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COVID-19: Seoul govt to sue Shincheonji founder

The Seoul city government said on Sunday that it will sue Lee Man-hee, the founder of Shincheonji Church, and the 12 leaders of the sect's branches for violation of the law of infectious disease p

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Palestinian Islamic Jihad official says ceasefire reached with Israel in Gaza

A senior official in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) announced that a ceasefire with Israel in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip has come into effect on Monday night. The ceasefire ends two days of ten

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Google confirms it again removed alleged spying tool ToTok from Google Play

In December, The New York Times reported a popular messaging app called ToTok was actually a spying tool used by the government of the United Arab Emirates to track users’ conversations, locatio

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Police fatally shoot one person during traffic violation stop in Alaska

Police shot and killed a man in a vehicle Sunday when it was stopped by police officers for traffic violation investigation near the Merrill Field airport in downtown Anchorage in the U.S. state of A

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Chinese spokesperson refutes U.S. accusation of cyber theft of trade secrets

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tuesday said the Chinese government and military and their relevant personnel had never engaged in cyber theft of trade secrets. Spokesperson Geng Shuang made

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CPC unveils rules for handling reports, accusations

The General Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee has published working rules for handling reports and accusations by disciplinary inspection

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UN condemns attacks on Libya's Tripoli airport

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Sunday condemned attacks on the capital Tripoli's Mitiga airport, as the armed conflict between the eastern-bas

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Iran condemns U.S. "mistreatment" of Iranian travelers at U.S. airports

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi on Saturday condemned U.S. authorities for what he called "mistreating" Iranian nationals at the border posts upon ent

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Myanmar denies genocide in Rakhine, calls for correct ICJ decision

Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar's Rakhine state walk towards a refugee camp at Teknaf, Bangladesh, September 28, 2017. /AP Photo Myanmar took note of International Court of Justice's (ICJ) decis

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Huawei CFO's extradition hearing starts in Vancouver

The extradition hearing of China's Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou begins here Monday in the Supreme Court of British Columbia. Meng was arrested on Dec. 1, 2018 at Vancouver Internation

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Huawei's Meng faces extradition hearing Monday, here's what led to it

More than a year has passed since Canadian authorities arrested Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou at Vancouver airport on a request from the United States who charged Meng and Huawei with bank and wire fraud i

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China urges countries to abide by one-China principle after Taiwan leadership election

China opposes any forms of official ties between Taiwan and countries that have diplomatic relations with China, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Sunday, urging co

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Saudi Arabia condemns "Iran's violation of Iraqi sovereignty"

Saudi Arabia on Thursday condemned Iran's attacks on Iraqi bases hosting U.S. forces as a "violation of Iraqi sovereignty", the official Saudi Press Agency reported. "

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Iraqi PM calls on U.S., Iran to "show restraint, respect Iraqi state"

The Iraqi caretaker Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi on Wednesday called on the United States and Iran to exercise self-restraint and respect the Iraqi state after the

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Japanese court forfeits Ghosn's bail amid moves to prevent future bail jumpers

The Tokyo District Court will forfeit the 1.5-billion-yen (14 million U.S. dollars) bail money posted by former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn, who fled Japan

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Iraq summons U.S. ambassador over deadly airstrikes in Iraq

The Iraqi Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that it had summoned the U.S. ambassador to Iraq over U.S. airstrikes against the paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces in western

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Iraq sues U.S. gov't over deadly strikes in Iraq: statement

The Iraqi Foreign Ministry said on Sunday it has filed a complaint against the U.S. government to the United Nations Security Council over U.S. airstrikes against the