BEIJING, May 21 — North Korea released a Chinese fishing boat today after it was taken from waters between the two countries, the boat’s owner said, in an incident that had proven a new irritant in ties between the often uneasy allies.
Chinese counsellor to North Korea Jiang Yaxian had told state media earlier that North Korea had “grabbed” the ... Read More
A tornado approaching Oklahoma City in the US, May 20, 2013, before tearing through the suburb of Moore, killing at least 51 people. — Reuters pic Read More
MOORE, Oklahoma, May 21 — At least 91 people, including 20 children, were feared killed when a 3.2km-wide tornado tore through an Oklahoma City suburb, trapping victims beneath the rubble as one ... Read More
AMMAN, May 21 — Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas have fought their biggest battle yet for Syria’s beleaguered president, prompting international alarm that the civil war may spread, and an urgent call for ... Read More
KAMPALA, May 20 — Police raided a leading Ugandan newspaper and disabled its printing press and website today after it published a letter about a purported plot to stifle allegations President Yoweri ... Read More
JERUSALEM, May 20 — Finance Minister Yair Lapid, whose new centrist party is the second largest in Israel’s government, said today thousands of Jewish settlers would have to be removed from occupied land ... Read More
AMMAN, May 20 — About 30 Lebanese Hezbollah fighters and 20 Syrian soldiers and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have been killed in the fiercest fighting this year in the rebel stronghold of ... Read More
JUBA, May 20 — South Sudan's army has retaken an eastern town captured by rebels two weeks ago, a military spokesman said today, in a conflict that has uprooted thousands of people and hampered government ... Read More
SANTIAGO, May 20 — A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile today, the US Geological Survey said, but Chilean emergency authorities said they saw no prospect that the tremor would generate ... Read More
TRIPOLI, May 20 — Three people have been killed and about 40 wounded in two days of fighting in Lebanon’s northern city of Tripoli, security sources said today, as sectarian violence spilled over from the ... Read More
SEOUL, May 20 — North Korea fired its fifth short-range missile in three days today and condemned South Korea for criticising what it said were its legitimate military drills.South Korea’s Defense ... Read More
ISTANBUL, May 20 — A hot-air balloon flying over Cappadocia, a tourist destination in central Turkey, crashed after colliding with another balloon today, killing a Brazilian passenger and injuring 24 ... Read More
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