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Crowds rally in Hong Kong after activists jailedWorld NewsAug 20, 2017Thousands of supporters of three jailed young democracy activists took to the streets in Hong Kong Sunday to protest their sentences. Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow, leaders of the 2014 Umbre... -
North Korea slams upcoming joint US-South military exercisesNorth KoreaAug 20, 2017North Korea warned Sunday that the United States will be "pouring gasoline on fire" by conducting an annual war game in the South next week amid heightened tensions between Pyongyang and Washington. ... -
Korean arrested for duping Thais into sex tradeSocial affairsAug 20, 2017A South Korean man accused of duping over 20 Thai women into forced prostitution in his home country has been arrested in Bangkok, an officer said Saturday. The suspect surnamed Kim, 39, is believed... -
Spain police say suspects planned bigger attackWorld NewsAug 19, 2017BARCELONA (AFP) - Suspects in Spain's twin terror attacks had been planning an even bigger assault than the deadly car rampages they carried out, police said, as distressing details emerged of famili... -
13 dead, 100 injured in two Spanish seaside city attacksWorldAug 18, 2017BARCELONA - Drivers have ploughed into pedestrians in two quick-succession, separate attacks in Barcelona and another popular Spanish seaside city, leaving 13 people dead and injuring more than 100 o... -
Police warn of 'possible terrorist attack' south of BarcelonaWorld NewsAug 18, 2017Spanish police warned early Friday that agents had been deployed to a city south of Barcelona to counter a "possible terrorist attack," just hours after a van mowed into pedestrians killing 13 people...
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US condemns Spanish attack, pledges justice for terroristsWorld NewsAug 18, 2017The United States swiftly condemned Thursday's deadly attack in Barcelona and offered assistance to authorities in Spain. President Donald Trump, who remained out of public view for a second straigh... -
13 dead in Barcelona van carnage, 'terrorists' killed in another incidentWorld NewsAug 18, 2017BARCELONA - A van driver ploughed into crowds of pedestrians on Barcelona's most popular street in broad daylight on Thursday, killing 13 people in an attack claimed by the Islamic State jihadist gro... -
'Four suspected terrorists' shot dead south of Barcelona: policeWorld NewsAug 18, 2017Spanish police said they had shot dead "four suspected terrorists" and left another injured early Friday in Cambrils, a city south of Barcelona where a van mowed into pedestrians on Thursday, killing... -
Alibaba profit nearly doubles on robust revenuesWorld BusinessAug 17, 2017SHANGHAI -- Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba said Thursday its net profit almost doubled in the latest quarter on the back of solid revenue growth in its core shopping business and in cloud computing... -
Guam leader backs 'punch on the nose' for PyongyangNorth KoreaAug 14, 2017HAGATNA, Guam -- Guam's leader said Monday that "sometimes a bully can only be stopped with a punch in the nose", in a spirited defence of President Donald Trump's rhetoric against North Korea which ... -
Ivanka Trump denounces white supremacy, neo-Nazis after CharlottesvilleWorld NewsAug 13, 2017WASHINGTON (AFP) -- US President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka weighed in Sunday on the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia with an appeal for unity, saying there was "no place in society for raci...
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Enough evidence to convict Syria's Assad of war crimes: prosecutorWorld NewsAug 13, 2017GENEVA (AFP) -- A UN commission probing Syria rights abuses has gathered enough evidence to convict President Bashar al-Assad of war crimes, an outgoing member of the commission said in interviews pu...
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Senior Afghan IS members killed in US air strikeWorld NewsAug 13, 2017KABUL (AFP) -- Several senior Islamic State group members in Afghanistan -- including a provincial leader -- have been killed in a United States air strike, an official said Sunday. General John Nic...
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Guam residents pray for peace as North Korea deadline loomsNorth KoreaAug 13, 2017HAGATNA, Guam (AFP) -- The Catholic faithful in Guam led prayers for peace Sunday in the shadow of North Korean missile threat, with the western Pacific island's archbishop appealing for "prudence" a...
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