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BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — Belgian authorities on Wednesday identified the bomber killed by soldiers in a busy Brussels rail station as a 36-year-old Moroccan national. “The assailant has been identified as O.Z., born 20 January 1981 and of Moroccan nationality,” spokesperson Eric Van Der Sypt said at a press conference after Tuesday’s attack. “He was not known to the authorities for any terrorism connection,” Van Der Sypt said, declining to give the man’s full name […]
by Lachlan Carmichael Agence France-Presse BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) – Belgian security forces have identified the man who set off an explosion at one of Brussels’ busiest train stations before he was shot and killed, in the latest attack to hit Europe, authorities said Wednesday. Interior Minister Jan Jambon said the attack Tuesday evening could have been much worse because the “big explosion did not happen,” adding more details about the device would be released shortly. Witnesses said […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) – China opened its gates to United States beef imports this week, giving American cattle farmers much sought-after access to the country’s massive market following a 14-year ban. Shipments of eligible US beef have been allowed to enter China since Tuesday, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said in a statement. Announced last month, the lifting of the beef embargo was one of the first concrete results of trade […]
ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AFP) — The airport in oil-rich Kazakhstan’s capital Astana has been renamed after long-reigning President Nursultan Nazarbayev, state media reported Wednesday, citing a government resolution that will fuel accusations of a leadership cult. According to the directive published in the state-owned Kazakhstanskaya Pravda newspaper, the resolution to change the name of Astana International Airport is effective immediately. The apparent personality cult surrounding Nazarbayev has grown significantly during the second half of his near […]
by Philippe Schwab Agence France-Presse KECSKEMET, Hungary (AFP) – Eleven men go on trial on Wednesday over the horrific deaths of 71 migrants found in an abandoned truck in Austria nearly two years ago, in one of the most disturbing cases marking Europe’s migration crisis. The gruesome discovery of 59 men, eight women and four children crammed inside a poultry refrigerator lorry near the Hungarian border in August 2015 sparked widespread revulsion, and it highlighted the […]
HAMILTON, New Zealand (Reuters) — British and Irish Lions players Dan Biggar and CJ Stander said on Wednesday (June 21) they were gaining more confidence after they cruised to a 34-6 win over the Waikato Chiefs in their sixth tour match. The clinical performance on Tuesday (June 20) came on the back of what many expected to be Head Coach Warren Gatland’s preferred test team suffocating the Maori All Blacks into submission in their 32-10 victory in […]
PARIS, France (Reuters) — French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe confirmed on Tuesday (June 20) that the man who deliberately rammed a car carrying weapons and explosives into a police van on Monday (June 19) held an arms permit despite being on a police watchlist. Philippe said in a morning TV interview that the permit had been given to the attacker before an alert was made over the individual. “He had no criminal record that would […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) – A suspected North Korean drone surveillance is a “grave provocation” which violates the Korean War truce, Seoul said Wednesday, demanding a United Nations probe into a drone that crashed near the border. A drone, which had been photographing a controversial US missile defense shield, was discovered early June after it crashed close to a sensitive military installation along the heavily fortified border, Seoul’s military said. “The latest action by the […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Saudi King Salman on Wednesday named his son Mohammed bin Salman as crown prince, completing a gradual removal of powers from the previous Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, 57, who has been fired. According to a royal decree issued by the official Saudi Press Agency, Mohammed bin Salman, 31, was also named deputy prime minister and maintains his post as minister of defense. Mohammed bin Nayef, a veteran law enforcer well-regarded in the […]
PAILIN, Cambodia (Reuters) — Nuon Chea, Khmer Rouge Chief Pol Pot’s right-hand man, often known as “Brother Number Two,” is set to make his closing statement on Friday (June 23) at the United Nations-backed war crimes tribunal in Cambodia in the second trial against him for charges of crimes against humanity, genocide, and grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions. About 1.8 million people were killed during the 1975-1979 rule of Pol Pot’s ultra-communist Khmer Rouge, from torture, execution, […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters)– South Korea’s military said on Wednesday (June 21) a drone found earlier this month on a mountain near the Demilitarized Zone border was confirmed to have been from North Korea, and described it as a “grave provocation” that violated the Korean War truce. The drone crashed while returning to the North and was found equipped with a camera and aerial photographs of a United States anti-missile defense system site in a […]
CHINA (Reuters) — The chairperson of the Taiwan-based Kuomintang (KMT) party Hung Hsiu-chu on Sunday called people on the two sides of the Taiwan Strait to pursue peace and closer relations when addressing the 9th Straits Forum held in Xiamen, east China’s Fujian Province. “Although the relationship between the two sides now seems gloomy, as long as we kindle the light of peace in our heart and move ahead resolutely and unswervingly, one light will kindle […]
