
Ex-prisoner becomes chief of staff to South Korea's Moon Jae
In a speech at the National Assembly hours after being declared the victor of Tuesday's election, Moon pledged to work for peace on the Korean Peninsula amid growing worry over the North's expanding nuclear weapons and missiles program. Another issue Moon will be forced to address is the dispute with China over America's deployment of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile shield in South Korea.
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Trump calls for additional sanctions on North Korea following latest missile launch
The US has an "ironclad commitment" to face the North Korean threat alongside its allies, the White House statement said. The launch served as a call for all nations to implement stronger sanctions against reclusive North Korea, the White House added.
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Pope confers sainthood on Virgin Mary-viewing Portuguese siblings
In Fatima, Pope Francis said that "we have gathered here to give thanks to God for the countless graces bestowed over these past hundred years" starting here in Portugal and extending to "the four corners of the earth". Lucas and the pope embraced. His doctors said he would be severely mentally disabled or in a vegetative state if he even survived. Normally, a candidate must be associated with at least two miracles.
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Trump Says Wants to Move Quickly to Nominate New FBI Director
Mr Trump fired Mr Comey on Tuesday, later saying that "he wasn't doing a good job". If appointed, she would be the FBI's first female director. "I didn't ask that question", Trump said in an interview with Fox News' Jeanine Pirro that aired Saturday night.
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Thousands of Opposition Women March in Venezuela against Repression
They were particularly incensed by a recent decree that creates a 500-member constituent body to rewrite the constitution, a step that would bypass the opposition-controlled National Assembly . On Wednesday, Armando Canizales, 17, was killed after being struck in the neck at a protest in a city east of Caracas . Two people died when a vehicle tried to avoid a protester barricade in the state of Carabobo, Venezuela's Civil Protection agency tweeted late on Tuesday.
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America's 'emotional obsession' with Russia 'will end soon,' Kremlin says
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived at the White House and entered from its exclusive West Executive entrance, out of range for reporters to ask questions. The agreement calls for the creation of four "de-escalation zones" to shore up a ceasefire, ban flights and allow for humanitarian aid deliveries. Washington gave the deal a skeptical welcome, rejecting Tehran's proposed role as a guarantor even as it expressed hope the agreement could set the stage for a later settlement.
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North Korea Launches Missile, Trump Speculates On Russia Response
This is the first provocative move from North Korea since South Korea appointed Moon Jae-in as the country's new President on Wednesday. "With the missile impacting so close to Russian soil in fact, closer to Russia than to Japan the President can not imagine that Russia is pleased", it said.
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Donald Trump Says James Comey 'Should Have Never Exonerated' Hillary Clinton
The White House barred reporters from witnessing the meeting between Mr Trump and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, but granted access to Russian state media. Former FBI Director James Comey has declined an invitation to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee next week, a spokesman for the committee confirmed to Fox News Friday.
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Some abducted Chibok schoolgirls refuse to be 'freed', says negotiator
Some parents of the kidnapped girls are in the capital, Abuja. A military and a civilian militia source in Banki, near the Nigerian border with Cameroon, said "at least 80" girls were brought to the town late afternoon on Saturday. The extended trip prompted wild speculation in Nigeria about the state of Buhari's health-or even whether he had died-but the president's team has remained tight-lipped about the nature of his illness.
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Hamas elects Haniyeh to lead terror group
For his first appearance as Hamas leader, Haniyeh chose a symbol of elusive Palestinian unity - a solidarity tent where several political factions are represented, including Hamas and the Fatah movement of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Unprecedented global 'ransomware' attack seeks cash for data
And all this may be just a taste of what's coming, a cyber security expert warned. However, it is possible to ward off these attacks by "immunizing" both organizational and private computers, a statement from the authority stressed. The Scottish Government said other public bodies are running checks on their systems as a precaution ahead of the start of the working week. Europol, the European Union's police agency , said the onslaught was at "an unprecedented level and will require a ...
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Jindal meeting back-channel diplomacy, Sharif tells Pak Army
After Sharif met Bajwa with his explanation, the Pakistan army chief took other army commanders into confidence over the high profile visit. Amid the tensions between India and Pakistan, Jindal was supported by some important Indian officials while the civilian leadership had informed the military authorities that Sharif's meeting with Jindal was a part of back-channel diplomacy.