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North Korean general Kim Yong Chol (left) also attended an inter-Korean summit at the truce village of Panmunjom last month (Korea Summit Press Pool/AFP / Korea Summit Press Pool/MANILA BULLETIN)

Top North Korean general on way to US ahead of summit: report

By Agence France-Presse A top North Korean general is headed for the United States in what would be the highest-profile visit in years, reports said…

29 May 2018 - 3:38 pm
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Iraqi men buy food in an open air market after breaking the fast during the holy month of Ramadan in the city of Mosul (AFP/MANILA BULLETIN)

Spirit of Ramadan returns to Iraq’s IS-free Mosul

By Agence France-Presse Under the cover of night in the Iraqi city of Mosul, Rayan and Ali break the silence by drumming to announce suhur,…

29 May 2018 - 3:35 pm
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FILE - In this undated file photo provided on Saturday, May 26, 2018, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects the construction site of the Wonsan-Kalma coastal tourist area in Gangwon-do, North Korea. The U.S.-North Korea summit appears to be back on track, but Pyongyang is showing increased impatience at comments coming out of Washington that what Kim really wants, even more than his nuclear security blanket, is American-style prosperity. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File/MANILA BULLETIN)

Analysis: North Korea sees US economic handouts as threat

By the Associated Press TOKYO -- The US-North Korea summit appears to be back on track, but Pyongyang is showing increased impatience at comments coming…

29 May 2018 - 3:32 pm
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French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed Libya's UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj before a meeting aimed at easing tensions in Libya (AFP / JACQUES DEMARTHON/MANILA BULLETIN)

Skepticism as France convenes Libya peace conference

By Agence France-Presse Rival Libyan leaders vying for influence in the fractured and war-scarred country meet in Paris on Tuesday for a major peace conference…

29 May 2018 - 3:15 pm
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Two women and three girls died, the youngest just four years old, and 14 others suffered injuries in the Solingen attack in 1993 (dpa/AFP / Oliver Berg/MANILA BULLETIN)

Tense Germany, Turkey mark deadly 1993 neo-Nazi attack

By Agence France-Presse Germany will hold memorial events on Tuesday for five ethnic Turkish victims of a neo-Nazi arson attack 25 years ago, at a…

29 May 2018 - 3:13 pm
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A fuel truck leaves a distrubution plant escorted by police in Brasilia (AFP / EVARISTO SA/MANILA BULLETIN)

Brazil, nine days into grinding strike, still a transport hell

By Agence France-Presse South America's economic giant, Brazil, remained almost in a transport stranglehold on Tuesday despite a pledge from the president that a nine-day…