident in China kills at least 40
JIANGXI PROVINCE, China (CCTV) - A rescue operation was underway after a platform under construction at a power plant's cooling…
8 years ago
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