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Japan’s lower house formally dissolved for Feb 8 election

Japan's House of Representatives was formally dissolved...

To Lam re-elected Vietnam’s communist party chief

HANOI - To Lam has been re-elected...

Trump touts ‘massive’ US forces heading toward Iran

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said...

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Japan’s lower house formally dissolved for Feb 8 election

Japan's House of Representatives was formally dissolved on Friday at the outset of the ordinary parliamentary session, with a general election set for Feb 8.The official campaign will start...

To Lam re-elected Vietnam’s communist party chief

HANOI - To Lam has been re-elected general secretary of the Communist Party of...

Trump touts ‘massive’ US forces heading toward Iran

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said Thursday that the United States has a...

WSJ: White House considers full withdrawal of US troops from Syria

WASHINGTON - The White House is weighing a full withdrawal of US troops from...

Trump says meeting with Zelensky was ‘very good’

DAVOS, Switzerland/MOSCOW/KYIV - US President Donald Trump said on Thursday in Davos that his...

Trump threatens to hit Iran ‘very hard’

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened again to strike Iran "very hard" if its authorities "start killing people" protesting in the...

Syrian army launches heavy strikes on Kurdish militia positions as civilian toll rises

DAMASCUS/UNITED NATIONS/ANKARA/BAGHDAD - The Syrian army on Thursday launched heavy shelling against positions of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the Sheikh Maqsoud...

Yemen’s STC accuses Saudi Arabia of ‘detaining delegation’

ADEN, Yemen - Yemen's Southern Transitional Council (STC) on Wednesday accused Saudi Arabia of "arbitrarily detaining a senior delegation" sent to Riyadh for political...

Japan opposition parties criticize Takaichi for steering country toward ‘war state’

TOKYO - A series of moves by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, including erroneous remarks on Taiwan and a sharp increase in defense spending,...

Australia Calls Royal Commission After Bondi Terror Attack

Australia will establish a national Royal Commission into antisemitism, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday, bowing to widespread pressure following the country’s worst...

UN report condemns Israel’s ‘apartheid’ practices in West Bank

GENEVA/GAZA - A UN report on Wednesday condemned Israel for violating international law by implementing apartheid-like policies in the West Bank, where Israeli settlers...

Evacuations ordered amid catastrophic bushfire danger in Australia’s Victoria

MELBOURNE - Residents in four regions in the southeast Australian state of Victoria have been told to evacuate their homes by Friday morning as...

Heatwave sweeps S. Australia, triggering bushfire alerts

MELBOURNE - An intense heatwave swept southern Australia on Wednesday, with temperatures in multiple locations soaring above 40 degrees Celsius.In downtown Melbourne, the mercury...

Philippines lowers magnitude of southern quake to 6.4 from 6.7

MANILA - The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology downgraded the magnitude of an offshore earthquake that struck Davao Oriental province in the southern...

Japan postpones H3 rocket launch to investigate previous failure

TOKYO - Japan has decided to postpone the launch of an H3 rocket that was scheduled for Feb 1, as the investigation of the...

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...

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...

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...

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