Trump-Kim summit: Trump may struggle to isolate North Korea again
10 June, 2018 Comments Off on Trump-Kim summit: Trump may struggle to isolate North Korea again
A man watches a television news screen showing US President Donald Trump (left) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at a railway station in Seoul, on May 25, 2018. PHOTO: AFP DANDONG, CHINA/SEOUL (REUTERS) – North Korean officials have toured China to discuss economic development. Speculators are snapping up property along their common border. […]
Continue reading …Trump trade fury torpedoes Canada’s G7 summit
10 June, 2018 Comments Off on Trump trade fury torpedoes Canada’s G7 summit
The G7 summit ended in farce and a renewed threat of global trade war on Saturday as US President Donald Trump abruptly rejected the text of a consensus statement and bitterly insulted the Canadian host. Just minutes after a joint communique that had been approved by the leaders of the Group of Seven allies was […]
Continue reading …‘Russia should be back in the G8’: Italy’s prime minister agrees with Donald Trump
10 June, 2018 Comments Off on ‘Russia should be back in the G8’: Italy’s prime minister agrees with Donald Trump
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte arrives in Canada for the G7. Photo: Geoff Robins/AFP In one of his first foreign policy statements, Italy’s new Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said that Russia should return to the G8. Conte was commenting from the G7 summit in Canada, where the leaders of Italy, France, Germany, the UK, Japan, Canada […]
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A Chinese Boeing 747-4J6 private jet is flying to Singapore after taking off from an airport in Pyongyang, North Korea’s capital, South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported on Sunday, citing a flight route-tracking website (https://www.flightradar24.com/CCA061/11ac2ef5). The takeoff of an Air China plane was detected at 8:30 a.m., according to Flightradar24. One hour later, Kim’s private […]
Continue reading …U.S. special ops soldier killed, 4 wounded in attack by extremists in Somalia By Mohamed Sheikh Nor, AP
9 June, 2018 Comments Off on U.S. special ops soldier killed, 4 wounded in attack by extremists in Somalia By Mohamed Sheikh Nor, AP
In this Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011 file photo, al-Shabab fighters march with their weapons during military exercises on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia. A U.S. special operations soldier was killed and four injured in an attack by al-Shabab extremists in Somalia’s Jubaland on June 8,2018. A U.S. operations soldier was killed and four wounded in an […]
Continue reading …Turkish, US forces to jointly patrol Syria’s Manbij
9 June, 2018 Comments Off on Turkish, US forces to jointly patrol Syria’s Manbij
US Secretary of Defence James Mattis (L) shakes hands with Turkish Defence Minister Nurettin Canikli prior to a meeting of NATO defense ministers at the NATO headquarters in Brussels. (AFP Photo) Turkey’s Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli said Saturday his meeting with the U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis in Brussels on the sidelines of NAC […]
Continue reading …Chinese hackers stole US sea warfare data, including on supersonic missile – report
9 June, 2018 Comments Off on Chinese hackers stole US sea warfare data, including on supersonic missile – report
Warships and fighter jets of Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy take part in a military display in the South China Sea April 12, 2018. © Stringer / Reuters Some 614 gigabytes on a secretive US Navy project was reportedly stolen from a contractor, who kept the data unclassified despite the sensitivity of the information, […]
Continue reading …Europeans oppose Trump’s call to readmit Russia to G7 france24(VIDEO)
9 June, 2018 Comments Off on Europeans oppose Trump’s call to readmit Russia to G7 france24(VIDEO)
European members of the G7 unanimously oppose US President Donald Trump’s call for Russia to be readmitted into the club, French President Emmanuel Macron’s office said Friday. © Saul Loeb, AFP | British Prime Minister Theresa May, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrive for a family photo during the G7 Summit […]
Continue reading …‘Let Russia back in,’ says Trump ahead of G7 meeting
9 June, 2018 Comments Off on ‘Let Russia back in,’ says Trump ahead of G7 meeting
US President Donald Trump walks to Air Force One prior to departure from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, June 8, 2018. (AFP Photo) President Donald Trump injected fresh drama into an already tense meeting of the Group of Seven major industrialized nations Friday, calling for Russia, ousted for the annexation of Crimea, to be reinstated. […]
Continue reading …UN urges Taliban to observe ceasefi
8 June, 2018 Comments Off on UN urges Taliban to observe ceasefi
AT-KABUL: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) welcomed the announcement made by the Government of Afghanistan for a temporary ceasefire with the Taliban, the agency said in a statement. Citing calls by more than 2,000 religious scholars gathered this week in Kabul to denounce the ongoing war and urge all parties to the […]
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