US orders nonessential staff out of Haiti amid gang crisis
WASHINGTON, July 31, 2023 (AFP) - The United States has ordered its nonessential personnel and family of government employees to…
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Blinken, Austin visit Australia on last leg of Pacific blitz
BRISBANE, Australia, July 28, 2023 (AFP) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin visited Australia…
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Kim shows off new North Korean drones, ICBMs to Russia defense minister
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- Walking past huge intercontinental ballistic missiles and previously unseen military drones, Kim Jong Un gave…
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‘Time for peace’ in Sudan, Darfur: Rapid Support Forces envoy
LOME, Togo (AFP) -- A top envoy to Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on Monday said it was "time for…
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UN Command says in ‘conversation’ with N.Korea over US soldier
SEOUL, July 24, 2023 (AFP) - The UN Command has started a conversation with Pyongyang over American soldier Travis King,…
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Seoul says North Korean nuclear attack would mean ‘end’ of regime
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- Seoul told North Korea Friday that using its nukes would mean the "end" of Kim…
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UN chief eyes reforms to peacekeeping operations
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Thursday for a "serious, broad-based reflection" on reforming the…
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Rich-poor split could tighten ‘grip of poverty’: World Bank chief
By Bhuvan BAGGA Agence France-Presse GANDHINAGAR, India (AFP) -- The new head of the World Bank said Tuesday that growing…
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Sri Lankan leader seeks to disarm India’s China fears
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP) -- Sri Lanka's president arrives in India on Thursday for his first visit to the regional…
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Divided ASEAN condemns Myanmar violence again, supports five-point plan
By Agnes ANYA Agence France-Presse JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- ASEAN foreign ministers on Thursday condemned violence in Myanmar again and…
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ASEAN-plus-three to meet on South China Sea, economic ties
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Economic cooperation and the disputed South China Sea will be on the agenda when Southeast Asian…
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Mediator calls for ‘peaceful resolution’ of DRC conflict
GOMA, DR Congo (AFP) -- Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta, a mediator in the conflict in the eastern part of the Democratic…
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