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N.Korea's Kim promises no more nuclear or missile tests
AFP, Published on 21/04/2018
» SEOUL - North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un has announced Pyongyang will carry out no more nuclear or intercontinental ballistic missile tests and will shut down its atomic test site, the North's state media reported Saturday.
Syria strikes also sent message to N.Korea: Japan DefMin
AFP, Published on 21/04/2018
» WASHINGTON - The US-led air strikes against the Syrian regime also sent a message to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ahead of talks with President Donald Trump, Japan's defense minister said Friday.
Comey memos add to Trump legal woes
AFP, Published on 21/04/2018
» WASHINGTON - Donald Trump lashed out Friday after memos of his meetings with the FBI's then chief James Comey depicted the president as obsessed with the Russia probe and a smutty video allegedly showing him with two prostitutes.
Myanmar cop describes ‘trap’ to arrest reporter of atrocity
Associated Press, Published on 20/04/2018
» YANGON: A Myanmar police chief ordered officers to "trap" a Reuters reporter arrested in December, telling them to meet the journalist at a restaurant and give him "secret documents", prosecution witness Police Captain Moe Yan Naing told a court on Friday.
S.Africa riots force new president to hurry home
AFP, Published on 20/04/2018
» JOHANNESBURG - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday returned early from a summit in London to rush to the scene of violent demonstrations in North West province, where at least 23 people have been arrested.
Jet skids off runway causing Kathmandu airport chaos
AFP, Published on 20/04/2018
» A Malaysian jet carrying 139 people that aborted its takeoff and skidded into mud forced Kathmandu airport to shut down for more than 12 hours until the plane was moved Friday.
WWII bomb forces mass evacuation in central Berlin
AFP, Published on 20/04/2018
» BERLIN - The planned disposal of an unexploded World War II bomb Friday will force a mass evacuation around Berlin's central railway station and likely spark transport chaos in the German capital.
King Mswati renames Swaziland 'eSwatini'
AFP, Published on 20/04/2018
» MBABANE, Swaziland: The king of Swaziland, one of the world's few absolute monarchs, announced on Thursday that his country had changed its name to eSwatini to mark 50 years since independence from British rule.
US, Russian nuclear shift 'dangerous as North Korea'
AFP, Published on 20/04/2018
» GENEVA: A recent shift in nuclear weapons policies in the United States and Russia, involving upgrades, modernisation and growing arsenals is as dangerous as North Korea's nuclear threat, campaigners warned Thursday.
Cuba marks end of an era as Castro hands over to Diaz-Canel
AFP, Published on 19/04/2018
» HAVANA - Cuba marked the end of an era Thursday as Miguel Diaz-Canel was formally elected as the country's new president, succeeding Raul Castro and becoming the first non-Castro to lead the island in six decades.