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French election's "third man" kicks off campaign for presidency

France's popular former economy minister, Emmanuel Macron, gets his campaign for the French presidency into gear with a rally in Paris on Saturday which should mark him out as a dark horse in the race for the Elysee. The 38-year-old Macron, once a protege of President Francois Hollande, has...

Putin visit to Japan not yet ripe for breakthrough

Russia’s President arrives in Japan on Thursday for a two-day summit meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the premier’s hometown of Yamaguchi in western Japan. For Japan, anything less than a breakthrough in a long-running dispute over ownership of four islands north of Hokkaido,...

Post-election, Trump closed companies tied to Saudi Arabia

President-elect Donald Trump shut down some of his companies in the days after the election, including four that appeared connected to a possible Saudi Arabia business venture, according to corporate registrations in Delaware. News of the move comes days before Trump is expected to describe...

Turkish jets kill 19 PKK terrorists in northern Iraq

At least 19 PKK terrorists were killed in airstrikes carried out by Turkish jets in northern Iraq, the military announced Saturday. The Turkish General Staff said in a statement that 19 terrorists had been "neutralized" in a security operation in the Gara region of northern Iraq. At...