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Palestine blasts Israel’s death penalty law targeting West Bank Palestinians

RAMALLAH - on Monday condemned the approval of a law by the Israeli parliament that would allow the execution of Palestinian prisoners convicted of "terrorism."Describing the move as...

Social media giants under probe for not complying with Australia’s U-16 ban

CANBERRA - The Australian government said on Tuesday that it is investigating five social...

Thai King endorses new cabinet after PM Anutin re-election

BANGKOK -- Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn has endorsed a new cabinet under the leadership...

US embassy in Venezuela officially reopens

WASHINGTON - The US Embassy in Venezuela's capital resumed operations on Monday, roughly three...

Spain closes airspace to aircraft involved in Iran war

MADRID - The Spanish government has closed its airspace to all flights associated with...

Lawmaker: All victims of Jeju Air crash could have survived without concrete barrier

SEOUL - A South Korean government-commissioned report found that killed 179 people might not have been deadly if there had not been a...

Search continues for dozens feared trapped after landfill collapse in central Philippines

MANILA -- Search and rescue operations continued Friday for at least 38 missing people feared trapped after a landfill in the collapsed on...

Netanyahu meets candidate to head Gaza ‘Peace Council’, stresses disarmament

JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met here on Thursday with Nikolay Mladenov, a candidate to lead a proposed new executive body for...

Top DPRK leader says to be always with Putin, Russia

PYONGYANG - Kim Jong-un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), has said he will unconditionally respect and support all policies...

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...

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