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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AFP) — A 5.1-magnitude earthquake killed at least one person and injured two others in El Salvador on Monday, officials said. The quake struck four kilometers (2.5 miles) below the surface at 2352 GMT in the town of Antiguo Cuscatlan near the capital, the environment ministry said on Twitter. The National Civil Police said a person was killed when a rock fell on their vehicle on a highway west of the […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China executed more people in 2016 than all other nations combined, Amnesty International said Tuesday, as death penalties in the world decreased overall. The human rights organisation estimates the Asian giant alone killed “thousands” of people, a figure based on examinations of court records and news reports. All other countries together executed at least 1,032 people last year — a decline of 37 percent compared to 2015. China was one of […]
WASHINGTON, United States (Reuters) — U.S. President Donald Trump is open to authorizing additional strikes on Syria if the use of chemical weapons continues in the country, the White House said on Monday (April 10). “The sight of people being gassed and blown away by barrel bombs ensures that if we see this kind of action again, we hold open the possibility of future action,” White House spokesman Sean Spicer said at a briefing on […]
by Luana Sarmini-Buonaccorsi Agence France Presse MARDIN, Syria (AFP) — Laughter rings out and there is an atmosphere of excitement and joyful chaos. Children are perched on stilts, others spin plates or happily perform aerial dances. This is not a big top circus in a major city but a house in southeastern Turkey, where Syrian refugee children learn circus tricks in an innovative programme to help integrate into their foreign host country. The Her Yerde Sanat […]
by Thomas Watkins with Ella Ide in Lucca Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US strike on a Syrian air base destroyed a fifth of the Damascus regime’s remaining warplanes, Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said Monday as Washington fired a fresh salvo of warnings at President Bashar al-Assad. The public assessment of Friday’s missile strike and the forceful rhetoric came as G7 ministers met in Italy to send a “clear and coordinated” […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Neil Gorsuch was sworn in Monday as the US Supreme Court’s ninth justice, retilting the bench to the right as he filled the seat left vacant by last year’s death of conservative icon Antonin Scalia. Confirmed by the Senate Friday after a bitter months-long fight, Gorsuch was sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts in a private ceremony at the Supreme Court attended by the other justices and Gorsuch’s family. […]
by Mona Salem Agence France-Presse ALEXANDRIA, Egypt – Hundreds gathered Monday to mourn 45 Egyptians killed in jihadist bombings, after Cairo declared a state of emergency following the attacks on two Coptic churches. The Islamic State group said it was behind the twin bombings that targeted services at churches in the cities of Tanta and Alexandria, and threatened further attacks. Sunday’s first bombing at the Mar Girgis church in Tanta city north of Cairo killed […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — China’s top nuclear envoy arrived in Seoul Monday for talks on the North Korean threat, as a US naval strike group headed to the region in a show of force. President Donald Trump, fresh from a missile strike on Syria that was widely interpreted as putting Pyongyang on warning, has asked to be provided with a range of options for eliminating the North’s nuclear capabilities. “Presidents before and President Trump […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman Moon Sang-kyun said on Monday (April 10) the U.S. Navy’s decision to redirect its Carl Vinson strike group to near the Korean peninsula is an indication of the seriousness of the situation in the area. A U.S. Navy strike group that includes a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is headed to near the Korean peninsula on Monday, diverted from a scheduled destination of Australia, as concerns grew […]
by Guy JACKSON Agence France Presse VIMY, France (AFP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his country “was born here” as he led commemorations in France on Sunday for the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. The battle, which started on April 9, 1917, was one of the defining moments of World War I and a founding moment in Canada’s history as Canadian troops fought under Canadian command for the first time. […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States stepped up pressure Sunday on Russia to rein in Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, warning that any further chemical attacks would be “very damaging” to their relationship and suggesting there can be no peace in Syria while Assad remains in power. President Donald Trump’s top advisers took to Sunday television talk shows to set the stage for a diplomatic confrontation in Moscow this week when US Secretary of […]
by Olivia HAMPTON Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — As a US strike group led by an aircraft carrier steamed toward the Korean peninsula Sunday, a senior official said President Donald Trump has asked to be provided with a range of options for eliminating the North Korean nuclear threat. The US naval move will certainly raise tensions in the region and comes hard on the heels of a US cruise missile strike on […]
