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Pro-Russian candidate set to win Moldova presidency

by Anatol Golea CHISINAU, Moldova (AFP) -- Pro-Russian candidate Igor Dodon was on the brink late Sunday of being declared…

‘Million’-strong protest tells South Korea president to quit

https://youtu.be/9AOa5fBpWhw   by Park Chan-Kyong / Hwang Sunghee SEOUL, South Korea | AFP |-- Pressure on South Korea's scandal-hit president…

Zap fishing with generators, say Pakistani fishermen

Pakistan (AFP)- by Sajjad TARAKZAI Abbas Khan feeds a hot wire from a rickety generator into a river, a fishing technique he…

N. Korea urges policy shift from Trump administration

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- North Korea on Thursday warned the incoming Donald Trump administration will have to deal with…

Japan’s Abe to meet Trump next week: official

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is to meet US president-elect Donald Trump next week in New…

US strikes may have killed 119 civilians in Iraq, Syria: Pentagon

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The Pentagon said Wednesday that US air strikes in Iraq and Syria against the Islamic…

China passes interpretation of Hong Kong’s Basic Law

China's parliament passed an interpretation of Hong Kong's Basic Law on Monday (November 7), the official Xinhua news agency reported,…

US-backed forces launch assault on Syrian IS ‘capital’

by Delil Souleiman with Sarah Benhaida in Mosul AIN ISSA, Syria (AFP) -- US-backed Kurdish-Arab forces launched an offensive Sunday…

Russia-announced ceasefire to start in Syria’s Aleppo

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) -- A Russia-declared unilateral ceasefire is to take hold in Syria's Aleppo Friday even as rebels stepped…

US missile system in S. Korea in 8-10 months: General

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- The United States will deploy an advanced missile defense system in South Korea in eight…

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