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India bus crash kills 13, injures 53: media

NEW DELHI , India (AFP) -- At least 13 people died and 53 others were injured after a bus skidded…

North Korea to anoint ‘Great Sun’ Kim at party congress

by Park Chan-Kyong SEOUL , South Korea (AFP) -- North Korean state media on Wednesday hailed Kim Jong-Un as the…

Video shows hostages held by Abu Sayyaf Group pleading for help

(Reuters)  Islamist militants in the southern Philippines released a video that purports to show three hostages pleading for help and…

India forest fires flare close to famous Shimla railway

SHIMLA , India (AFP) -- Forest fires raging in India's Himalayan region crept perilously close to a famous British-era railway…

Air raids on IS Syria bastion kill 13 civilians: monitor

BEIRUT , Lebanon (AFP) -- Heavy air strikes throughout the night on the Islamic State group's de facto Syria capital…

Obama will not apologize to Japan on Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing

QUEZON City, Philippines - President Barack Obama of the United States of America will not apologize to Japan for the…

American prisoner relates experiences as prisoner of North Korea

QUEZON City, Philippines - Freed American prisoner, Kenneth Bae, related his experiences as a prisoner of North Korea for two…

CEO of China’s Baidu summoned over student death

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- The head of Chinese search giant Baidu has been summoned by the country's authorities, reports said…

Japan agrees to lease military aircraft to Philippines

TOKYO , Japan (AFP) -- Japan will lease military aircraft to the Philippines in another sign of deepening security ties…

Four killed in homemade bomb blast in India

KOLKOTA , India (AFP) -- Four people were killed when the crude bombs they were making exploded in India's West…

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