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SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un has ordered more production of rocket engines and intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) nosecones, Pyongyang state media said Wednesday. Tensions over the North’s weapons programs have mounted this year and it carried out two ICBM tests last month, overseen by Kim, that apparently brought most of the United States within range. A series of threats followed from both sides, and while the rhetoric has since […]
by Dave Clark Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States said Tuesday that talks with North Korea may be possible “in the near future” after Pyongyang reacted to tough new United Nations sanctions with a level of restraint. But, in keeping with a “dual track” strategy of reaching out to the North diplomatically while increasing economic pressure, Washington also imposed new sanctions on Chinese and Russian firms suspected of doing […]
by Ella Ide Agence France Presse CASAMICCIOLA TERME, Italy (AFP) — Eleven-year old Ciro, the last child to be pulled from the rubble on the Italian island of Ischia Tuesday, saved his little brother’s life when the deadly earthquake struck, rescuers workers said. Firefighters had to dig with their bare hands to reach the youngster, who had been buried along with his seven-year old brother Mattias and seven-month old half-brother Pasquale. “It was Ciro […]
by Michaela Cancella-Kieffer and Hui Min Neo MADRID, Spain (AFP) — An alleged member of the terror cell that unleashed carnage in Spain last week admitted to a judge Tuesday that he and other suspects had planned a bigger attack, a judicial source said. Mohamed Houli Chemlal, 21, was the first of four surviving suspects to be questioned in Madrid’s National Court, which deals with terror-related cases, over the attacks in Barcelona and a seaside […]
by Rebecca Libermann HELSINKI, Finland (AFP) — The main suspect in last week’s stabbing attack in Finland admitted Tuesday to killing two people and injuring eight others but denied any intent to murder, his lawyer said. The Turku district court placed Abderrahman Mechkah, an 18-year-old Moroccan citizen, in formal custody after he made his statement to the court via video link from hospital, where he is being treated for a police gunshot wound to the […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — South Korea conducted drills simulating bomb and poisonous gas attacks at a subway station on Tuesday (August 22) in Seoul. They are part of yearly contingency drills known as the “Ulchi Exercises”, amid mounting tension over North Korea’s weapons programs. About 200 personnel from the Seoul Metro, police, military, fire department, local government as well as about 60 citizens participated in the exercise at the Sadang subway station. The country’s four-day […]
ISCHIA, Italy (Reuters) — Rescue workers sawed and moved rubble with bare hands on Tuesday (August 22) as they raced to save people caught under collapsed buildings on the island of Ischia. At least two people are believed killed and many injured after the estimated 4.3 magnitude quake hit on Monday evening (August 21). The director of the island’s hospital told media that two people were killed and about 40 injured. The Civil Protection Department […]
HEILONGJIANG, China (CCTV) — A tornado ripped through a town in northern China on Monday (August 21), smashing windows in cars and apartments, footage filmed by locals and broadcast on state media showed. Debris stirred up by the tornado was seen swirling into the air above Nenjiang in Heilongjiang Province. The tornado lasted about 10 minutes, state broadcaster CCTV said.
GANSU PROVINCE, China (CCTV) — China’s disaster relief authority on Monday warned of possible geological disasters in northern and southern parts of China as a new round of heavy rain is expected across the regions. The State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters warned of high risks of geological disasters including overflowing rivers in north China and severe mountain torrents, mud-rock flows and landslides in the south. Rainstorms will hit parts of northwest, north and northeast […]
ISCHIA, Italy (Reuters) — Fire crews rescued a baby boy from rubble after an earthquake struck the tourist-packed Italian island of Ischia, off the coast of Naples, on Monday night. A picture released by the Fire Brigade shows the baby in the arms of a fireman in the early hours of Tuesday morning (August 22). The Brigade’s Twitter account described the rescue in the town of Casamicciola as a ‘miracle’. The quake of magnitude 4.0 […]
BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) — The Catalan president on Monday (August 21) confirmed that police had shot dead a man they suspect was the Islamist militant who drove a van into a Barcelona crowd last week. “Just before five o’clock in the afternoon the Catalan police shot dead Younes Abouyaaqoub, driver of the van and direct perpetrator of the attack in Barcelona on Thursday causing the death of 14 people,” Carles Puigdemont told a news conference in […]
by Ali Choukeir Agence France Presse BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) — Influential Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr’s visit to Saudi Arabia at the end of July signalled the Gulf Sunni powerhouse’s ambition to distance its Iranian foe from policy-making in Baghdad. In the wake of former dictator Saddam Hussein’s August 1990 invasion of Kuwait, Riyadh severed relations with Baghdad and closed its border posts with its northern neighbour. Ties have remained strained even after Saddam’s ouster […]
