SEOUL, (APP/AFP) – North Korea on Saturday appeared to have test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), Seoul’s defence ministry said, a day after the US and South Korea decided to deploy an advanced missile defence system in the South. “The North launched what was believed to be an SLBM from waters off the (northeastern) port […]
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N. Korea test-fires submarine-launched missile: Seoul
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Reported hate crimes surged around Brexit vote: UK police
LONDON, (APP/AFP) – Hate crimes surged in Britain before and after the June 23 EU referendum, police said on Friday, following a campaign dominated by a divisive debate about immigration. Although police attributed the increase in part to greater vigilance by officers and greater awareness among the public, more than 3,000 incidents were reported to […]
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Five soldiers killed in S.Sudan clashes
JUBA, (APP/AFP) – Five soldiers have been killed in a shootout in South Sudan’s capital Juba, army and former rebel officials said Friday, in the latest blow to a shaky peace deal. “There were military clashes yesterday (Thursday) around 8 pm. Five soldiers have been killed in the incident,” said Nyarji Roman, a spokesman for […]
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Sanders expected to endorse Clinton next week: report
NEW YORK, (APP/AFP) – US senator Bernie Sanders, who battled Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination, is expected to endorse her next week at a rally in New Hampshire, the New York Times reported Thursday. Three Democrats involved in planning Tuesday’s event, who spoke to the US newspaper on condition of anonymity, said the […]
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Iraq PM sacks Baghdad security chief after deadly bombing
BAGHDAD, (APP/AFP) – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi sacked the head of the security command responsible for Baghdad after a bombing in the capital killed 292 people, his office said on Friday. Abadi issued “an order to relieve the Baghdad Operations commander of his position, and relieving security and intelligence officials in Baghdad of their […]
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Rio’s police kill, torture with impunity: rights group
RIO DE JANEIRO, (APP/AFP) – Police in Rio de Janeiro state, which hosts next month’s Olympics, killed at least 645 people last year and 8,000 over the last decade, a rights group said Thursday. The toll includes dozens of execution-style killings in addition to the lethal violence used during standard police work in the state, […]