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Pakistan Hunts for New PM as Sharif’s Ousting Divides Country

Pakistan’s ruling party was to meet with parliamentarians Saturday to begin nominations for an interim prime minister after the Supreme Court ousted premier Nawaz Sharif, a polarizing move which plunged the country into political uncertainty. Sharif became the 15th prime minister in Pakistan’s 70-year history, which it has been under ...

July 29, 2017

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N. Korea leader says ‘all US’ within range after missile test

Kim Jong-Un boasted of North Korea’s ability to strike any target in the US after a second ICBM test that weapons experts said Saturday could even bring New York into range — in a potent challenge to President Donald Trump. China condemned the test but US Secretary of State Rex ...

July 29, 2017

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No Response from North Korea as Proposed Talks Loom: Seoul

North Korea has not responded to South Korea’s offer to hold military talks Friday, Seoul said, on Thursday. “There has been no response yet,” defense ministry spokesman Moon Sang-Gyun told journalists, adding that preparations were still underway in case the proposed meeting goes ahead. Seoul’s defense ministry on Monday offered ...

July 20, 2017

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Four People Shot Dead in SW Pakistan

Gunmen ambushed a car and killed four family members in southwest Pakistan on Wednesday, police said. The men sprayed bullets at the vehicle of the Hazara family travelling to Karachi as they passed through Choto, a town some 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of the Balochistan provincial capital Quetta.

July 19, 2017

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S. Korea Seeks Rare Talks with North to Ease Military Tensions

South Korea on Monday offered to hold rare military talks with the North, aiming to ease tensions after Pyongyang tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile. The offer of talks, the first since South Korea elected dovish President Moon Jae-In, came as the Red Cross in Seoul proposed a separate meeting ...

July 17, 2017

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N. Korea Likely Has More Plutonium Than Previously Thought: Monitor

New images of North Korea’s main nuclear facility show that the communist regime has apparently produced more plutonium for its weapons program than previously thought, a US monitor said, as tensions soar over Pyongyang’s ambitions. The respected 38 North website, a monitoring project linked to Johns Hopkins university, said Friday ...

July 15, 2017

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Japan Flood Death Toll Rises to 30

The death toll from heavy rains and flooding in Japan’s south has risen to 30, officials said Thursday, while rescue workers continued their efforts to find survivors. Heavy seasonal rains last week caused severe flooding that tore up roads and destroyed houses on the southern island of Kyushu, with hundreds ...

July 13, 2017

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Gunmen Kidnap Afghan Bus Passengers, Killing at Least Seven

Afghan authorities on Wednesday recovered the bullet-riddled bodies of seven passengers kidnapped by gunmen in the western province of Farah a day earlier, in an attack blamed on Taliban insurgents, police said. The violence, which underscores the fragile security situation in Afghanistan, came after Taliban fighters closed a highway connecting ...

July 12, 2017

World

North Korea: US Pushing Korean Peninsula to Brink of Nuclear War

North Korea has issued a stern message regarding US military activities on the Korean Peninsula, warning that the US is pushing the peninsula to the brink of nuclear war. “The US, with its dangerous military provocation, is pushing the risk of a nuclear war on the peninsula to a tipping ...

July 9, 2017

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US, S.Korea Send North Missile Warning after ICBM Test

South Korea and the United States fired off missiles Wednesday simulating a precision strike against North Korea’s leadership, in response to a landmark ICBM test described by Kim Jong-Un as a gift to “American bastards”. Tuesday’s launch — acknowledged as an ICBM by Washington — marked a milestone in Pyongyang’s ...

July 5, 2017