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  Trump downplays N Korea missile launches on Japan visit

  Agence-France-Presse . Tokyo | Updated at 11:57am on May 26, 2019

  US president Donald Trump Sunday downplayed recent North Korean missile launches as he teed off a state visit to Japan with a round of golf...

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  Trump in Japan for sumo summit with Abe

  Agence France-Presse . Tokyo | Updated at 05:00pm on May 25, 2019

  US president Donald Trump arrived in Japan Saturday for a four-day state visit likely to be dominated by warm words and friendly images, but...

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  North Korean missile test violates UN resolution: Bolton

  | Updated at 02:00pm on May 25, 2019

  United States national security adviser John Bolton said...

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  Afghanistan mosque blast kills cleric

  Reuters . Kabul | Updated at 12:47am on May 25, 2019

  A bomb exploded in a mosque in the Afghan capital, Kabul, during Friday prayers, officials said, killing three people including a senior preacher and wounding...

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  Four more deaths on Everest

  Agence France-Presse . Kathmandu | Updated at 09:00pm on May 24, 2019

  A traffic jam of climbers in the Everest ‘death zone’ was blamed for two of four new deaths reported Friday, heightening concerns that the drive...

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  China denounces US claim of Huawei, Beijing tie

  Reuters . Beijing | Updated at 02:30pm on May 24, 2019

  China on Friday denounced US secretary of state Mike Pompeo for fabricating rumours after he said the chief executive of China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd...

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  Taiwan celebrates Asia’s first same-sex marriages

  Reuters . Taipei | Updated at 02:28pm on May 24, 2019

  Same-sex couples tied the knot in emotional scenes in Taiwan on Friday, the first legal marriages in Asia hailed by activists as a social revolution...

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  Malaysian officials go undercover to spy on fasting Muslims

  Agence-Frarnce-Presse . Malaysia | Updated at 12:00am on May 24, 2019

  Malaysian officials are disguising themselves as cooks and waiters to catch Muslims who don’t fast during Ramadan, with a rights group Thursday blasting the ‘disgraceful...

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  Six dead after election riots in Jakarta

  Agence France-Presse . Jakarta | Updated at 11:53am on May 22, 2019

  At least six people died and 200 were injured in civil unrest in the Indonesian...

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  Hundreds protest as Indonesia confirms president’s re-election

  Reuters . Jakarta | Updated at 12:00am on May 22, 2019

  Indonesian president Joko Widodo comfortably won re-election in last month’s poll, an official count showed on Tuesday, throwing the spotlight on his opponent who refused...