Asia

Quake hits Tokyo, eastern Japan cities; no tsunami

TOKYO ,Japan (AFP) --An earthquake shook buildings in the Japanese capital Tokyo and other areas on Monday but no damage…

Kabul locked down as minority Hazaras protest over power line

KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) - by Mushtaq MOJADDIDI Tens of thousands of minority Shiite Hazaras marched through the streets of the Afghan capital…

US, S. Korea, Japan to hold joint drill against N. Korea

SEOUL , South Korea (AFP) -- South Korea, Japan and the United States will hold their first anti-missile drills together…

Japan’s Abe vows cooperation in French Olympic payments probe

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday vowed cooperation with French investigators probing payments allegedly made…

China says Pentagon report ‘severely damaged’ relations

BEIJINg, China (AFP) -- China on Sunday accused the US of deliberately distorting the facts in a report on the…

Philippine communist rebels kill 3 soldiers: military

MANILA, philippines (AFP) -- Communist guerrillas killed three Philippine soldiers in the first fatal clash since a newly-elected president offered to…

IS bombs kill 47 Yemen police in former Qaeda bastion

by Fawaz al-Haidari ADEN , Yemen (AFP) -- A suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State group and a second…

Syria Qaeda kills 19 civilians from Assad’s Alawite sect

BEIRUT , Lebanon (AFP) -- Al-Qaeda fighters and their allies shot dead 19 civilians from President Bashar al-Assad's Alawite minority…

Turkey visa deal unravels as Erdogan defies EU on key condition

by Fulya OZERKAN ANKARA , Turkey (AFP) -- A deal to grant Turks visa-free travel to most of the European…

Hezbollah announces death of top military commander in Syria

    BEIRUT , Lebanon (AFP) -- Hezbollah on Friday announced the death of its military commander in Syria, Mustafa Badreddine.…

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