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by Abdul Hadi Habtor Agence France Presse RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Qatar’s emir skipped a summit in Saudi Arabia on Sunday with fellow Arab Gulf leaders whose boycott of the small but energy-flush neighbour has sparked a major regional diplomatic row. Riyadh is hosting the annual gathering as crises rumble on over the 18-month-old dispute with Doha, the war in Yemen and the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul. […]
YEREVAN, Armenia (AFP) — The electoral bloc of Armenia’s acting premier Nikol Pashinyan was in the lead according to early results in Sunday’s snap parliamentary elections triggered by the reformist leader, who is aiming to cement his political authority in the post-Soviet country. The bloc led by Pashiniayn’s Civil Contract party had 70.25 percent of the votes, and in second place with 9.15 percent was the Prosperous Armenia party, according to results from 25 percent […]
(Eagle News)–The body of a Filipina was found floating in a river in Sabah recently, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Saturday, Dec. 8. In a statement, the DFA said authorities were looking at the possibility the case of Madelyn Bernardo Asuncion, who was discovered by a plantation worker in Pengalan River in Melalap on Nov. 28, was a homicide. The DFA said the embassy in Malaysia is waiting for the official report of the incident […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea issued a raft of measures Friday to try to reverse one of the world’s lowest birth rates, offering potential parents increased benefits as it faces a looming population decline. The country’s fertility rate — the number of children a woman is expected to have in her lifetime — fell to 0.95 in the third quarter, the first time it has dropped below 1 and far short of […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Chinese state-run media on Friday condemned the arrest in Canada of a top executive of telecoms giant Huawei on a US extradition request as a “despicable rogue’s approach” to contain Chinese high-tech ambitions. The arrest of Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s chief financial officer, has angered the Chinese government and raised concerns that it could disrupt a trade war truce between the world’s two biggest economies. “The Chinese government should seriously mull over […]
by Miwa Suzuki with Thomas Watkins in Washington Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — One US Marine died and five were missing Thursday after two American military aircraft crashed during a refuelling operation off the coast of Japan, officials said. Japanese and US military officials earlier said two of the seven crew of the planes had been found. “One is in fair condition and the other has been declared deceased by competent medical personnel,” […]
by Miwa Suzuki with Thomas Watkins in Washington Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Rescue operations were underway Thursday for five US marines missing after two American military aircraft crashed during a refuelling operation off the coast of Japan, the Japanese defence minister said. One crew member has already been rescued and is thought to be in a stable condition, Takeshi Iwaya told reporters. A spokesman for the Japan Self-Defense Forces (SDF) said […]
PORT DICKSON, Malaysia (AFP) — Malaysia on Thursday torched nearly three tonnes of seized scales of endangered pangolins worth $9 million in a bid to deter illegal wildlife trafficking from Africa. The Southeast Asian nation is battling to clamp down on rife trafficking through its borders of the ant-eating mammals, whose scales are highly valued in traditional Chinese medicine. “Such a huge seizure and torching of it is definitely a blow to smuggling syndicates,” Abdul […]
by Thomas CABRAL Agence France-Presse LIBOS, Portugal (AFP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Portugal on Tuesday for a two-day visit to boost economic ties, despite concern in some EU capitals over China’s growing influence across the continent. “Relations between China and Portugal are entering their best period… We must develop existing projects and step up our commercial exchanges,” Xi said at a meeting with counterpart Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. His two-day stay will […]
by Staf Steel Agence France Presse WAMENA, Indonesia (AFP) — An Indonesian soldier was killed while investigating reports that more than two dozen construction workers were shot dead by separatist rebels in restive Papua province, officials said Tuesday. If confirmed, the killings would mark the deadliest bout of violence in years to hit a region wracked for decades by a low-level independence insurgency. Citing local police, Indonesian media reported late Monday that the workers were […]
by Michael Mathes Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania paid their respects Monday to late president George H.W. Bush, whose remains lay in state in the US Capitol. The Trumps made a brief visit to the Capitol rotunda, where Bush’s flag-draped coffin was resting as part of tributes to honor the 41st US president and commemorate his extraordinary life. Bush died peacefully Friday at age 94, […]
AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un could still visit Seoul for the first time in the next few weeks, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Tuesday, describing the possible trip as a major boost in efforts to make the peninsula nuclear-free. Moon and Kim have met three times in 2018 amid warming ties between the two Koreas, with Seoul hoping to host a first-ever visit by Kim to the South […]
