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[Newsmaker] India's Supreme Court strikes down law that punished gay sex

NEW DELHI -- India's Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a colonial-era law that made gay sex punishable by up to 10 years in prison, a landmark victory for gay rights that one judge said would "pa...

Sept 7, 2018
International
Trump lashes out at Omarosa, calls her ‘that dog’

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump escalated his messy clash with former aide Omarosa Manigault Newman on Tuesday, referring to the longtime colleague, who had been the top African-American in...

Aug 14, 2018
International
Bridge collapses in Italy during heavy storm, crushing cars

MILAN (AP) -- A bridge over an industrial area in the Italian city of Genova partially collapsed during a sudden and violent storm on Tuesday, leaving vehicles crushed in the rubble below. Italian ...

Aug 14, 2018
International
Suspected terror attack injures pedestrians outside UK parliament

LONDON, (AFP) -- A car crashed into barriers outside Britain‘s Houses of Parliament in a suspected terror attack on Tuesday, injuring a “number of pedestrians” yards from where five people were kille...

Aug 14, 2018
International
Maryland honors Korean War veterans as N. Korea returns remains

ANNAPOLIS -- The US state of Maryland held an official ceremony Thursday to honor veterans of the Korean War amid renewed hope for the recovery of fallen troops' remains. Gov. Larry Hogan hosted som...

Aug 10, 2018
International
2 South Koreans found dead near Hawaii beach: foreign ministry

South Korea's foreign ministry said Sunday that it has been providing consular assistance needed to handle the deaths of two South Koreans, whose bodies were found near a Hawaiian beach last week. A...

Aug 5, 2018
International
China urges S. Korea to resolve THAAD issue in ministerial talks

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi asked South Korea on Friday to resolve the issue of an advanced US missile defense system deployed on the peninsula. Wang made the request in bilateral talks with hi...

Aug 3, 2018
International
China calls draft pact on sea feud a ‘breakthrough’ in talks

China’s top diplomat said Thursday that an initial draft of a proposed pact with Southeast Asia aimed at preventing fighting in the disputed South China Sea was a “breakthrough” in talks that can pro...

Aug 2, 2018
International
Seoul deploys warship to Libya after S. Korean, Filipinos kidnapped

Seoul said Thursday it had deployed a warship to Libya in an apparent show of force to secure the release of a South Korean national kidnapped along with three Filipinos in the North African country....

Aug 2, 2018
International
Two US senators to co-chair study group on Korea

WASHINGTON -- Two bipartisan United States senators have been chosen to co-chair a congressional study group on Korea, becoming the first members of the Senate to join the body. Sens. Brian Schatz a...

Aug 2, 2018
International
State human rights watchdog to investigate NK restaurant workers’ 2016 defection

South Korea’s human rights watchdog said Sunday it plans to conduct a probe into a group defection by North Korean restaurant workers in 2016 amid allegations that some of them were duped into coming...

Jul 29, 2018
International
China donates 7m euros to Cameroon's security forces

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AFP) -- China has donated 6.86 million euros ($7.95 million) to Cameroon‘s army to boost its “peacekeeping and security operations”, state radio reported Thursday. The donation w...

Jul 19, 2018
International
Indian forces kill 8 Maoist insurgents in forest gunbattle

PATNA, India (AP) -- Security forces killed eight Maoist insurgents, including four women, in an exchange of gunfire early Thursday in their stronghold in central India, a police officer said. T...

Jul 19, 2018
International
Zuckerberg: Holocaust deniers won‘t be banned from Facebook

NEW YORK (AP) -- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says while he finds Holocaust denial “deeply offensive,” he doesn‘t believe that such content should be banned from Facebook. Speaking with Recode’s Ka...

Jul 19, 2018
International
Israel adopts controversial Jewish nation-state law

JERUSALEM (AFP) -- Israel‘s parliament on Thursday adopted a law defining the country as the nation state of the Jewish people, provoking fears it could lead to blatant discrimination against Arab ci...

Jul 19, 2018
International

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