Magnitude 5.9 quake strikes southern Iran, no casualties reported - TV
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake on Thursday struck Iran's southern province of Bushehr, which is home to a nuclear power plant, state television reported. There were no immediate reports of casualties or d
EU official, Zuckerberg discuss privacy protection
European Commission Vice President for the digital single market Andrus Ansip said on Wednesday he had met with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and discussed privacy protection and countering disinformat
Trump says he will maintain maximum pressure until N.Korea denuclearizes
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that a campaign of maximum pressure on North Korea will continue until Pyongyang denuclearizes. Trump, speaking at a joint press conference with Japanese Prime
Ronaldo backheel earns Madrid late draw with Bilbao
Cristiano Ronaldo's superb backheel late in the game earned Real Madrid a point in a 1-1 draw with Athletic Bilbao at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium on Wednesday in La Liga. The Portuguese forward flic
EU waves sanctions threat over Venezuela vote
The European Union warned on Thursday that it could impose further sanctions on Venezuela, threatening "appropriate measures" if democracy in Venezuela were undermined by elections to be held in a mon
Kyrgyzstan cabinet falls in surprise no-confidence vote
Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov sacked his cabinet on Thursday after a surprise no-confidence vote in parliament amid an apparent power struggle between the head of state and the leader of the ru
Japanese volcano erupts, spitting out smoke and rock; no injuries
A volcano in Japan erupted on Thursday, shooting clouds of smoke and rocks into the sky, and prompting authorities to ban access to the peak, but there were no reports of any damage or casualties. The
Saudi Arabia says two al Qaeda militants killed in Yemen
Coalition-backed forces killed two al Qaeda militants in Yemen in a raid in the southern province of Abyan on Wednesday, the Saudi government media office said. It described Murad Abdullah Mohammed al
Castro nears retirement as Cuban president, lawmakers vote on successor
Cuba's Raul Castro was just hours away from retiring as president on Wednesday, with his vice president Miguel Diaz-Canel set to replace him in a shift that will usher in the island's first non-Castro
China carries out low-key live fire drills after warning Taiwan
China has conducted live-fire military drills along its southeast coast after increasingly stern warnings by Beijing for neighbouring Taiwan to toe the line, but the exercises were more low key than h
California, Trump administration reach deal on National Guard
California said on Wednesday it had reached a deal with the Trump administration to provide 400 National Guard troops to combat criminal gangs, human traffickers and illegal firearm and drug smugglers
Cambodian journalists charged with espionage denied bail
A court in Cambodia on Thursday declined to grant bail to two journalists who have been charged with espionage for filing news reports to a U.S.-funded radio station. The case of the two, Uon Chhin an
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