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Global climate protests begin in Australia before UN summit
Tens of thousands of protesters gathered Friday at rallies around Australia as a day of worldwide demonstrations calling for action to guard against climate...
Taliban attack third Afghan provincial capital in a week
The Taliban attacked a third provincial capital in Afghanistan in less than a week, killing at least two civilians, an official said Friday as...
Japan decides to revoke S. Korea’s preferential trade status
Japan on Friday decided to remove South Korea from a list of nations entitled to simplified export control procedures.
The cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo...
Japan plans to maintain intelligence-sharing pact with S. Korea despite frayed ties
Japan on Monday said it should maintain an intelligence-sharing pact with South Korea despite sinking bilateral ties between both countries.
"It is important for the...
G-20 leaders facing calls to protect growth, open trade
World leaders attending a Group of 20 summit in Japan that began Friday are clashing over the values that have served for decades as...
Hong Kong quiet now, but prospect of new protest looms large
Hong Kong's downtown was calm Friday after days of protests by students and human rights activists opposed to a bill that would allow suspects...
Iranian lawmaker says his country doesn’t want war with US
Iran will "under no circumstances" enter a war either directly or indirectly with the United States, a prominent reformist Iranian lawmaker said Wednesday, as...
Iran says US sanctions ‘unacceptable’ amid Gulf tensions
Iran's foreign minister on Thursday said sanctions imposed by the Trump administration are "unacceptable" but that his country is committed to an international nuclear...
Sri Lanka identifies group suspected in Easter bombings
The coordinated Easter Sunday bombings that ripped through Sri Lankan churches and luxury hotels, killing more than 200 people, were carried out by seven...
Rebuilding Notre Dame will be long, fraught and expensive
Notre Dame in Paris is not the first great cathedral to suffer a devastating fire, and it probably won't be the last.
In a sense,...
