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Seven people, including Chinese, charged over Cambodia building collapse

  SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (AFP) -- Seven people, including five Chinese nationals, have been charged with manslaughter or as accomplices to…

Police kill gunman who opened fire on US courthouse

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A man armed with an automatic rifle opened fire on a Dallas federal courthouse on…

US man sentenced to death for killing his five children

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- An American convicted of killing his five small children was sentenced to death Thursday, even…

Hong Kong leader refuses to scrap extradition bill despite rally

by Jerome TAYLOR / Yan ZHAO HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Hong Kong's pro-Beijing leader on Monday refused to scrap…

Commission into French Catholic Church sex abuse claims opens

  PARIS, France (AFP) -- An independent commission set up by the French Catholic Church to look at allegations of…

Suspect in US shooting resigned before killing 12: official

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The engineer who shot dead 12 people at a municipal building in a US beach…

11 dead after gunman fires ‘indiscriminately’ at Virginia govt complex

A longtime public utilities employee sprayed gunfire "indiscriminately" in a government building complex on Friday in the US state of…

Japan police search home of stabbing attacker

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japanese police on Wednesday searched the home of the man behind a stabbing rampage in the…

Abe voices ‘strong anger’ over ‘harrowing’ Japan stabbing

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe voiced "strong anger" over what he described as a "harrowing" attack,…

UPDATE: Two feared dead, 17 hurt after Japan mass stabbing

by Sara HUSSEIN TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Two people, including a child, were feared dead Tuesday in a mass stabbing…

19 hurt, including children, in Japan stabbing attack: fire dept

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A mass stabbing attack in the Japanese city of Kawasaki on Tuesday injured at least 19…

Two Afghan youths get 30 years jail for killing of young girl

An Afghan court Sunday sentenced two teenage boys to 30 years in prison for the abduction and killing of a…

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