TOKYO, (APP/Anatolia): Japan’s prime minister sent a ritual offering Monday to a shrine for the country’s war dead on the 71st anniversary of the end of World War II, a gesture that has previously drawn protests from neighbors over Tokyo’s approach toward its militarist past. According to local news agency Kyodo, World War II ended […]
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Japan PM sends war shrine offering on WWII anniversary
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No shots fired at New York’s JFK airport: Police
NEW YORK, (APP): Emergency agencies rushed to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport in response to a report Sunday night that shots had been fired, but there was no gunfire, authorities said. Police declared early Monday that the two terminals where reports emerged had been searched and cleared. They said they have not found […]
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UN authorizes force of 4,000 troops to S. Sudan
UNITED NATIONS, United States, (APP/AFP) – The UN Security Council on Friday authorized the deployment of a robust force of 4,000 troops to South Sudan after heavy fighting set back efforts to end the country’s devastating war. The council adopted a US-drafted resolution that also threatened to impose an arms embargo on South Sudan if […]
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Zetas gang leader rearrested in Mexico: officials
MEXICO CITY, (APP/AFP) – Mexican police have rearrested a top member of the violent Zetas drug gang who was freed last year, officials said Friday. Federal officers detained Luis Reyes Enriquez, known as “Z12”, one of the founders of the cartel. The group is considered to be one of the forces behind a wave of […]
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Putin dismisses powerful chief of staff
MOSCOW, (APP/AFP): Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday unexpectedly dismissed his close ally and powerful chief of staff Sergei Ivanov, the Kremlin said in a statement. “Russian President Vladimir Putin has decreed to relieve Ivanov of his duties as head of the Russian presidential administration,” the statement said, adding that Ivanov would now serve as […]
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Ukraine accuses Russia of plotting unrest amid Crimea tensions
KIEV, (APP/AFP) – Ukraine on Friday accused Russia of planning to stoke further unrest as the international community sought to ease tensions after the two sides ramped up security around the disputed Crimean peninsula. Russia’s FSB security service said on Wednesday it had thwarted “terrorist attacks” in Crimea this week by Ukrainian military intelligence and […]