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Official: Skirmish over gold mine leaves casualties in Afghanistan’s Takhar

KABUL - A clash between locals and a gold-mining company has inflicted casualties in Chah Ab district of northern Afghanistan, confirmed Humayun Afghan, spokesman...

Saudi airforce raids hometown of STC’s leader in southern Yemen

ADEN, Yemen - raided the hometown of Aidarous Al-Zubaidi, leader of the Southern Transitional Council (STC), in Yemen's southern province of Al-Dhalea early...

Russia closely follows US military tracking of its oil tanker

MOSCOW -- Russia is closely following the developments regarding the Russian oil tanker "Marinera" tracked by the US military in international waters, where it...

Magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes near Baculin, Philippines, USGS says

MANILA - A 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the Philippines' southern islands on Wednesday, said, and there were no immediate reports of damage...

Acting president: No foreign agent governing Venezuela

CARACAS - Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodriguez, on Tuesday condemned the US military capture of President and his wife, stressing that "there is...

Israel, Syria agree to de-escalation mechanism after security talks in Paris

JERUSALEM -- Israel and Syria have resumed talks aimed at easing tensions along their shared border after a months-long hiatus, Israel's Prime Minister's Office...

Hun Sen: Cambodia committed to implementing ceasefire with Thailand

PHNOM PENH - Samdech Techo Hun Sen, president of the ruling , said on Wednesday that the kingdom is committed to strictly and fully...

US: Using military an option to achieve goal of acquiring Greenland

WASHINGTON/OSLO/THE HAGUE/UNITED NATIONS - US President Donald Trump and his team are weighing "a range of options" to acquire Denmark's Greenland, including "utilizing the...

UN human rights office says US intervention in Venezuela undermines international law

GENEVA/MOSCOW/TEHERAN/CAPE TOWN/MADRID -- The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights is deeply worried about the situation in Venezuela following the US military...

Western coalition agrees on binding security guarantees for Ukraine

PARIS/KYIV/BERLIN/ZAGREB/BERLIN/MOSCOW - A coalition of about 30 Western and European countries agreed Tuesday at a meeting in Paris that any future peace settlement must...

KCNA: DPRK leader visits memorial site for fallen service members overseas

PYONGYANG - Kim Jong-un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), visited the construction site of the Memorial Museum of Combat...

Israel strikes multiple sites in Lebanon, including its third-largest city

JERUSALEM -- Israel on Monday and early Tuesday carried out airstrikes on multiple sites in Lebanon, including the country's third-largest city, Israeli and Lebanese...

Ten convicted for cyberbullying France’s Brigitte Macron

PARIS - A Paris court on Monday found 10 people guilty of the cyberharassment of France's first lady, Brigitte Macron, for spreading false claims...

Thailand lodges protest with Cambodia over border explosion

PHNOM PENH/BANGKOK - Thailand's caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said in a media interview on Tuesday that the country's military has lodged a protest...

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