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Polls open in first Thai general election since 2014 coup

BANGKOK, March 24, 2019 (AFP) - Polls opened Sunday for the first Thai election since a 2014 coup, with a high turnout expected among a public who received a cryptic last-minute warning from the Thai...

March 24, 2019
World News
Mueller submits report on bombshell Trump-Russia probe

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Special counsel Robert Mueller on Friday submitted his long-awaited report into an explosive two-year investigation of Russian meddling in Donald Trump‘s 2016 election -- a probe t...

March 23, 2019
World News
'Made by war criminals': plan for Japanese labels in S. Korea

South Korea's foreign minister has intervened over a provincial proposal to apply stickers to some Japanese-made items in schools as "made by a Japanese firm responsible for war crimes". South Korea...

March 22, 2019
Foreign Affairs
Britain has requested Brexit delay until June 30: PM

Britain has asked EU leaders to delay Brexit until June 30, Prime Minister Theresa May told parliament on Wednesday, on eve of an EU summit in Brussels. (Yonhap) May said she had written to EU Pres...

March 20, 2019
World
49 dead in New Zealand mosque shootings

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, March 15, 2019 (AFP) - Attacks on two Christchurch mosques left at least 49 dead Friday, with one gunman -- identified as an Australian extremist -- apparently livestreamin...

March 15, 2019
World News
Vietnamese woman in N. Korea murder case loses bid for release

SHAH ALAM, Malaysia, March 14, 2019 (AFP) - A Vietnamese woman suspected of assassinating the North Korean leader's half-brother lost her bid for immediate release Thursday as Malaysian authorities r...

March 14, 2019
World News
Malaysia court frees woman in North Korea murder case

SHAH ALAM, Malaysia, March 11, 2019 (AFP) - An Indonesian woman accused of assassinating the North Korean leader's half-brother was freed Monday after Malaysian prosecutors dropped a murder charge ag...

March 11, 2019
World News
N. Korea media acknowledges 'no deal' at Hanoi for first time

North Korea's state media Friday acknowledged for the first time the collapse of the summit between leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump last week without a deal. The high-stakes meeting...

March 8, 2019
North Korea
US positive on N. Korea denuclearization despite 'operational' rocket site

WASHINGTON, (AFP) - The US still believes the "fully verified denuclearization" of North Korea is possible by the end of President Donald Trump's "first term," a senior official said Thursday, despit...

March 8, 2019
North Korea
IS teen's Dutch husband wants to head home: BBC interview

The Dutch husband of Shamima Begum, a British-born teenager who fled to join Islamic State, wants to live with her in the Netherlands, the BBC reported Sunday after finding him in Syria. Yago Riedij...

March 3, 2019
World News
Qaeda-linked Syria group kills 21 regime forces: monitor

A Syrian jihadist group linked to Al-Qaeda killed 21 regime and allied forces Sunday near Idlib province, in one of the deadliest breaches of a six-month-old truce deal, a monitor said. "At dawn, 21...

March 3, 2019
World News
Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld dead: Chanel

The fashion world has been plunged into mourning by the death of legendary designer Karl Lagerfeld, the rapier-witted dandy who ruled over the industry for half a century. Chanel, the iconic French ...

February 19, 2019
World News
Bernie Sanders announces he is running for US president

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Senator Bernie Sanders announced Tuesday he is running for president, launching a second bid for the White House after a surprisingly strong run for the Democratic nomination in 2...

February 19, 2019
World News
North Koreans pay tribute to Kim's father in freezing cold

The Day of the Shining Star dawned bitterly cold in Pyongyang. But thousands of North Koreans lined up in temperatures of minus 8 degrees Celsius on Saturday to pay their respects to late leader Kim ...

February 16, 2019
North Korea
Louvre Abu Dhabi introduces Rembrandt, Vermeer

ABU DHABI -- The Louvre Abu Dhabi, the first museum to carry the famed name outside of France, announced Sunday it will roll out works by Dutch masters Rembrandt and Vermeer this month. Works by the...

February 10, 2019
Arts&Design

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