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TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Monday that the United States would regret violating the nuclear deal and that Iran would respond in “less than a week” if that happened. “We will not be the first to violate the accord but they should definitely know that they will regret it if they violate it,” Rouhani told a conference to mark National Nuclear Technology Day in Tehran. “We are much more prepared than they […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) — Thousands of students across Bangladesh staged protests and sit-ins Monday after clashes at the country’s top university left at least 100 people injured. Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at Dhaka University students fighting what they consider “discriminatory” government job quotas in favor of special groups. It was one of the biggest protests faced by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in her decade in power. A minister was due to meet […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China has banned exports to North Korea of 32 “dual-use” items that can be applied in the development of weapons of mass destruction, the commerce ministry said. The list of items, which include radiation monitoring equipment and software that can be used to model fluid dynamics or neutrons, is in line with a UN Security Council resolution adopted in September to curb North Korea’s ballistic missile and nuclear programs. The ban […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A 5.6-magnitude quake hit western Japan early Monday, injuring five people and damaging buildings and roads, as officials warned stronger tremors could come in the days ahead. The shallow tremor was gauged as magnitude 5.6 by the US Geological Survey and 6.1 by Japan’s meteorological agency on the Richter scale. It rocked the west of the main island of Honshu, 96 kilometers (60 miles) north of Hiroshima, at 1:32 am (1632 […]
VATICAN CITY (AFP) — The Vatican said on Saturday a monsignor who was a former advisor at its US embassy in Washington has been arrested on suspicion of watching child sex abuse. A Vatican statement said that an arrest warrant had been issued for Carlo Alberto Capella, which was carried out by the Vatican Gendarmerie. “The accused is being detained in a cell in the barracks of the Gendarmerie Corps, available to the judicial authorities,” […]
DAMASCUS, Syria (AFP) — A missile attack on a Syrian military airport left several dead and wounded, state media said Monday after the US warned Damascus and its allies over an earlier suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held town. The strike on the Tayfur air base in the central province of Homs, came as international outrage mounts over an attack on Saturday in the rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta. “Several missiles hit the Tayfur airport. Our […]
by Rob Lever Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Amid a firestorm over Facebook’s data privacy scandal, Mark Zuckerberg appears before US lawmakers this week with mounting pressure for new regulations for social media platforms. The 33-year-old chief executive is expected to face a grilling before a Senate panel Tuesday, and follow up with an appearance in the House of Representatives the following day. His appearance comes amid a raft of inquiries on […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump on Sunday said he sees an end to the escalating trade dispute with China, after tit-for-tat retaliatory tariffs and threats that rattled markets. “China will take down its trade barriers because it is the right thing to do,” Trump said in a tweet. “Taxes will become reciprocal & deal will be made on Intellectual Property. Great future for both countries!” He added that he and China’s […]
by Tom BARFIELD and Deborah COLE in Berlin Agence France Presse MUNSTER, Germany (AFP) — German authorities investigating a deadly van ramming attack focused Sunday on mental health problems of the driver, as the city of Muenster mourned for the two people killed on a sunny afternoon at an open-air restaurant. “There are strong indications at the moment that this was a lone perpetrator and that there were no links to the terror scene,” federal […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — North Korean officials have told their US counterparts that Kim Jong Un is ready to discuss denuclearization, an assurance that could pave the way for a meeting with President Donald Trump, reports said Sunday. It is the first time the offer was made directly to Washington after it was previously conveyed through South Korean national security adviser Chung Eui-yong. “The US has confirmed that Kim Jong Un is willing to […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — An alleged chemical attack in Syria’s rebel-held Douma has sparked international outrage, with Washington warning Sunday of possible military action, while Damascus and Moscow said the reports were mere “fabrications”. What happened? Syria’s White Helmets, who act as first responders in rebel-held areas of Syria, said the attack took place late on Saturday using “poisonous chlorine gas”. “More than 500 cases — the majority of whom are women and children — […]
by Rouba El Huss by Rouba El Husseini Agence France Presse BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — An alleged chemical attack that left dozens dead in Syria’s rebel-held town of Douma sparked international outrage Sunday, with US President Donald Trump warning there would be a “big price to pay”. As condemnation of Saturday’s attack poured in, rebels began evacuating Douma, the last sliver they held of their one-time stronghold Eastern Ghouta, under a deal with Syria’s […]
