Typhoon leaves five dead after lashing Japan on election day
by Kyoko Hasegawa Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A powerful typhoon left five dead, one missing and…
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International
Argentina’s Macri wins crucial mid-term poll
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) -- Argentina's President Mauricio Macri's center-right coalition swept crucial midterm elections Sunday and emerged with a strengthened hand to…
7 years ago
Five things to know about Japan’s pacifist constitution
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's long-held dream to change the pacifist constitution got a big boost this weekend…
7 years ago
Catalan parties discuss next move after Spain raises stakes
by Alfons Luna and Marie Giffard © Agence France-Presse BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) -- Catalan parties were due to meet Monday to discuss…
7 years ago
Death toll from Iraqi-Kurdish clashes reaches 31
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) -- Iraqi federal and paramilitary forces on Sunday said they lost five men in last week's clashes…
7 years ago
Argentina’s Macri on course for mid-term poll boost
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) - Argentina's President Mauricio Macri's center-right coalition was on course to win crucial mid-term elections Sunday and emerge…
7 years ago
Abe targets N. Korea after storming to ‘super-majority’ vote win
by Richard Carter/ Miwa Suzuki © Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stormed to a landslide "super-majority" in…
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No dialogue yet between rivals in Gulf crisis: Tillerson
DOHA, Qatar (AFP) -- US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Sunday said talks between feuding Gulf states remained unlikely,…
7 years ago
Abe: Nationalist blueblood at home, shrewd diplomat abroad
by Shingo ITO Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Shinzo Abe, on course to become Japan's longest-serving leader after…
7 years ago
Trump says US ‘totally prepared’ for potential NKorea threat
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The United States is "totally prepared" to respond to threats from Pyongyang, US President Donald…
7 years ago
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