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Carlos Ghosn re-arrested over fresh allegations

by Kyoko HASEGAWA / Richard CARTER Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japanese prosecutors re-arrested former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn…

Japan prosecutors re-arrest Carlos Ghosn on new allegations

by Kyoko HASEGAWA Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Prosecutors re-arrested former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn over fresh allegations…

Saudi seeks to boost intelligence oversight after critic’s murder

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) -- Saudi Arabia on Thursday said it was creating government bodies to boost oversight of its…

S. Korea cab drivers protest Uber-like ride share app

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- Tens of thousands of taxi drivers in South Korea went on a nationwide strike Thursday,…

Putin says wants to push Russia into top five economies

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that he wants to see his country's economy in the…

Ghosn ‘may be released’ after Japan court rejects detention request

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A Japanese court on Thursday rejected prosecutors' request to extend the detention of former Nissan chairman…

Thousands flee cyclone on India’s east coast

NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- A powerful cyclone left one person dead and forced thousands to flee their homes on…

S. Korea foundation scraps award for Suu Kyi

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- One of South Korean largest human rights groups will strip Myanmar's de facto leader Aung…

New Maldives leader secures $1.4bn from ‘closest friend’ India

NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- The new Maldives president, seen as closer to the West and India than his predecessor,…

No one can ‘dictate’ to China what it should, shouldn’t do: Xi

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- President Xi Jinping vowed Tuesday to push ahead with China's "reform and opening up" but warned…

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