Russia launches missile strikes in Syria: ministry
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia said Thursday it had bombed jihadist groups in Syria using cruise missiles launched by strategic…
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Asia
Japan’s Abe heads for New York for first talks with Trump
by Kyoko HASEGAWA TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan's premier Shinzo Abe headed to New York Thursday for talks with Donald…
8 years ago
IS tightens grip in Syria bastion Raqa as assault nears
by Rouba El Husseini BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) -- Internet cafes closed down, travel bans and new checkpoints: residents say jihadists…
8 years ago
Assad says Trump a natural ally if he fights ‘terror’
DAMASCUS, Syria (AFP) -- Syria's Bashar al-Assad said in an interview aired on Tuesday that Donald Trump will be a…
8 years ago
Peru increases security forces for APEC 2016
(CCTV) -- Peru has increased the security guards to 11,500 who will serve around the Lima Jorge Chavez International Airport,…
8 years ago
Obama leaves US on final foreign trip – to Greece, Germany and Peru
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US President Barack Obama headed across the Atlantic late Monday on his final foreign trip…
8 years ago
Japan street swallowed by giant hole reopens
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A Japanese city on Tuesday reopened a busy street that collapsed into a giant sinkhole, with…
8 years ago
Skygazers gawp at extra bright ‘supermoon’
by Sam Reeves Jakarta, Indonesia (AFP) -- Skygazers took to high-rise buildings, observatories and beaches Monday to get a glimpse…
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China’s Xi, Trump agree to meet ‘at an early date’: CCTV
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping and the US president-elect Donald Trump agreed in a telephone call Monday to…
8 years ago
First woman to fly China’s J-10 fighter killed in crash
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- The first woman to fly China's J-10 fighter plane was killed in a crash during an…
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