South Korea ‘to extend’ military pact with Japan: media
NAGOYA, Japan (AFP) -- South Korea will extend a critical military intelligence-sharing agreement with Japan, Japanese media reported on Friday,…
6 years ago
International
ChickTok: Indonesian kids given pets to wean them off smartphones
BANDUNG, Indonesia (AFP) -- Officials in one Indonesian city has hatched a plan to wean children off smartphones -- by…
6 years ago
China wants US trade deal but ‘will fight back’ when necessary: Xi
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- President Xi Jinping said Friday that China wants to reach an initial trade deal with the…
6 years ago
Israeli PM Netanyahu defiant after corruption indictment
by Joe Dyke and Steve Weizman JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) -- Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday became the country's first prime…
6 years ago
Top diplomat implicates Trump in explosive impeachment testimony
by Paul HANDLEY Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A senior US diplomat directly implicated President Donald…
6 years ago
Buildings in Bangkok shake during 6.1 magnitude quake in Thai-Lao border; tremor also felt in Vietnam
Buildings shook as far away as Bangkok after a shallow 6.1-magnitude earthquake that hit northwestern Laos near the Thai…
6 years ago
Bushfire threat spreads in Australia as smoke chokes Sydney
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- The fire danger was elevated across wider swathes of southern Australia on Thursday, with residents warned…
6 years ago
Saudi king urges Iran to quit ‘harmful’ expansionism
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) -- Saudi Arabia's King Salman urged arch-rival Iran on Wednesday to abandon an expansionist ideology that…
6 years ago
Five dead in Sicily firework depot explosion
ROME, Italy (AFP) -- Five people died Wednesday as a result of two explosions at a fireworks factory in Sicily, firefighters…
6 years ago
US asks N. Korea to ‘seize the moment’ on talks
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The US envoy on North Korea acknowledged Wednesday that Pyongyang has not yet taken verifiable…
6 years ago
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