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S. Korea, US delay official missile shield talks: Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- Washington and Seoul have postponed talks on deploying an advanced missile defense system opposed by Beijing, South…

Heavy gunfire heard as operation to flush out gunmen in Kashmir enters third day

PAMPORE, JAMMU AND KASHMIR, INDIA (Reuters) —Indian security forces battled for a third day amid heavy gunfire on Monday (February…

India protesters accept gov’t state offer

Sonipat, India (AFP)---Indian protesters demanding better conditions for their caste said Monday they had accepted a state government offer aimed…

Death toll from India caste riots now 19

  Sonipat, India (AFP)---The death toll from caste riots in northern India has risen to 19 with another 200 people…

Oil prices recover in Asia

  Singapore (AFP)---Oil prices recovered in Asia on Monday after a steep fall in the previous session, with US crude…

US rejected N.Korea peace treaty bid: State Dept

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The United States said Sunday it received a North Korean proposal to discuss a peace…

Bombings in southern Damascus district kill at least 83

DAMASCUS, Syria (CCTV) -- A series of bomb blasts that rocked a southern district of Damascus on Sunday has killed…

Syria’s Assad says he is ready for truce, refugees can return without reprisal

  DAMASCUS, Syria (Reuters) -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Saturday (February 20) he was ready for a ceasefire…

Taiwan vows new safety laws after quake disaster

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP)-- Taiwan's premier pledged Friday to change safety laws after more than 100 people were killed when an earthquake…

US expresses concern on China’s installation of missiles in West Philippine Sea

WASHINGTON D.C., United States of America - "Serious concern" is how United States Secretary of State John Kerry described the…

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