Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says Japan faces the severest security environment in the region since the end of World War II and pledged to push a military buildup under a newly adopted security …
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI
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1/23/23
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Turkey’s president has announced May 14 as the date for the country’s next parliamentary and presidential elections. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who plans to seek reelection, made the …
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1/22/23
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Somalia’s government says five civilians were killed when al-Qaida-linked extremists stormed a regional government office in the capital. The founder of an ambulance service told The Associated …
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By OMAR FARUK
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1/22/23
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One of Haiti’s nearly 200 gangs ambushed a police unit, sending gunfire echoing through the streets in an unexpected area — a mansion-lined stretch of the country’s capital, Port-Au-Prince. The …
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By MEGAN JANETSKY
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1/22/23
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The Russian parliament speaker has warned that countries supplying Ukraine with more powerful weapons risked their own destruction. The message follows new pledges of armored vehicles, air-defense …
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By ANDREW MELDRUM
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1/22/23
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Outrage over a Quran-burning protest in Sweden produced a second day of protests in Turkey. Some 250 people gathered outside the Swedish Consulate in Istanbul, where a photo of Danish anti-Islam …
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1/22/23
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Italy’s chief diplomat has held talks Sunday with Egyptian officials in Cairo that focused on ties between the two countries, migration, and the political stalemate in the conflict-stricken Libya. …
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By SAMY MAGDY
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1/22/23
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A handful of Arab chief diplomats have met in the Libyan capital in a gathering boycotted by powerful foreign ministers who argued that the mandate of the Tripoli-based government has ended. Five of …
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By SAMY MAGDY
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1/22/23
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fired a key Cabinet ally, heeding a Supreme Court ruling commanding him to do so and deepening a rift over the power of the courts. Netanyahu announced …
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By TIA GOLDENBERG
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1/22/23
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The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is the second Cabinet member heading to Africa as part of President Joe Biden’s big push to engage with the world’s second-largest continent. The U.S. …
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By EDITH M. LEDERER
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1/22/23
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