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JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the outgoing US ambassador to the United Nations after she resigned on Tuesday, following a tenure in which she asserted Washington’s support for Israel. “I thank ambassador Nikki Haley for her uncompromising struggle against the hypocrisy of the UN,” he wrote in Hebrew on his official Twitter account, wishing her success in her future endeavours. Haley has been a favourite in Israel as she pushed […]
by Ryan McMorrow Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — Beijing’s international image took a self-inflicted bruising with a secretive investigation into the former Chinese head of Interpol, highlighting its ruthless tactics even as it seeks global goodwill in a trade spat with the United States, analysts said. The election of Meng Hongwei as head of Interpol in 2016 was a triumph for President Xi Jinping’s bid to burnish China’s international profile through leadership […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong’s leader Tuesday refused to say why the city had denied a visa to a leading Financial Times journalist, despite escalating demands for an explanation of the unprecedented challenge to freedom of the press. Victor Mallet, the FT’s Asia news editor and a British national, angered authorities in Beijing and Hong Kong by hosting a speech at the city’s press club by Andy Chan, the leader of a […]
by Raziye Akkoc with Fulya Ozerkan in Istanbul Agence France Presse ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday asked Saudi officials to prove their claim that missing journalist and Riyadh critic Jamal Khashoggi left the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Erdogan’s comments’ came after media reports said his government sought permission from Saudi authorities to search the consulate premises in Istanbul. Khashoggi, a Washington Post contributor, vanished last Tuesday after entering the […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs is monitoring the situation in North Sulawesi in Indonesia following the eruption of Mt. Gamalama there. Consul General Oscar Orcine said the three Filipinos in Ternate near the area are so far safe. The three, the DFA said, are inmates serving prison terms. Two were convicted a year and a half ago for illegal fishing and are scheduled to be released in May. The other, on the other hand, has […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — International inspectors will be allowed into North Korea’s dismantled nuclear testing site, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday, after a meeting with Kim Jong Un in which he said “significant progress” was made towards denuclearisation. Pompeo met with the North Korean leader in Pyongyang on Sunday to rekindle stalled denuclearisation talks following a landmark summit between Kim and US President Donald Trump in Singapore. “Chairman Kim said he’s […]
PALU, Indonesia (AFP) — Nearly 2000 bodies have been recovered from Palu since an earthquake and tsunami struck the Indonesian city, an official said Monday, warning the number would rise with thousands still missing. The death toll from the twin disaster on Sulawesi island that erased whole suburbs in Palu has reached 1,944, said local military spokesman M. Thohir. “That number is expected to rise, because we have not received orders to halt the search […]
by Ben Dooley, with Daniel Abelous and Pierre Pratabuy in Lyon Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — Beijing announced Monday the Chinese head of Interpol, who vanished after returning to his homeland, was under investigation for possible criminal activity, and the world police organization said he had resigned. The revelations came as Meng Hongwei’s wife voiced concern for his life after receiving a final text message from his phone with a knife emoji. Beijing […]
by Sunghee Hwang Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Kim Jong Un has agreed to hold a second summit with US President Donald Trump as soon as possible, Seoul said Sunday, after Washington’s top diplomat held “productive” talks on denuclearization with the North Korean leader in Pyongyang. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Kim on Sunday morning for around two hours of talks followed by a lunch in the North’s capital, […]
by Amelie BARON Agence France Presse GROS-MORNE., Haiti (AFP) — A strong aftershock sent panicked residents fleeing into the streets on Sunday — hours after a 5.9-magnitude earthquake killed at least 12 people along Haiti’s northwest coast. AFP journalists in the Caribbean nation of 11 million reported strong shaking, felt around the coastal city of Port-de-Paix. It was not immediately clear if it had done any notable damage. Saturday’s quake, centered 12 miles (19 kilometers) […]
HONG KONG (AP) — Britain has expressed concern over freedom of speech in its former colony Hong Kong after authorities refused to renew the work visa of a senior editor of the Financial Times. A statement dated Friday said Britain has asked for an explanation as to why Victor Mallet’s visa renewal application was rejected. “Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy and its press freedoms are central to its way of life, and must […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — As many as 5,000 people are believed missing from the quake and tsunami that struck Indonesia’s Palu city, an official said Sunday, an indication that far more may have perished in the twin disaster than the current toll suggests. Indonesia’s disaster agency say they have recovered 1,763 bodies so far from the 7.5-magnitude and subsequent tsunami that struck Sulawesi on September 28. But there are fears that two of the […]
