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Israel minister wants probe of Arab filmmaker over Lebanon remarksWorld NewsSept 24, 2017JERUSALEM (AFP) -- Israel's culture minister asked the attorney general Sunday to order the investigation of a prominent Arab Israeli filmmaker who spoke out against the Jewish state during a visit t... -
Lavrov says US will not strike North KoreaWorld NewsSept 24, 2017MOSCOW (AFP) -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Sunday that the United States would not carry out a strike on North Korea because it knows Pyongyang has nuclear bombs. Russia's Foreign M... -
Tens of thousands flee rumbling Bali volcanoWorld NewsSept 24, 2017KARANGASEM, Indonesia (AFP) -- More than 34,000 people have fled from a rumbling volcano on the resort island of Bali as the magnitude of tremors grows, prompting fears it could erupt for the first t... -
Rohingya in Bangladesh need 'massive' assistance: UNWorld NewsSept 24, 2017COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AFP) -- Bangladesh needs "massive international assistance" to feed and shelter the 436,000 Rohingya who have fled Myanmar in recent weeks, the head of the UN refugee agency ... -
Petrol prices pumped up in PyongyangNorth KoreaSept 24, 2017PYONGYANG -- Petrol prices are being pumped higher in Pyongyang in the wake of United Nations sanctions restricting exports of oil products to nuclear-armed North Korea. Retail prices have gone up a... -
War of words ratchets up between Kim and TrumpWorld NewsSept 24, 2017WASHINGTON -- An escalating war of words between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un ratcheted up a notch on Friday as the US president dubbed North Korea‘s leader a “madman,” a day after the reclusive regi... -
3.5-magnitude quake rattles N. Korea near nuclear test siteNorth KoreaSept 23, 2017BEIJING -- A shallow 3.5-magnitude earthquake hit North Korea near the country’s nuclear test site Saturday, US seismologists said, in what China’s seismic service said was a “suspected explosion”, b... -
Teenager charged over London Underground attack: policeWorld NewsSept 22, 2017British police said Friday they had charged an 18-year-old man with attempted murder following last week's bombing of a London Underground train, which injured 30 people. (AP-Yonhap) Ahmed Hassan, ... -
British police make second arrest over London train attackWorld NewsSept 17, 2017British police said Sunday they had made a second arrest over the bombing of a London Underground train, as their probe into the terror attack widened. The 21-year-old man, who has not been named, w... -
Norma reaches hurricane strength in Pacific near Mexico: NHCWorld NewsSept 16, 2017Tropical Storm Norma surged to hurricane strength late Friday off Mexico's Pacific coast which was pounded just hours earlier by Tropical Storm Max. Norma looked likely to churn toward the Los Cabos... -
N.Korea seeks 'equilibrium' of military force with US: KCNANorth KoreaSept 16, 2017North Korea is seeking an "equilibrium" of military force with the United States, state media reported Saturday, after Pyongyang sparked global condemnation with a sixth nuclear test then fired a se... -
NASA's $3.9 bn Cassini spacecraft makes death plunge into SaturnWorld NewsSept 15, 2017After 20 years in space, NASA's famed Cassini spacecraft made its final death plunge into Saturn on Friday, ending a storied mission that scientists say taught us nearly everything we know about Satu...
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Norway FM appointed as new World Economic Forum presidentWorld NewsSept 15, 2017Norway's foreign minister Borge Brende on Friday announced he has been appointed as president of the World Economic Forum (WEF), a foundation that organises a high-level global economy event every ye... -
22 injured in London underground bomb attackWorld NewsSept 15, 2017At least 22 people were injured after a bomb detonated on a packed London Underground train during the morning rush hour on Friday in what police are treating as a "terrorist incident". Witnesses re... -
Abe: Japan can 'never tolerate' North Korea's 'provocative' actsNorth KoreaSept 15, 2017Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday, September 15, that Japan would "never tolerate" what he called North Korea's "dangerous provocative action that threatens world peace" following a missile launc...
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