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ASG video shows militants announcing deadline to execute foreign captives

[youtube id="a9C5azF6qx0"] Video courtesy: COURTESY SITE INTEL GROUP / Reuters (REUTERS)  Islamist militants in the Philippines announce a new deadline…

Chinese military aircraft makes first public landing on disputed island

(Reuters) A Chinese military aircraft has for the first time publicly landed at a new airport on an island China…

South Korea’s Park confirms signs North Korea preparing fifth nuclear test

Seoul, South Korea (AFP)---South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Monday confirmed a flurry of intelligence reports suggesting that North Korea…

Taiwanese children show off stacking skills

TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan (Reuters) - Athletes of the Taiwan branch of the World Sport Stacking Association took up training again…

Ecuador digs for survivors of quake that killed 246

by Santiago Piedra Silva with Florence Panoussian in Guayaquil Rescuers in Ecuador burrowed through deep rubble Sunday in an increasingly…

Powerful Ecuador quake kills at least 77

by Paola Lopez QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- At least 77 people were killed when a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador, destroying…

Rescuers race against landslides to reach Japan quake victims; death toll reaches 41

by Harumi Ozawa Mashiki, Japan (AFP) - Rescuers were racing against the weather and the threat of more landslides Sunday to reach people…

Gunmen kidnap four Indonesian sailors off Malaysia

  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia  (AFP) -- Gunmen have abducted four Indonesian sailors and shot and wounded one crew member on the…

Scores trapped as new Japan quake toll hits 18

by Kazuhiro NOGI KUMAMOTO, Japan (AFP) -- Scores of people were feared buried alive after a second powerful quake hit…

Carter says China still invited to US-led naval exercise

by Laurent BARTHELEMY The United States is still inviting China to take part in a mammoth, multinational naval exercise in…

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