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'No alternative' to Iran deal, EU's Mogherini tells US
AFP, Published on 22/05/2018
» BRUSSELS - The EU's foreign policy chief warned Monday there was "no alternative" to the Iran nuclear deal, after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo vowed unprecedented sanctions against Tehran following Washington's withdrawal from the pact.
North Korea's Kim makes two-day visit to China
AFP, Published on 19/06/2018
» BEIJING: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is making a two-day visit to Beijing, Chinese state media reported Tuesday, a week after his unprecedented summit with US President Donald Trump.
Malaysian women to be caned for 'attempting lesbian sex'
Published on 14/08/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Two Malaysian women convicted for attempting to have lesbian sex will be fined and caned, a prosecutor said on Tuesday, in a rare case against gay people in the Muslim-majority country.
Two Malaysian women caned for lesbian sex
AFP, Published on 03/09/2018
» KUALA TERENGGANU, Malaysia: Two Malaysian women were caned Monday for having lesbian sex in violation of strict Islamic laws, despite an outcry from activists at the "cruel and unjust" punishment.
New Malaysia child marriage draws UN condemnation
AFP, Published on 19/09/2018
» The marriage of a 15-year-old Malaysian girl to a man almost three times her age drew condemnation from the United Nations Wednesday, putting fresh pressure on the Muslim-majority country to halt such unions.
Five things to know about the Nobel Literature Prize
AFP, Published on 29/09/2018
» STOCKHOLM - For the first time in 70 years the Nobel Literature Prize-awarding body, the Swedish Academy, has postponed the award, after a #MeToo scandal left it in ruins.
Mahathir: Malaysia 'won't accept' LGBT rights
AFP, Published on 26/10/2018
» Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday said his country cannot accept LGBT rights such as same-sex marriage, dismissing them as "western" values.
US wages gains will get Fed's attention; no rate hike yet
AFP, Published on 04/11/2018
» WASHINGTON - Wage gains at long last have made an appearance in the US economy after a baffling absence amid robust job growth but the Federal Reserve is expected to hold its fire next week.
Poachers threaten precious Madagascar forest and lemurs
AFP, Published on 22/04/2019
» VOHIBOLA (MADAGASCAR) - Under a leaden sky, six rangers walk silently in single file through Vohibola, one of the last primary forests in eastern Madagascar.
Trump calls for 'war' on cartels as nine US Mormons murdered in Mexico
AFP, Published on 06/11/2019
» MEXICO CITY - US President Donald Trump offered Tuesday to help Mexico "wage war" on its cartels after three women and six children from an American Mormon community were murdered in an area notorious for drug traffickers.