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US Defense Secretary asks for navy chief’s resignation

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The US Defense Secretary on Sunday asked the navy chief to resign in a dispute…

Deadly rainstorms sweep northern Italy, southern France

VENICE, Italy (AFP) -- Torrential rains across northern Italy and southern France killed three people at the weekend, sweeping away…

UPDATED: Plane crashes into homes in east DR Congo city, killing 29

GOMA, DR Congo (AFP) -- At least 29 people were killed Sunday when a small plane crashed after takeoff into a…

Protests drive record 70 percent poll turnout in Hong Kong

by Yan ZHAO / Xinqi SU HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Hong Kong's voters turned out in unprecedented numbers Sunday…

America grapples with ‘ghost guns’ amid epidemic of violence

  by Javier TOVAR Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- After his mother dropped him off at…

Hong Kongers vote in record numbers as democracy camp seeks to send message

  by Yan ZHAO / Xinqi SU Agence France Presse HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Hong Kong's voters turned out…

Kenya landslides kill 29 people

  NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) -- At least 29 people were killed in Kenya when their homes were swept away in…

23 dead as violent unrest in Chile enters fifth week

by Paulina ABRAMOVICH Agence France Presse SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) -- The death toll from violent unrest in Chile rose to…

Israeli PM Netanyahu defiant after corruption indictment

  by Joe Dyke and Steve Weizman Agence France Presse JERUSALEM (AFP) -- Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday became the…

Fury as Singapore hangs Malaysian ‘drug mule’

SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) -- Singapore hanged a Malaysian heroin trafficker on Friday, despite appeals from his homeland to stay a…

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