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Three MPs abandon May over Brexit as UK political sands shift

by Joe JACKSON Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Three MPs quit Britain's governing Conservative Party on Wednesday…

2,500 foreign children in northeast Syria camps: charity

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) -- More than 2,500 foreign children from 30 countries who have fled the Islamic State group's last…

Venezuela aid standoff hardens between Guaido, Maduro

by Roland LLOYD PARRY Agence France Presse CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) -- Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido forged ahead Wednesday with…

Trump bars US-born woman who joined IS from returning

by Shaun TANDON / with Gianrigo Marletta in Tampa Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- President Donald Trump…

DFA: 3 Filipino tourists sentenced to jail in HK for using forged docs to open bank accounts

(Eagle News)----Three Filipino call center employees were sentenced to five months in prison in Hong Kong after they opened bank…

Six dead in Malaysia karaoke fire

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- Six people, including three foreigners, were killed when a fire broke out Wednesday in a…

One dead after Swiss avalanche, rescue search paused

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- One person engulfed in an avalanche in the Swiss Alps has died, police said Wednesday, as…

Gunmen killed ‘over 130’ in NW Nigeria: governor

ABUJA, Nigeria (AFP) -- An attack by gunmen on villages in northwest Nigeria last week claimed "over 130" lives, more…

Cyclone Oma strengthens, Australian coast warning triggered

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Cyclone Oma intensified to a damaging category three storm, Australia's Bureau of Meteorology said Wednesday, warning…

Japan govt, Fukushima operator told to pay over nuclear disaster

  TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A Japanese court Wednesday awarded nearly $4 million in fresh damages to scores of residents…

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