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South Sudan foes set to meet after two years

  ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AFP) -- The two figures at the centre of the civil war that has ravaged South Sudan…

North Korea’s Kim hails ‘unity’ with China in new visit

  by Becky Davis © Agence France-Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Kim Jong Un declared North Korea's unstinting "friendship, unity and…

In impoverished Bolivia, president’s new palace an eyesore for some

  LA PAZ, Bolivia (AFP) -- Bolivia's new presidential palace is certainly an attention-getter, from its heliport to its 29-story tower…

US withdraws from ‘cesspool’ UN rights body

  by Dave Clark / with Carole Landry at the United Nations © Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States | AFP The United States…

Toll rises to five after quake in Japan’s Osaka

  TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- The death toll in a powerful earthquake that rocked Japan's Osaka on Monday has risen…

Israel mum on US claims it hit Iraq militia in Syria

JERUSALEM,Undefined(AF) --Israel declined to comment on Tuesday on a weekend air strike against an Iraqi paramilitary base in eastern Syria after…

China accuses Trump of ‘blackmail’ after new tariffs threat

by Ryan Mcmorrow © Agence France-Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Beijing on Tuesday accused Donald Trump of "blackmail" and warned it…

Updated: North Korea’s Kim makes two-day visit to China

  BEIJING, China (AFP) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is making a two-day visit to Beijing, Chinese state media…

Erdogan faces biggest challenge in tight Turkey polls

by Luana Sarmini-Buonaccorsi and Stuart Williams in Istanbul © Agence France-Presse ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) -- President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday…

North Korea’s Kim visiting China Tuesday and Wednesday: state media

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is visiting China on Tuesday and Wednesday, state broadcaster CCTV said,…

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