Powerful typhoon Chaba barrels toward Japan
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Authorities issued storm and heavy rain warnings on Wednesday as powerful typhoon Chaba barrelled toward Japan,…
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Russia sends missile system to Syria port
by Karam al-Masri with Ayham al-Mohammad in Hasakeh ALEPPO, Syria (AFP) -- Russia said Tuesday it has sent an advanced…
8 years ago
Turkey suspends more than 12,000 police officers in coup probe: statement
ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) -- Turkish authorities suspended more than 12,000 police officers over alleged links to Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen,…
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Former Qaeda in Syria confirms a leader killed in raid
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A jihadist group that was formerly Al-Qaeda's affiliate in Syria on Monday confirmed that an…
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Powerful typhoon closing in on southern Japan
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A powerful typhoon was heading for Japan's southernmost Okinawa island chain on Monday, packing powerful winds…
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Tragic story behind rescued baby in Syria’s Idlib
IDLIB, Syria (AFP) -- The frail cries of four-month-old Wahida made the rescue worker who carried her out of the rubble…
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Southern Philippines rebels free three Indonesian hostages
(Reuters) Abu Sayyaf rebels linked to Islamic State freed three more Indonesian captives on Sunday after a three-month ordeal, the…
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US, UN weigh in on Duterte’s Hitler remarks, call them “troubling”
(Reuters) -- The U.S. State Department on Friday (September 30) called "troubling" Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's comments likening himself…
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3,800 civilians dead in year of Russian strikes in Syria: monitor
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) -- More than 3,800 civilians have been killed in one year of Russian air strikes in Syria in…
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Obama arrives in Israel for funeral of Nobel laureate Peres
TEL AVIV, Israel (AFP) -- US President Barack Obama arrived in Israel on Friday for the funeral of the last…
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