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Taliban Attack on German Consulate in Afghanistan Kills Six

The death toll from a powerful Taliban truck bombing at the German consulate in Afghanistan’s Mazar-i-Sharif city rose to at least six Friday, with more than 100 others wounded in a major militant assault. The Taliban said the bombing late Thursday, which tore a massive crater in the road and ...

November 11, 2016

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Japan Says PM Abe to Meet with Trump Next Week

A Japanese official says Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet with US President-elect Donald Trump next week. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters Thursday that Abe and Trump had talked by telephone and confirmed the importance of the Japan-US alliance and their commitment for cooperation. Their meeting “marks a ...

November 10, 2016

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S. Korea Says Trump Pledged Commitment to Its Defense

US President-elect Donald Trump pledged his commitment to defending South Korea under an existing security alliance during a phone call with South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Thursday, her office said. Trump had said during the election campaign he would be willing to withdraw US military stationed in South Korea ...

November 10, 2016

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North Korea Urges Shift from US, Seoul Says It Has Trump’s Support

North Korea on Thursday warned the incoming Donald Trump administration will have to acknowledge it as a nuclear state, as the South said the maverick billionaire had pledged to protect it. The United States maintains it cannot accept North Korea as a nuclear power, despite it conducting five nuclear tests ...

November 10, 2016

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China Jails 49 over Giant Explosions

Chinese courts Wednesday jailed almost 50 people over last year’s giant explosions in the port of Tianjin that killed 165 people, state media reported. The blasts at a chemical warehouse owned by Rui Hai International Logistics sent a huge fireball soaring into the sky and mangled structures kilometers away. Social ...

November 9, 2016

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S. Korea President Takes Fresh Hit over PM Nominee

South Korea’s scandal-hit president Park Geun-Hye suffered a fresh blow Tuesday as she effectively agreed to withdraw her chosen nominee for prime minister in the face of parliamentary opposition. Park had sought to replace her prime minister as part of an extensive cabinet reshuffle aimed at restoring public trust in ...

November 8, 2016

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Addicts Clash with Police at Vietnam Rehab Center

Police fired tear gas at dozens of drug addicts trying to escape from a compulsory rehab center in Vietnam Monday, just weeks after a mass breakout from the same facility. Drug addicts in communist Vietnam are forced to undergo up to two years of rehabilitation in treatment centers across the ...

November 7, 2016

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UN probes suspected US airstrike which killed 32 Afghan civilians

The United Nations is investigating accusations that up to 32 civilians were killed in a US airstrike in the volatile Afghan province of Kunduz last week, calling any loss of civilian life “unacceptable”. The strike early last Thursday triggered angry protests in Kunduz, with local officials saying at least 30 ...

November 7, 2016

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Death Toll Rises to 20 in Pakistan Ship-breaking Blast

The death toll from a recent explosion and fire at a Pakistan ship-breaking yard has risen to 20, officials said Saturday, as an inquiry committee met for the first time to determine responsibility. At least 59 others were wounded early this week when a gas cylinder exploded and started a ...

November 5, 2016

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Suicide attack in Afghanistan claimed by ISIL

Blast Kills 11 on Way to Afghan Wedding

A roadside bomb has killed 11 people on their way to a wedding in the northern Afghan province of Faryab, officials said Friday, as civilian casualties rise in the war-torn country. The blast occurred on Thursday just as 30 Afghan civilians were killed in US air strikes in the neighboring ...

November 4, 2016