Thirty-five Thai activists report to police after junta protest A group of Thai activists reported to police on Thursday to acknowledge charges brought against them, including charges of illegal assembly, after they staged a demonstration in Bangkok last month to protest a delay to a general election. Thirty-five out of […]
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Exclusive: Facing Trump’s demands, NATO to consider larger Iraq training mission The United States is renewing pressure on its European NATO allies to establish a long-term train-and-advise mission in Iraq, diplomats said, reviving a divisive issue for an alliance wary after more than a decade in Afghanistan. U.S. Secretary of […]
Pence says U.S. wants peaceful solution to North Korea crisis, but warns not to underestimate U.S. U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Thursday the United States wants to peacefully dismantle North Korea’s nuclear program but warned Pyongyang not to underestimate U.S. military strength or resolve. “Our forces are ready […]
ASEAN hopes to expedite code of conduct on South China Sea: Singapore The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is hoping to expedite negotiations on a code of conduct with China for the disputed South China Sea but it isn’t realistic to expect an agreement within a year, Singapore’s defense minister […]
German coalition negotiators push through until dawn German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) negotiated through the night into Wednesday in a marathon final push to try to nail down a new coalition agreement. Negotiators from the two blocs remained locked in talks just before dawn at […]
Polish president signs Holocaust bill, triggers Israeli, U.S. criticism Poland’s president signed into law on Tuesday a bill that imposes jail terms for suggesting the country was complicit in the Holocaust, prompting sharp criticism from Israel and the United States. Andrzej Duda said in a televised address the legislation would […]
Palestinian killed after wounding Israeli guard at West Bank settlement: military A Palestinian assailant was shot dead on Wednesday after stabbing a security guard at the entrance to a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military said. The civilian guard, stationed at the Karmei Tzur settlement north […]
Pence views Japan’s missile defense with North Korea on agenda for talks U.S. Vice President Mike Pence visited a Japanese Patriot PAC-3 missile battery, Japan’s last line of defense against any possible North Korean missile strike, in Tokyo on Wednesday on his way to the Winter Olympics in South Korea. […]
At least 4 dead in Taiwan earthquake, 145 missing Rescuers combed through the rubble of collapsed buildings on Wednesday, some using their hands as they searched for about 145 people missing after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck near the popular Taiwanese tourist city of Hualien overnight. At least four people […]
U.N. finds possible extrajudicial killings in El Salvador gang offensive Police and soldiers in El Salvador may have committed extrajudicial killings and used excessive force in their battle against violent street gangs in the Central American country, the United Nations said on Monday. Agnes Callamard, the UN Special Rapporteur on […]
