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U.S.-Russia tensions on the rise

WithU.S.-RussiatensionsontheriseespeciallyoverdisagreementsinvolvingthewarinSyria,U.S.expertssaidthatthoughnotashostileastheywereintheColdWar,tiesarecertainlyat

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Hidden Trove of Suspected Nazi Artifacts Found in Argentina

InahiddenroominahousenearArgentina’scapital,policebelievetheyhavefoundthebiggestcollectionofNaziartefactsinthecountry’shistory,includingabustreliefofAdolfHitler

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Japan can't buy pride by fabricating its history of war crimes

ToshioMotoya,presidentofTokyo-basedlanddeveloperandoperatorofAPAGroup,isagainplayinghisfavoritegameofmanipulatinghistoricalevidencethroughanewbook,whichhitbooks

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UN urged to probe whereabouts of Sri Lanka's missing people

COLOMBO,May23(APD)-HundredsofmothersinSriLankasformerwartornnorth,whoselovedonesaremissingeveneightsyearsaftertheislandsdeadlycivilwarended,haveurgedthenewUnite

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Gunman opens fire on police in Sri Lanka

AnunidentifiedgunmanopenedfireonFridayonpoliceinSriLanka’sformerLTTEstrongholdofKilinochchi,adayafterTamilsobservedtheeighthanniversaryoftheendofthethree-decade

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Philippines rejects European grants: EU

ThePhilippineswillnolongeracceptgrantsfromtheEuropeanUnion,theEUdelegationtoManilasaidThursday,followingrepeatedtiradesfromPresidentRodrigoDuterteoveritscritici

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Philippines rejects European grants

The Philippines will no longer accept grants from the European Union, the EU delegation to Manila said Thursday, following repeated tirades from President Rodrigo Duterte over its criticism of his deadly drug war.

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Putin praises military at WW2 victory parade

Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised the sacrifices of the Soviet people in World War Two, addressing the armed forces in Moscow.

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How do Syrian children explain the war?

On the fifth anniversary of the Syrian war, we ask children to explain how the war has affected them.

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Japanese Emperor Akihito meets children of Tokyo’s second world war soldiers during Vietnam visit

Japan’s royal couple on Thursday listened to the tearful stories of Vietnamese children who were abandoned by their Japanese soldier fathers after the second world war, a symbolic meeting in Hanoi aimed at healing wounds between the former war foes.

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No chance of trade war between China and US, says Jack Ma in Davos

Ma tells panel at World Economic Forum in Davos to give Trump some time

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Damascus says Israel missiles caused airbase explosions

The Syrian army said on Friday that Israeli missile strikes caused a series of explosions at an airbase outside Damascus before dawn.

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Huanting paintings from the battlefield of war

For Remembrance Day, Fisun Güner looks at how World War One shaped the life and work of the great British artist, Paul Nash.

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Japan's Prince Mikasa fought war in China dies at 100, "just cause far from facts"

Japan's Prince Mikasa, uncle of Japanese Emperor Akihito, died of cardiac arrest at a Tokyo hospital at the age of 100 on Thursday, the Imperial Household Agency said.

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Yemen Houthi rebels welcome UN-proposed 72-hour ceasefire

​Yemen's dominant Shiite Houthi group and its ally of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh's party welcomed on Tuesday a United Nations-proposed 72-hour ceasefire to facilitate humanitarian aid access to the war-stricken Arab country.

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85 Japan lawmakers visit controversial Yasukuni war shrine to mark autumn festival

​A group of 85 Japanese lawmakers visited a controversial war shrine on Tuesday (Oct 18), in an annual pilgrimage that has angered China and South Korea, who see it as a painful reminder of Tokyo's warring past.

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Japan PM sends ritual offering to notorious Yasukuni Shrine

​Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering Monday to the notorious Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo during the war-linked shrine's annual autumn festival, regardless of the feelings of the peoples of Japan's Asian neighbors.