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US still owes WHO membership dues a year after withdrawal announcement

GENEVA - The United States, which announced...

Trump launches ‘Board of Peace’, draws criticism for undermining UN

DAVOS, Switzerland/GAZA/BRUSSELS/LONDON/MOSCOW/JERUSALEM -formally launched his so-called "Board...

Gunman at large after three shot dead in eastern Australia

SYDNEY - A gunman remained at large...

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US still owes WHO membership dues a year after withdrawal announcement

GENEVA - The United States, which announced its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) a year ago, has yet to pay its outstanding membership dues, a WHO press...

Trump launches ‘Board of Peace’, draws criticism for undermining UN

DAVOS, Switzerland/GAZA/BRUSSELS/LONDON/MOSCOW/JERUSALEM -formally launched his so-called "Board of Peace" on Thursday at a charter-signing...

Gunman at large after three shot dead in eastern Australia

SYDNEY - A gunman remained at large on Thursday night after three people were...

Japan’s cabinet approves decision to dissolve lower house

TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister 's cabinet on Friday adopted a decision to dissolve...

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...

Hiroshima, Nagasaki urge Japanese gov’t to uphold non-nuclear principles

TOKYO - The city assemblies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have adopted statements urging the Japanese government to adhere to the country's Three Non-Nuclear Principles,...

Australian bushfires raze homes, cut power to tens of thousands

SYDNEY - Thousands of firefighters battled bushfires in Australia's southeast on Saturday ​that have razed homes, cut power to thousands of homes and burned...

DPRK accuses ROK of flying drone in its airspace

PYONGYANG/SEOUL - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) accused The Republic of Korea of violating its airspace by flying a drone on Sunday,...

Yemen’s STC announces self-dissolution, backs Saudi-backed dialogue

ADEN, Yemen – Yemen's pro-secession on Friday announced its self-dissolution and the closure of all its offices inside and outside the country, the state...

Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei urges unity, slams US in address

TEHRAN - Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Friday urged people in Iran to preserve unity and said some protesters try to please the...

Victoria faces ‘dangerous’ fire day as heatwave bakes Australia

Authorities have issued several evacuation orders in Australia’s Victoria state as wildfires burn out of control, with parts of the country’s heavily populated east...

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,...

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