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North Korea holds 70th anniversary parade, without ICBMs

N Korea

  Sept 9: Thousands of North Korean troops paraded through Pyongyang Sunday as the nuclear-armed country celebrated its 70th birthday, followed by artillery and tanks,

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Japan
Death toll rises, flights resume, power back in Japan quake

  JAPAN, Sept 8: Japanese rescue workers and troops searched Saturday for the missing for a third straight day in a northern hamlet buried by landslides from a powerful earthquake.

Wildfires
Trucks abandoned as California wildfire shuts down I-5

  CALIFORNIA, Sept 6: Both directions of a major highway connecting California and Oregon were closed and evacuations were ordered Wednesday when a fast-moving wildfire swept through a wilderness area.

Japan
Landslides leave dozens missing after quake hits Japan’s Hokkaido

  September 6: A powerful 6.6-magnitude quake rocked the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido Thursday, killing two people, collapsing homes, and triggering landslides that left dozens missing. Multiple, large-scale landslides

Pompeo
Pompeo lands in Pakistan seeking ‘reset’ in ties with Islamabad

  Sep 5: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed in Islamabad Wednesday to meet new Prime Minister Imran Khan, saying he was hoping to “reset the relationship” with Pakistan

Typhoon
Japan evacuates major airport after typhoon wreaks havoc

  JAPAN, Sep 5: A major airport that was cut off when a huge typhoon smashed through its sole access road was being evacuated Wednesday, as Japan grappled with devastation

worker
75 hotel workers arrested at Labor Day protest in California

  SAN FRANCISCO, Sep 4:  San Francisco police arrested 75 hotel workers protesting outside the J. W. Marriott’s Westin St. Francis hotel on Labor Day for blocking a street in

Egypt president approves law clamping down on social media

CAIRO: Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has ratified a law granting authorities the right to monitor social media users in the country as part of tightening internet controls, the official

accident
Three ministers resign over deadly Bulgaria bus crash

SOFIA, Sep 1: Bulgaria’s ministers of public works, transport and interior affairs resigned on Friday after heavy criticism directed at the government over a deadly tourist bus crash. “The three

McCain
McCain salute: One of nation’s ‘bravest souls’ in war, peace

  WASHINGTON, Sep 1 — Congressional leaders saluted John McCain Friday as a model of service in war and peace and “one of the bravest souls our nation has ever