China to raise defense budget by 8.1% in 2018
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China announced on Monday an 8.1 percent defense budget increase for 2018, giving the world's largest…
6 years ago
International
Berlusconi’s right-wing coalition ahead in Italy vote: exit polls
by Dario Thuburn Agence France Presse ROME Italy (AFP) -- Media mogul Silvio Berlusconi's right-wing coalition was set to win…
6 years ago
Overworked nuns rebel against clergymen in Vatican magazine
VATICAN CITY, Holy See (AFP) -- Three nuns lashed out on Friday against the menial work they have to do…
6 years ago
Merkel vows to work for the ‘good for Germany’ as SPD paves way for her fourth term
by Hui Min Neo Agence France Presse BERLIN, Germany -- (AFP) Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday vowed to work…
6 years ago
Baby born on British roadside after snow blocks hospital dash
LONDRES, United Kingdom (AFP) -- It may have been a frosty welcome, but the dramatic birth of a British baby on…
6 years ago
Police commander slain after kidnapping in Mexico’s Acapulco
ACAPULCO, Mexico (AFP) -- A police commander was kidnapped in the Mexican resort city of Acapulco and then shot to death,…
6 years ago
Regime forces advance in Syria’s battered Ghouta
by Hasan Mohammed © Agence France-Presse DOUMA, Syria (AFP) -- Government forces seized territory inside Syria's rebel Eastern Ghouta Saturday, intensifying…
6 years ago
UK police charge three men over deadly explosion
LONDRES, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Three men were charged on Saturday over a fatal explosion in central England which left…
6 years ago
Student who killed parents at US university in custody
A university student who fatally shot his parents on his school campus in the US state of Michigan was arrested…
6 years ago
Dozens dead or wounded in attacks on Burkina military HQ, French embassy
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AFP) -- Twin attacks on the French embassy in Burkina Faso and the country's military headquarters…
6 years ago
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