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N. Korea’s Kim oversees hypersonic missile engine test: state media

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a successful test of a solid-fuel engine for a "new-type intermediate-range hypersonic missile",…

Seoul says N Korea has shipped 7,000 arms containers to Russia

SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea has shipped around 7,000 containers of arms to Russia to use in its war with…

Mississippi ‘Goon Squad’ officer jailed 20 years for racist attack

WASHINGTON, March 19, 2024 (AFP) - A former Mississippi policeman who carried out a brutal attack on two Black men…

Macron vows ‘unprecedented operation’ against drugs in Marseille

MARSEILLE, March 19, 2024 (AFP) - French President Emmanuel Macron Tuesday pledged an "unprecedented operation" against drug trafficking in Marseille…

Germany makes arrests over Sweden parliament attack plot

By Sam Reeves FRANKFURT, Germany, March 19, 2024 (AFP) - Two Afghans linked to the Islamic State group were arrested…

UN warns ‘planet on the brink’ after warmest decade on record

By Nina LARSON GENEVA, March 19, 2024 (AFP) - Global heat records were "smashed" last year, the UN confirmed Tuesday,…

UN chief warns against ‘sequel to ‘Oppenheimer”

  UNITED NATIONS, United States, March 18, 2024 (AFP) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres invoked Oscar-winning film "Oppenheimer" on Monday…

UN chief ‘alarmed’ by reports civilians killed in Myanmar air strikes

BANGKOK, Thailand, March 19, 2024 (AFP) - United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has said he is "alarmed" by reports of…

URGENT: Germany arrests two Afghans over Sweden parliament attack plot

FRANKFURT, Germany, March 19, 2024 (AFP) - Two Afghans linked to the Islamic State group were arrested in Germany Tuesday…

What’s in Hong Kong’s new national security law?

By Holmes CHAN and Xinqi SU HONG KONG, March 19, 2024 (AFP) - A fresh set of national security offences…

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