HONG KONG, (APP/AFP) – A British lecturer who taught in Hong Kong has been found dead in mainland China and was “possibly” murdered, police said, with fears his disappearance three weeks ago was linked to a million-dollar property deal. Local media reported Hilary Bower, 60, had been murdered, but Hong Kong police would confirm only […]
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British teacher found dead in China ‘possibly murdered’: Hong Kong police
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Strict Indonesian province canes non-Muslim for selling booze
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, (APP/AFP) – An elderly Christian woman has been caned in a conservative Indonesian province for selling alcohol, the first time someone from outside the Islamic faith has been punished there under strict religious laws. The 60-year was whipped nearly 30 times with a rattan cane before a crowd of hundreds in Aceh […]
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Trump, Clintons go way back, new documents show
NEW YORK, (APP/AFP): These days, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton fire plenty of withering invective at each other in the battle for the White House. But the billionaire tycoon, seeking the Republican presidential nomination, was once on good terms with the Clintons, newly released documents show. A 450-page trove of records released on Tuesday by […]
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Italian minister to visit Tripoli, first by top Western official since 2014
ROME, (APP/AFP) – Italy’s foreign minister is to visit Tripoli on Tuesday, Rome said, the first trip to the Libyan capital by a senior Western official since 2014. The ministry did not say how long Paolo Gentiloni’s visit would last, though he is also expected in Tunis on Tuesday for an international conference on Libya, […]
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Afghan Taliban announce start of ‘spring offensive’
KABUL, (APP/AFP): The Afghan Taliban announced Tuesday the start of their “spring offensive” even as the government in Kabul tries to bring the insurgents back to the negotiating table to end their drawn-out conflict. The Taliban said in a statement they would “employ large-scale attacks on enemy positions across the country” during the offensive they […]
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Belgium charges two new Brussels attacks suspects: prosecutors
BRUSSELS, (APP/AFP) – Belgium has charged two new suspects with terrorist offences in connection with last month’s deadly Brussels airport and metro attacks, the federal prosecutor’s office said Tuesday. A statement said Smail F. and Ibrahim F. were “charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist group, terrorist murders and attempts to commit terrorist […]