Japanese city mayor resigns after sexual harassment claims TOKYO, June 4 (Xinhua) --

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Komae City Mayor Kunihiko Takahashi resigned on Monday after a lengthy period of sexual harassment allegations, local media reported.The 66old mayor from the city, west of Tokyo, who did not...

Top diplomats of S. Korea, U.S. hold phone talks over DPRK-U.S. summit

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SEOUL –Top diplomats of South Korea and the United States held a phone conversation on Monday over a summit between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the United...

North Korea 'military reshuffle' raises eyebrows in Seoul

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SEOUL – Seoul is monitoring developments in the North's military, it said Monday after reports Pyongyang replaced three of its top military officials ahead of a summit with the United...

48 migrants die after boat sinks off Tunisian coast

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TUNIS –The number of illegal immigrants killed after their boat sank off the southeastern coast of Tunisia on Sunday has risen to 48, according to the Ministry of Defense.  ...

Tunisia migrant death toll rises to at least 35: defence ministry

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TUNIS –The bodies of 35 migrants have been recovered off Tunisia's southern coast, the country's defence ministry said Sunday, revising upwards an earlier toll.  As of 1300 local...

16 people catch bird flu at Vietnam's hospital

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HO CHI MINH CITY – Vietnam's Health Ministry has recommended the public some measures to prevent A/H1N1 influenza after 16 people caught the virus from a patient at Ho Chi...

Syrian president to visit DPRK: KCNA

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PYONGYANG –Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said he wants to visit the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to meet with its top leader Kim Jong Un, the official Korean...

Nuclear-capable Agni-5 missile test-fired successfully

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Chandipur ,Odish, India – India on Sunday successfully test-fired nuclear-capable ballistic missile Agni-5 from Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast.  The missile was tested a...

India successfully test-fires nuclear capable Agni-V ballistic missile

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NEW DELHI –India Sunday successfully test-fired a surface-to-surface nuclear capable intercontinental ballistic missile Agni-V off Abdul Kalam Island in its eastern sate of Odisha, local media reported.  The...

Cuban parliament to draft new constitution

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HAVANA –Cuba's National Assembly of People's Power on Saturday started to draft a new constitution that will provide an updated legal framework for the ongoing economic transformation in the island...

10 killed in road crash in central Mexico

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MEXICO CITY –-- At least 10 people were killed when a cargo truck slammed into a passenger bus on Saturday in central Mexico State, local police reported.  The...

Qatar: a year of crisis in the Gulf

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DUBAI –It has been a year since Saudi Arabia and its allies cut ties with Qatar, sparking the biggest diplomatic crisis to hit the Gulf in years.  Here is a...

Catalan leader Quim Torra calls for talks with new Spain PM

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BARCELONA –Catalonia's separatist president Quim Torra called Saturday for talks with Spain's new prime minister, as his regional executive was sworn in at an emotional ceremony full of pro-independence symbolism.  ...

Pope to meet 5 abused Chilean priests

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VATICAN CITY –Pope Francis will on Saturday meet five Chilean priests who were sexually abused by another priest, Fernando Karadima, in an effort to heal their wounds and those of...

Saudi warns of military action if Qatar gets Russian missiles: report

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PARIS –Saudi Arabia has threatened military action against Qatar if it goes ahead and acquires Russia's top of the range S-400 air defence missile system, Le Monde daily reported.  ...