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- Large blast heard in centre of Afghan capital
KABUL (Reuters) - A large blast was heard in the centre of the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Friday with a Reuters witness hearing heavy shooting directly afterwards. More »
North Korea says will take "positive steps" for peaceBy Terril Yue Jones and Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING (Reuters) - A North Korean envoy told China's president on Friday that his reclusive country was willing to take More »
New bird flu strain may be capable of spreading from human to …By Lavinia Mo HONG KONG (Reuters) - The H7N9 bird flu virus may be capable of spreading from human to human and can be transmitted not only through direct contact More »
- Korean women scrap meeting Japanese mayor over brothel remar …
By Yoshiyuki Osada OSAKA, Japan (Reuters) - Two elderly South Korean women forced to work in Japanese war-time military brothels cancelled a meeting on Friday with More »
- Iran denies it has forces in Syria
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran denied on Friday it had forces in Syria supporting President Bashar al-Assad's army, one day after foreign backers of his rebel foes demanded More »
Video shows British police shooting soldier's suspected kill …LONDON (Reuters) - Dramatic video footage showing the moment when police shot the two men suspected of hacking to death a soldier in London was published on a More »
- BA plane makes Heathrow emergency landing after engine fire
LONDON (Reuters) - A British Airways plane travelling from London to Oslo was forced to make an emergency landing at Heathrow on Friday after a technical fault in More »
- China says hopes visit of North Korean envoy can ease tensio …
BEIJING (Reuters) - China hopes that this week's visit by a senior North Korean envoy can ease tension in the region and help spur efforts to rid the Korean More »
Russia's oldest human rights group fights "foreign agent" ta …MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's oldest human rights group went to court on Friday to try to stop state prosecutors forcing it to register as a "foreign agent" under a More »
- Magnitude 8.2 earthquake strikes Russian Far East
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck off Russia's eastern coast on Friday, briefly prompting a tsunami scare but causing no casualties or More »
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