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Harrowing docu-drama gives ‘voice’ to Gaza victims
AFP, Published on 03/09/2025
» VENICE - A gut-wrenching film premiering at the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday about a five-year-old girl killed by Israeli forces in Gaza last year gives a “voice” to Palestinian victims of the war, its director says.
North Korea fires ICBM missile that lands in Japan's EEZ
AFP, Published on 18/02/2023
» SEOUL - North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile Saturday which landed in Japan's exclusive economic zone, Seoul and Tokyo said, after Pyongyang warned of a strong response to upcoming US-South Korean military drills.
North Korea fires three ballistic missiles, Seoul says
AFP, Published on 03/11/2022
» SEOUL: North Korea fired one long-range and two short-range ballistic missiles Thursday, Seoul's military said, with one prompting warnings for residents of a South Korean island and people in parts of northern Japan to seek shelter.
Amid Ukraine war, US flys Russian cosmonaut to ISS
AFP, Published on 05/10/2022
» KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (UNITED STATES) - A SpaceX spaceship blasted off from Florida Wednesday, headed for the International Space Station and carrying a Russian crewmate, in a voyage that carries symbolic significance amid the Ukraine war.
Top US trade officials visit Japan, agree to start tariff talks
AFP, Published on 15/11/2021
» TOKYO - Japanese and US officials held top-level trade talks in Tokyo on Monday after Washington said it was ready to discuss reducing steel and aluminium tariffs imposed under former president Donald Trump.
Paralympic flame ceremonies begin as virus surges in Japan
AFP, Published on 12/08/2021
» TOKYO: Japan held its first Paralympic flame-lighting ceremonies on Thursday, with athletes waiting to learn whether spectators will be in the stands as the country battles a spike in virus cases.
New killings revive old fears in Darfur village
AFP, Published on 08/02/2021
» HAMADA VILLAGE, Sudan: Farmer Abbas Abdullah was among hundreds who had trickled back to his remote village in South Darfur nearly a decade after fleeing war there. Now, he thinks he rushed the decision.
The soundtrack of the Arab uprisings in 10 songs
AFP, Published on 30/11/2020
» BEIRUT - Few of the pro-democracy protesters who took the Middle East by storm a decade ago had a flag to raise or a leader to follow. But all of them had a song to sing.
Japanese ministers' Yakusuni visit first since 2016
AFP, Published on 15/08/2020
» TOKYO: Four Japanese cabinet ministers paid their respects on Saturday at a war shrine seen by neighbouring countries as a symbol of Tokyo's past militarism, in the first such visit since 2016.
'Judo therapy': martial art with healing power
AFP, Published on 17/07/2020
» TOKYO - Judo is known for its killer throws and lightning-fast grappling moves but the sport has a lesser-known application popular in Japan: the ancient healing art of "judo therapy."