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by Joe Dyke and Sakher Abou El Oun Agence France Presse GAZA City, Palestinian Territories (AFP) — Palestinian mourners in the Gaza Strip on Saturday were burying their dead, including a journalist, after Israeli troops killed nine during the latest border clashes in a week of bloodshed. Thousands of protesters approached the border fence around Gaza for a second Friday in a row, burning tires and hurling stones at Israeli forces, who responded with […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck a remote part of Papua New Guinea on Saturday, US seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage. The quake struck at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) some 195 kilometers west of the town of Mount Hagen, the US Geological Survey said. Much of the Pacific nation is mountainous and remote, meaning it often takes days for information about damage from […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea’s disgraced former president Park Geun-hye was jailed for 24 years Friday for corruption, closing out a dramatic fall from grace for the country’s first woman leader who became a figure of public fury and ridicule. The sentence followed a trial lasting more than 10 months which ended with Park being found guilty on multiple criminal charges, including bribery and abuse of power. “The amount of bribery the accused received […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea’s disgraced former president Park Geun-hye was found guilty of abuse of power, bribery, and coercion by a Seoul court Friday. “The accused is guilty of abuse of power,” said Judge Kim Se-yoon, ruling that Park had forced companies to donate a total of 77.4 billion won ($72 million) to two foundations controlled by her secret confidante Choi Soon-sil. Park’s sentencing will follow the verdicts on the remaining charges […]
by Paavan MATHEMA Agence France Presse BHAKTAPUR, Nepal (AFP) — A Chinese climber who lost both legs to frostbite on Everest four decades ago is hoping to finally reach the summit after Nepal’s top court overruled a controversial government ban on blind and double amputee climbers. Xia Boyu is the first double amputee to be given a permit to climb the world’s highest mountain after the ban was revoked. The 69-year-old said the measure, introduced […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Officials from North and South Korea discussed protocol headaches and other logistics of a rare summit later this month, which will see Kim Jong Un become the first North Korean leader to set foot in the South since the end of the Korean War. Kim and the South’s president Moon Jae-in are due to meet on April 27 at the South’s side of the demilitarized zone for the landmark inter-Korean […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will pay an official visit to France on Monday and Tuesday, the French presidency confirmed Thursday. The 32-year-old prince, who is the Gulf kingdom’s de facto political leader, will meet President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday to discuss “a new strategic partnership”, with a particular focus on investment in renewable energy and the digital economy, Macron’s office said. © Agence France-Presse
by Raziye Akkoc and Maria Panina Agence France Presse ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) — The presidents of Iran, Turkey, and Russia vowed to work for a lasting ceasefire after over seven years of civil war in Syria, following a summit aimed at boosting both peace prospects and also their influence in the country. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Iran’s Hassan Rouhani, and Russia’s Vladimir Putin reaffirmed their commitment to cooperating for “the achievement of a lasting […]
by Douglas Gillison © Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The escalating confrontation between Washington and Beijing inched closer to all-out trade war on Wednesday after China threatened retaliation against key US exports. Beijing unveiled plans for painful import duties targeting politically-sensitive US exports, including soybeans, aircraft and autos, to retaliate against looming US tariffs on more than 1,000 Chinese goods. Wall Street opened sharply lower but investors apparently later decided their fears might […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — The corruption verdict and sentencing of South Korea’s former president Park Geun-Hye will be televised live, Yonhap said Tuesday, in a case that could see her jailed for 30 years. The 66-year-old Park, daughter of a former dictator, was ousted from power in March 2017 following months of street protests. She has been in police custody for almost a year over a wide-ranging corruption scandal, which exposed shady links between […]
by Bhuvan BAGGA Agence France Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — Low-caste Dalits fought street battles with police on Monday that left at least six dead as protests against a Supreme Court rights ruling swept across large swathes of India. Protesters clashed with security forces, attacked buses and government buildings, and blocked trains and major roads. Four were reported dead in the central state of Madhya Pradesh, one in Uttar Pradesh and one in Rajasthan, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump will meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe April 17-18 to discuss the US president’s planned summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and other matters, the White House said Monday. Trump and Abe will meet at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida where they “will discuss the international campaign to maintain maximum pressure on North Korea,” the statement said. The meeting, the third between Trump and Abe, will […]
