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South Korea resumes anti-North Korea propaganda broadcasts
As world leaders debated ways to penalize North Korea\'s claim of a fourth nuclear test, South Korea voiced its displeasure with broadcasts ...South Sudan leader names rebels to parliament, agrees power-sharing deal
South Sudan President Salva Kiir on Friday named 50 lawmakers from the rebel movement and agreed to share ministerial posts with his ...Syrian regime agrees to allow food aid into besieged Madaya
The Syrian government has agreed to allow humanitarian assistance into three beleaguered villages following reports of deaths from malnutrition in that part ...Knife-wielding man shot dead at Paris Police Station
French police shot dead a man wielding a meat cleaver after he tried to enter a police station on Thursday, the anniversary ...Chinese stock markets closed after shares slump 7%
China stock markets closed for the day less than half an hour after opening Thursday when shares fell more than seven percent, ...North Korea claim of hydrogen bomb test draws global condemnation
The UN Security Council met Wednesday for emergency talks to condemn North Korea after its claim of a successful hydrogen bomb test ...Canadian dollar hits lowest level since 2003
The Canadian dollar, weighed down by weak oil prices, fell Wednesday to its lowest level against the American currency since August 2003, ...Qatar recalls ambassador to Iran
Qatar has recalled its ambassador to Iran following an attack on the Saudi Arabian embassy in Tehran, state media in Doha said ...Swiss billionaire Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, 53, pregnant with twins
Swiss multi-billionaire businesswoman Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, the 53-year-old chair of French conglomerate Louis Dreyfus Commodities and owner of the Olympique de Marseille football ...Malaysia Airlines lifts baggage ban on Europe flights
Malaysia Airlines said Wednesday it has lifted a ban on check-in baggage on flights to Paris and Amsterdam, after the move angered ...




