February 4, 2017 Sweden unveils new climate law, criticizes Trump Sweden has criticized climate skeptics — in particular the new U.S. government — as the Scandinavian country unveiled its first climate law promising zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045 and a 70 percent cut to emissions in the transport sector.
February 4, 2017 Afghan children direct traffic on mountain pass for $4 a day On a mountain pass outside Afghanistan's capital, trucks barreling down the highway slow down when 11-year-old Sedaqat waves his homemade sign to warn of a hairpin turn.
February 4, 2017 Mattis warns NKorea against any attack on US or its allies In an explicit warning to North Korea, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has asserted that any use of nuclear weapons by the North on the United States or its allies would be met with what he called an "effective and overwhelming" response.
February 3, 2017 Philippine president ends ceasefire with communist rebels Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ended the government's ceasefire with communist rebels after six months and ordered troops to get ready to resume fighting after the guerrillas lifted their own truce and killed troops in fresh attacks.
February 3, 2017 Philippine factory fire put out; all workers accounted for A fire at a Philippine factory complex that injured 126 workers was finally put out Friday after two days, and an official said all employees had been accounted for.
February 3, 2017 Afghan official: Gunman kills cleric and his wife An Afghan official says an unknown gunman has fatally shot a cleric and his wife in the country's eastern Paktyka province.
February 3, 2017 South Korea president's office block prosecutors' searches South Korean officials Friday turned away prosecutors trying to search the president's mountainside compound, a confrontation that highlights the high stakes at play as investigators look into a scandal that knocked President Park Geun-hye from power.
February 3, 2017 Seoul says North Korea has fired state security chief North Korea fired its state security minister last month, presumably over corruption, abuse of power and torture committed by his agency, the government of rival South Korea said Friday.
