A South Korean delegation arrived in North Korea, Tuesday, for a three-day tour of Mount Geumgang and the Masikryong Ski Resort, where inter-Korean events will take place ahead of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics next month. The visit came a day after a North Korean delegation returned to Pyongyang following a two-day visit to the South […]
Continue reading …The US is dispatching a diplomatic team to Europe next week to outline “flaws” in the Iranian nuclear deal, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said. “We have a team traveling – actually, they’re coming to Europe,” Tillerson said according to Reuters citing the US reporter traveling with him. The team would explore “how we can address […]
Continue reading …Turkish troops have taken control of 11 Kurdish positions and created “safe zones” in neighbouring Syria’s northwestern region of Afrin, according to Turkish media. Turkey’s military announced its first fatality of the campaign [AP] Turkey’s military announced its first fatality of the campaign [AP] Reports on Tuesday said the army, aided by Free Syria Army […]
Continue reading …Protesters carry signs during a march on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Times Square, called Rally Against Racism: Stand Up for Haiti and Africa in New York January 15, 2018. (AFP Photo) U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Monday defended President Donald Trump on his recent comments disparaging immigration from Africa and Haiti, telling […]
Continue reading …Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticized the US call to limit the time and scope of his nation’s operation in Afrin, Syria, pointing to Washington’s decades-long military presence in other countries FILE PHOTO. US and NATO in Kabul, Afghanistan. © Omar Sobhani / Reuter “The Afrin operation will end when it reaches its goal […]
Continue reading …Residents take part in a drill at Tokyo Dome City in Tokyo on Monday morning. Photo: AFP Hundreds of Tokyo residents scrambled for cover Monday in the Japanese capital’s first evacuation drill for a military attack since World War II, amid ongoing tensions over North Korea’s nuclear program. A loudspeaker blared out a terrifying warning at the […]
Continue reading …Italian Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre has been made a senator for life by the country’s president Sergio Mattarella. File photo of the Italian Senate: Andreas Solaro/AFP The announcement was made to mark 80 years in 2018 since Italy’s Fascist government introduced racial laws discriminating against Jews. Aged just eight at the time, Segre was expelled […]
Continue reading …ISLAMABAD: A Senate Standing Committee has proposed an amendment to the Pakistan Penal Code, which suggests that any person involved in kidnapping or abduction of children below the age of 14 should be hanged in public. PHOTO: FILE The meeting, held at the Parliament House on Monday, was chaired by Senator Rehman Malik. The panel also passed […]
Continue reading …BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:27 P.M.) – Following the link up of two key Syrian Arab Army fronts in the area around the Abu Duhur military airport several days ago, various formations now stationed near provincial border of Aleppo and Idlib are moving north along it having seized seven settlements so far in rapid succession. On Saturday, […]
Continue reading …A conservative activist sets fire to a picture of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and the North’s flag in front of Seoul Station Monday in protest against the North’s participation in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. / Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul Conservative protesters on Monday burned a picture of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un […]
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