Judge to rule on Assange’s bid to escape legal action in Britain WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will hear on Tuesday whether his legal bid to halt action against him for breaching bail has been successful, in a ruling that could pave the way for him to leave the Ecuadorean embassy […]
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Biggest U.S. force in years joins Thai military exercise The biggest U.S. force in years joined an annual military exercise in Thailand on Tuesday despite controversy over the Thai junta’s invitation to neighboring Myanmar’s army, which has been accused of ethnic cleansing. The United States scaled back attendance at Cobra […]
Trump tells Putin more steps needed to scrap North Korea nuclear programU.S. President Donald Trump, who complained last month that Moscow was "not helping us at all with North Korea," told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday that more needs to be done to scrap Pyongyang’s nuclear program, the White […]
South Africa’s ANC decides to remove Zuma as head of state: source South Africa’s African National Congress party executive committee has decided to “recall,” or remove, President Jacob Zuma as head of state, a senior ANC source told Reuters on Tuesday, after a 13-hour meeting of the party’s top leadership. […]
Philippines says more than 2,200 citizens in Kuwait want to go home More than 2,200 Filipinos are ready to take up President Rodrigo Duterte’s offer to repatriate workers from Kuwait due to reports of abuse, the Philippine labor minister said on Sunday. Duterte asked Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific on […]
Oxfam International boss says Haiti scandal ‘breaks my heart’ The executive director of Oxfam International said on Sunday she was heartbroken by a sexual misconduct scandal in Haiti involving aid workers that prompted Britain’s government to threaten to cut off aid funding to charities. Oxfam, one of Britain’s biggest charities, […]
Russian passenger plane crashes near Moscow; 71 dead A Russian passenger plane crashed near Moscow soon after take-off on Sunday, killing all 71 people on board, and investigators said they were looking at all possible causes. Temperatures were around minus 5 degrees Celsius with periodic snowfall when the short-haul AN-148 […]
Pence raises prospect of U.S. talks with North Korea: Washington Post The United States and South Korea have agreed on terms for further diplomatic engagement with North Korea, first with Seoul and then possibly leading to direct talks with Washington without pre-conditions, Vice President Mike Pence said in a newspaper […]
Taiwan earthquake toll rises to 14 dead Search and rescue workers found the bodies of two people believed to be members of a Chinese family trapped in a partially collapsed hotel in Taiwan on Saturday, bringing the death toll from this week’s earthquake to 14. Taiwan’s Central Emergency Operation Center […]
South Korea’s Moon hosts North Korean talks as Pence keeps up pressure South Korean President Moon Jae-in met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister on Saturday, hoping to translate Olympics detente into meaningful progress towards resolving a tense standoff over the North’s nuclear and missile programmes. Moon hosted talks […]
