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Koala row threatens leader of Australia's biggest state
Sep 10, 2020 (AFP)
Angered by a new koala conservation law it says comes at the expense of farmers in New South Wales, the rural-based Nationals party withdrew its support for sta...
US troop drills in Lithuania as Belarus tensions mount
Sep 05, 2020 (AFP)
More than a dozen Abrams tanks crossed the Lithuanian border from neighbouring NATO partner Poland on Saturday afternoon, an AFP photographer said. The deployme...
Trump calls on Fox News to fire reporter over veterans flap
Sep 05, 2020 (AFP)
Trump came under fire after The Atlantic magazine reported that he had called Marines killed in action in World War I "losers" and "suckers" in connection with ...
Jamaica ruling party celebrates landslide victory
Sep 04, 2020 (AFP)
A party-like atmosphere had overtaken the prime minister's constituency in the capital Kingston even before the polls had closed, with scores of supporters -- c...
NATO to hold special meeting on Navalny poisoning
Sep 03, 2020 (AFP)
The North Atlantic Council will meet on Friday, with Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to address the media afterwards. German officials will brief the other 2...
NATO chief condemns 'shocking' Navalny Novichok poisoning
Sep 02, 2020 (AFP)
"The German government has announced that Alexei Navalny was the victim of an attack with a chemical nerve agent from the Novichok group. This is shocking, and ...
Trump losing military support in election: poll
Aug 31, 2020 (AFP)
The poll by the Military Times and the Syracuse University Institute for Veterans and Military Families found that half of servicemen and women have an unfavora...
Two Hong Kong opposition lawmakers among new protest arrests
Aug 26, 2020 (AFP)
Lam Cheuk-ting and Ted Hui were detained after early morning raids on their homes, adding to the mounting prosecutions targeting Beijing's critics in the restle...
NATO no 'excuse' for Belarus violence against protesters
Aug 26, 2020 (AFP)
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg repeated that NATO was not building up forces near Belarus, contrary to claims made by embattled strongman President Alexande...
Social media sites brace for attacks by Trump on US vote count
Aug 21, 2020 (AFP)
Trump has used Twitter in particular to stoke unsubstantiated doubts about mail-in voting, just months before Americans are expected to vote by mail in massive ...
Lukashenko rejects foreign mediation in post-election crisis
Aug 15, 2020 (AFP)
"We will not give up the country to anyone," state news agency Belta quoted Lukashenko as saying at a meeting at the defence ministry. "We don't need any foreig...
Japan fans hail Hong Kong 'Goddess of Democracy' Chow
Aug 13, 2020 (AFP)
The 23-year-old's arrest this week was headline news and lit up social media in Japan, far eclipsing the detention of other high-profile figures under Hong Kong...
Outcry over Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai's arrest
Aug 10, 2020 (AFP)
It was the latest police operation against dissidents under the sweeping new law and sparked a fresh round of condemnation over Hong Kong's stuttering freedoms....
Belarus declares landslide Lukashenko win after protest crackdown
Aug 10, 2020 (AFP)
Prominent rights group Viasna said one man was killed, dozens wounded and more than 300 arrested during the police crackdown overnight Sunday to Monday. The pro...
NATO condemns crackdown on Belarus protests
Aug 10, 2020 (AFP)
"NATO Allies have expressed serious concerns over the conduct of the presidential election in Belarus," Stoltenberg said, in a statement from the alliance's Bru...
China to decide fate of Hong Kong legislature after term expires
Aug 08, 2020 (AFP)
The Legislative Council elections scheduled for September 6 have been postponed for a year due the coronavirus pandemic. The top decision-making body of China's...
US slaps sanctions on Hong Kong leader for 'undermining autonomy'
Aug 07, 2020 (AFP)
In the most significant US action since China imposed a tough security law, Lam and the other leaders of the Asian financial hub will have any assets in the Uni...
Thai army chief says 'hatred of nation' bigger threat than virus
Aug 05, 2020 (AFP)
The kingdom has seen near-daily protests for more than two weeks by mostly young Thais, fuelled by their anger at a pro-military royalist government headed by f...
Pompeo vows to protect Hong Kong activists sought abroad
Aug 04, 2020 (AFP)
"The Chinese Communist Party cannot tolerate the free thinking of its own people, and increasingly is trying to extend its reach outside China's borders," Pompe...
Election 2020: Trump fights virus-driven push for vote-by-mail
Aug 04, 2020 (AFP)
Facing an uphill fight for reelection, Trump on Monday said he would sue Nevada to block the state from allowing all its voters to cast ballots on November 3 vi...
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