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SEOUL ~ North Korea warned on Thursday that “dark clouds of nuclear war” were gathering over the peninsula and vowed... Read More →

GENEVA ~ Airlines need to tackle a “dramatic” plunge in revenues in the industry’s “worst” crisis ever, IATA said on... Read More →

YANGON ~ Myanmar’s junta said Thursday that an American man on trial for swimming to the house of Aung San... Read More →

ZAMBOANGA ~ Two soldiers and six members of an Islamic militant group holding an Italian Red Cross hostage were killed... Read More →

YANGON ~ Myanmar pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi believes the junta’s charges against her are “politically motivated,” her lawyer... Read More →

TEHRAN ~ Campaigning for Iran’s presidential election wrapped up on Thursday after three weeks of mass rallies, a series of... Read More →

PESHAWAR ~ Pakistan’s military said on Thursday troops had killed 66 militants in the last 24 hours, as an offensive... Read More →

FERNANDO DE NORONHA ~ The hunt for the wreck of an Air France jet that plunged into the ocean with... Read More →

CAIRO ~ US President Barack Obama vowed on Thursday to forge a “new beginning” for Islam and America in a... Read More →

LONDON ~ The world is sitting on a “powder keg” of social unrest, which risks exploding as human rights are... Read More →