Seoul (AFP) Sept 25, 2012 - New satellite imagery shows North Korea has halted work at a launch pad capable of testing intercontinental missiles, possibly setting the project back by up to two years, a US website reported Tuesday.
Tianjin, China (AFP) Sept 26, 2010 - After losing her job in the Chinese telecommunications industry five years ago, Zhao Weimin decided to start a business selling children's gifts in the northern port city of Tianjin.
Washington (AFP) Sept. 23, 2001 - Though all sides deny it, the US move to dispose of sanctions which punished India and Pakistan's 1998 nuclear tests is being seen as a prompt reward for their support of America's war on terrorism.
Caracas (AFP) Sept 15, 2025 - They are men and women, students and retirees.
Washington (AFP) Sept 22, 2022 - The United States and India will co-develop drones, a senior Pentagon official said Thursday, as Washington seeks closer ties with Delhi as a way of countering China.
Washington (AFP) Sept 16, 2021 - Forging a new three-way alliance with Britain and Australia to the anger of the French, US President Joe Biden has again made brutally clear - his top international priority, overriding all else, will be facing China.
Athens Sept 24, 2025 - A trial linked to the illegal wiretapping of politicians and journalists using the spy software Predator opens on Wednesday in Greece, three years after a scandal that rocked the country.
Washington (UPI) Oct 04 2006 - President George W. Bush pledged U.S. support for anti-terrorism efforts in Turkey, but concrete U.S. action seems a remote possibility, given America's split allegiances in the region. Our desire is ... to help people who care about a peaceful future to reject radicalism and extremism, Bush said at a joint press conference with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan after their private meeting at the White House Monday.
New York (AFP) Sept 24, 2014 - US President Barack Obama has pulled off a diplomatic coup, knitting together a coalition of Arab nations with differing agendas to strike jihadists, but experts question its long-term staying power.
Beijing (AFP) Sept 15, 2017 - China feeds North Korea's energy needs through the Sino-DPRK Friendship Oil Pipeline, but Washington wants Beijing to turn off the tap to pressure its neighbour into abandoning its nuclear programme.
Johannesburg (AFP) Sept 26, 2013 - Somalia's Shebab militia, which carried out a bloody attack on Nairobi's Westgate mall, is in part funded by the poaching trade, wildlife activists said Thursday.
Baghdad (AFP) Sept 26, 2011 - Widespread corruption throughout Iraq's government has hampered development, resulting in slow improvement of public services, the International Crisis Group said in a report published on Monday.
Copenhagen (AFP) Sept 30, 2025 - Denmark's support for Ukraine, its lack of anti-drone defences and this week's EU summit in Copenhagen could all explain the unidentified drone sightings over Danish airspace that have been widely blamed on Russia.
Jerusalem (AFP) Sept 19, 2024 - A series of deadly explosions targeting Hezbollah members this week in Lebanon came only days after Israel announced plans to expand its war in Gaza to its northern border with Lebanon.
Beijing (AFP) Sept 7, 2023 - Data from China on Thursday showing falling exports fanned more fears about a slowdown in the world's second-biggest economy, which has struggled with its post-Covid recovery.
Washington (AFP) Sept 2, 2015 - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday earned sufficient congressional backing to ensure the Iran nuclear deal does not get blocked, when a veteran Democrat became the crucial 34th senator to back the controversial accord.
