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Saudi Arabia to offer tourist visas for first time

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) -- Saudi Arabia said Friday it will offer tourist visas for the first time, opening up…

N.Korea praises Trump, hopes for progress towards summit

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- North Korea on Friday praised US President Donald Trump as "different from his predecessors" as…

Former French president Jacques Chirac dead at 86

  by Adam PLOWRIGHT and Stuart WILLIAMS Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Two-term French president Jacques Chirac died…

Brady Tkachuck leads Senators past Canucks 6-2

By Anthony Sevilla EBC British Columbia Bureau VANCOUVER, CANADA (Eagle News) -- The Ottawa Senators stole a game on the…

Updated: 5.7-magnitude earthquake shakes Istanbul, injures eight

  ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) -- A 5.7-magnitude earthquake shook Turkey's largest city on Thursday, driving residents to evacuate buildings, AFP…

Heavy rains kill 17 in western India

  MUMBAI, India (AFP) -- Seventeen people were killed Thursday in flooding caused by torrential rains in western India including…

Shallow tremor rocks quake-hit area of Pakistan

  MIRPUR, Pakistan (AFP) -- A shallow tremor sent terrified people running into the streets in northeastern Pakistan on Thursday,…

Texas executes man for murdering family

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Texas on Wednesday executed a man who murdered three family members, following a trial in…

Trump announces ‘first stage’ of ‘phenomenal’ Japan trade deal

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that the initial stage of a new…

Australia PM lashes climate critics in UN speech

by Issam AHMED UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison used his UN speech on Wednesday…

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