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TOKYO., Japan (AFP) — Japan stressed Friday that a decision by the US and South Korea to delay a huge military drill was not tantamount to an easing of the pressure on North Korea. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Tokyo, Washington, and Seoul remained committed to applying maximum pressure on the secretive regime. The three allies “have confirmed a shared policy to further increase pressure against North Korea,” Suga told a regular press briefing. […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Nuclear-armed North Korea on Friday accepted the South’s offer of talks next week, said Seoul’s Unification ministry, which oversees relations with Pyongyang. The meeting will take place in Panmunjom, the truce village in the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone that divides the peninsula. Tensions have been high after the North carried out multiple missile launches in 2017, including a number of ICBMs, and its sixth atomic test, by far its most powerful […]
by Catherine Triomphe Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A giant winter “bomb cyclone” walloped the US East Coast on Thursday with heavy snow and freezing cold that made for treacherous travel conditions and bone-chilling misery. Four people were reported killed in the southeastern states of North and South Carolina, where icy roads sent vehicles skittering. A cold wave gripping a large section of the United States had already been blamed for […]
by Dave Clark Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States added bite to its increasingly public spat with Pakistan over militant safe havens Thursday, suspending hundreds of millions of dollars in security assistance. President Donald Trump’s administration has expressed deep frustration at its South Asian ally’s failure to crack down on the Afghan Taliban and Haqqani group bases. Pakistan has pushed back strongly at Trump’s intemperate language, raising concerns that to row could undermine […]
by Paul Handley Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – The US Justice Department on Thursday reversed official policy that had tolerated the growing state-based movement to legalize marijuana sales, just three days after California formally permitted recreational use of the drug. Announcing a “return to the rule of law,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded five key memos issued by the administration of president Barack Obama that discouraged enforcement of federal laws, which still classify marijuana as […]
by Thomas Watkins with Eric Randolph in Tehran Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Washington slapped sanctions on five Iranian companies Thursday and called for an emergency UN Security Council meeting, further stepping up pressure on Tehran over the deadly unrest that has gripped the country. The US moves came even as Iranian authorities declared an end to the turmoil, and pro-regime demonstrators rallied across the nation while officials switched focus to addressing the economic […]
LIMA, Peru (AFP) — Rescuers recovered two more bodies Thursday from the scene of the crash after a bus plunged over a cliff in Peru, bringing the total death toll to 52. Lima police chief Victor Rucoba said there were no more bodies to recover, and that the focus now shifts to investigating the accident and determining its causes. The coach fell around 100 meters (330 feet) over a seaside cliff on Tuesday after a […]
by Usman Sharifi Agence France-Presse KABUL, Afghanistan – A suicide attacker blew himself up near a crowd of police and protesters in Kabul Thursday, killing at least 11 people and wounding 25 others, officials said, in the latest deadly violence to bring carnage to the Afghan capital. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack which happened during a protest following the death of a shopkeeper during a police operation targeting alcohol bootleggers, an unnamed […]
By Wikus de Wet Agence France-Presse KROONSTAD, South Africa – A passenger train smashed into a truck at a level crossing in South Africa on Thursday, killing at least 18 people, injuring 254 and throwing several carriages off the rails. Flames ripped through the twisted wreckage and choking black smoke rose into the air as desperate passengers clambered out of the train traveling from Port Elizabeth to Johannesburg to escape the inferno. Tiaan Esterhuizen, who was traveling on […]
by Park Chan-Kyong Agence France-Presse SEOUL, South Korea – The United States and South Korea agreed Thursday to delay their joint military exercises until after the Winter Olympics next month in an apparent move to de-escalate tensions with Pyongyang. The announcement came just hours after US President Donald Trump said that high-level talks set for next week between North and South Korea were “a good thing.” Tensions have spiralled in recent months after North Korea held multiple […]
by Katy Lee Agence France Presse The French Alps were on maximum avalanche alert Thursday as Storm Eleanor swept through Europe, killing at least four people and fanning rare winter wildfires in Corsica. With the mountains packed with skiiers for the school holidays, major resort Val d’Isere closed its runs for the day because of “heavy snowfall,” while Chamonix said it was shutting many of its lifts as a precautionary measure. “The objective is to […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Moscow on Thursday warned Washington against interfering in Iran’s “internal affairs” after US President Donald Trump pledged to help Iranians “take back” their government following protests. The White House said it was weighing sanctions against those involved in a crackdown against the unrest, which has left 21 dead over five days. “We warn the US against any attempt to interfere in the internal affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” deputy […]
