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Japan’s cabinet approves decision to dissolve lower house

TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister 's cabinet...

Report: Iran officially counts 3,117 deaths in Dec-Jan unrest

TEHERAN - Iran's state television IRIB reported...

Six more bodies found at plane crash site in Indonesia

JAKARTA - Indonesian rescuers on Thursday recovered...

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Japan’s cabinet approves decision to dissolve lower house

TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister 's cabinet on Friday adopted a decision to dissolve the House of Representatives.Later in the afternoon, the lower house will formally disband at the...

Report: Iran officially counts 3,117 deaths in Dec-Jan unrest

TEHERAN - Iran's state television IRIB reported on Wednesday that 3,117 people were killed...

Six more bodies found at plane crash site in Indonesia

JAKARTA - Indonesian rescuers on Thursday recovered six more bodies at the crash site...

Three killed in drone attack on Russian port

MOSCOW - A drone attack on the Taman port, located on the Black Sea...

Israel: Hamas suspects targeted, 11 Palestinians killed across Gaza

GAZA/JERUSALEM - Eleven Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire on Wednesday across Gaza amid...

Kyodo News: Japan PM intends to dissolve lower house for snap election

TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told a senior ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) official that she intends to dissolve the House of...

Israeli tank shelling reported around UN peacekeepers in South Lebanon

BEIRUT - said late Monday that Israeli tanks fired shells near its peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, calling the move a serious violation of...

S. Korean court to review ex-president Yoon’s insurrection sentence request

SEOUL -- The final hearing of former president Yoon Suk-yeol on charges of insurrection was held Tuesday at the Seoul Central District Court, with...

Hamas signals readiness to hand over Gaza governance

Palestinian militant group Hamas said it was ready to give up power in the Gaza Strip to a technocratic leadership committee as part of...

Fatah says Gaza committee must be led by Palestinian Authority

GAZA/BAGHDAD - The Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah) said on Monday that any committee formed to govern the Gaza Strip must be headed by...

Flood emergency prompts widespread warnings in Australia’s Queensland

SYDNEY - Flood warnings have been issued across the northeast Australian state of Queensland as ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji continues to cause widespread intense rainfall.As...

Trump says countries doing business with Iran face 25% tariff

WASHINGTON/TEHERAN/MOSCOW/CAIRO - said Monday that any country doing business with Iran will pay a tariff rate of 25 percent on any business conducted...

Aussie PM: Australia’s ambassador to US to resign 1 year early

CANBERRA - Australia's Ambassador to the United States will resign a year before the end of his term, Prime Minister said here on...

DPRK media: Neo-militarism would bring total destruction to Japan

PYONGYANG - Japan will face total destruction through , the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said on Sunday...

ROK forms investigation body to probe DPRK’s claims of drone infiltrations

SEOUL - The Republic of Korea formed a military-police investigation body to probe the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's claims of the ROK's drone...

Hamas says ready to dissolve its government bodies

GAZA - Hamas announced on Saturday that it has decided to dissolve all its government bodies in the Gaza Strip, in preparation for handing...

Meta shuts 550,000 accounts on Australia’s kids social media ban

said it has shut down almost 550,000 accounts in Australia to comply with the country’s landmark social media ban for children.The social media...

Trump says US mulling ‘some very strong options’ on Iran

WASHINGTON/TEHERAN/CAIRO/UNITED NATIONS - US President Donald Trump said Sunday that his administration is weighing "some very strong options", including potential military action against Iran,...

Human remains found amid Australia bushfires, police say

SYDNEY - Human remains were found in Australia's southeast where bushfires raging for days have razed buildings, cut power to thousands of homes and...

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