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TOKYO ~ US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Japanese leaders this week that North Korea’s nuclear ambitions are “disruptive”... Read More →

WASHINGTON ~ In his first major military move, President Barack Obama approved this week the deployment of 17,000 more troops... Read More →

ALEXANDRA ~ Arsonists lit a wildfire that killed 21 people and are suspected of starting another that razed a whole... Read More →

HARARE ~ Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was sworn in as prime minister on Wednesday, joining President Robert Mugabe in... Read More →

TEL AVIV ~ Israel’s tight election this week race risks plunging the country into unprecedented turmoil that is likely to... Read More →

BADEN BADEN ~ Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has warned that the situation in his homeland is “very... Read More →

TEHRAN ~ Iran said on Wednesday that a fatwa ordering the death of British writer Salman Rushdie was still valid... Read More →

WASHINGTON ~ Two satellites collided in space hundreds of kilometers above Earth, destroying an Iridium commercial satellite in a crash... Read More →

BRUSSELS ~ Iran and North Korea’s may flex their missile muscle as a new US president takes office but this... Read More →

TEHRAN ~ Iranians shouted “independence, liberty, Islamic republic” during the revolution that toppled the US-backed monarchy, but hopes for freedom... Read More →