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Taiwan dismayed as another Pacific nation switches to Beijing

TAIPEI, Sept 20, 2019 (AFP) - Taiwan lashed out at China on Friday after the tiny island nation of Kiribati switched its recognition to Beijing, the second diplomatic defection in the strategically important Pacific in less than a week. The move is another coup for Beijing just weeks before it

U.S. drone strike kills 30 pine nut farm workers in…

Afghanistan, Sept 20 (Reuters) – A U.S. drone strike intended to hit an Islamic State (IS) hideout in Afghanistan killed

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One dead, five hurt in Washington, D.C. shooting: police

Washington, Sept 20 (Reuters) – One person was killed and five others wounded on Thursday in a shooting on the

Pakistan refuses permission for India’s Modi to fly across its…

ISLAMABAD, Sept 20 (Reuters) – Pakistan refused a request from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to use its airspace on

Suicide bomb in southern Afghanistan, kills at least 20

Kabul, Sept 19 (AP) — An Afghan official says a powerful suicide truck bombing outside a hospital in the capital

Iran envoy: ‘All-out war’ to result if hit for Saudi…

DUBAI, Sept 19 (AP) — Any attack on Iran by the U.S. or Saudi Arabia will spark an “all-out war,”

Japan court: TEPCO execs not guilty of nuke crisis liability

TOKYO, Sept 19 (AP) — A Japanese court on Thursday ruled that three former executives for Tokyo Electric Power Company

Saudi oil attacks an Iranian ‘act of war’, says Pompeo

RIYADH, Sept 19, 2019 (AFP) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo denounced strikes on Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure as

Israel’s 2 main political parties deadlocked after election

JERUSALEM, Sept 18 (AP) — Israel’s two main political parties were deadlocked Wednesday after an unprecedented repeat election, with Prime

Israel’s Netanyahu appears to suffer setback in exit polls

JERUSALEM, Sept 18, 2019 (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fell short of securing a parliamentary majority with his