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  Hokkaido officials and Japan’s Self-Defense Force personnel are seen in a prefectural government building in Sapporo on Friday,after a North Koreanballistic missile flew over Hokkaido.  Photo: KYODO TOKYO:The entire international community must come together to stop the threat from North Korea, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday after the North again launched a ballistic missile over […]

MINSK, 14 September (B elTA)– An air defense operation was practiced on the first day of the Belarusian-Russian strategic army exercise Zapad 2017, BelTA learned from Vladimir Makarov, Head of the Information Office, Press Secretary of the Central Office for Ideology of the Belarusian Defense Ministry, on 14 September. On the first day of the […]

Shooting and car bomb attacks claimed by ISIL kill at least 74 people in southern Thi Qar province. Thi Qar is located about 320km southeast of Baghdad [Haidar Hamdani/AFP/Getty Images] At least 74 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in twin gun and car bombing attacks near the city of Nasiriyah in southern Iraq, according to a […]

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe leaves the stage after participating in a discussion at the World Economic Forum on Africa 2017 meeting in Durban, South Africa May 4, 2017./REUTERS Zimbabwe Constitution requires it to hold elections by July 2018. It seems unlikely that the countrys political system will be reformed in time to ensure the election […]

Photo: DPA Chancellor Angela Merkel is the clear frontrunner in general elections 10 days away, but a sleepy campaign is now heating up as other parties jostle to rule with her. The battle over the make-up of Merkel’s fourth government would potentially impact Berlin policy on everything from immigration and Russia relations to climate. “The […]

Six students who survived the pre-dawn blaze at a religious school here are in critical condition, a Hospital Kuala Lumpur spokesman said today. (Bernama photo) The nation was rocked today with news that a deadly fire broke out at a religious school in Kampung Datuk Keramat. The blaze, at the Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah tahfiz school, […]

People are staring at Halima Aden, and it’s for one of two reasons: She’s dressed very differently from everyone else at this New York City restaurant, and she’s stunningly beautiful. The people gawking at the model include a family in matching pastel-blue sweaters, a jet-lagged Italian couple, and a bevy of thin blondes swaddled in […]

FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a military drill in Pyongyang. © KCNA / Reuters Pyongyang says it is the time to “annihilate” the US and turn it into “ashes” for initiating the latest round of sanctions. The North has also threatened Washington’s allies in the region, vowing to “sink” Japan and […]

President Trump meets Sept. 6 with Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and other congressional leaders in the Oval Office of the White House. (Evan Vucci/AP) Democratic leaders announced late Wednesday that they agreed with President Trump to pursue a legislative deal that would protect hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants from deportation and […]

Led by Fatemeh Khavari, refugees and their supporters have been holding a sit-down strike in Stockholm for over a month, protesting deportations to Afghanistan. Photo: Stina Stjernkvist/TT What drives someone to spend over a month sleeping outdoors in protest? The Local spent 24 hours with refugee youngsters on Stockholm’s streets to find out why they […]