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Taiwan New Year tax protesters cite French ‘yellow vest’ success

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) -- A Taiwanese tax reform campaign whose activists dress in yellow ramped up its protests Tuesday, interrupting…

Kim warns N. Korea could consider change of tack

by Jung Hawon Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- Nuclear-armed North Korea wants good relations with the US…

2018 death toll Syria war’s lowest at under 20,000: monitor

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) -- Syria's nearly eight-year-old conflict saw its lowest annual death toll in 2018 as the regime reasserted…

Ghosn’s detention extended to Jan 11: media

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn will be spending the beginning of 2019 behind bars after a…

N. Korea’s Kim vows more summits with South next year: Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to meet the South's President Moon Jae-in "frequently"…

6.9-magnitude quake strikes off southern Philippines: USGS

A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Saturday, monitors said, adding that a tsunami threat…

Russia says will host Putin-Erdogan-Rouhani summit early 2019

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Moscow will early next year host the leaders of Russia, Iran and Turkey to discuss the…

UAE reopens Damascus embassy after seven years

by Maher al-Mounes with Rouba El Husseini in Beirut Agence France Presse DAMASCUS, Syria (AFP) -- The United Arab Emirates…

Top Chinese officials forced to carry out self-criticisms

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Top Chinese leaders have been forced to undergo a self-criticism session, state media said Thursday, in…

Saudi king orders government reshuffle after Khashoggi fallout

by Anuj Chopra Agence France Presse RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) -- Saudi Arabia's King Salman ordered a sweeping government reshuffle…

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