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KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) — At least 40 people were killed or wounded Wednesday as a massive blast ripped through Kabul’s diplomatic quarter, shattering the morning rush hour and bringing carnage to the streets of the Afghan capital. Bodies littered the scene and a huge plume of smoke rose from the area which houses foreign embassies. However, it was not immediately clear what the target was. Witnesses described dozens of cars choking the roads as wounded survivors […]
SAO, PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — Floods and landslides in northeastern Brazil have killed six people and driven 50,000 people from their homes, authorities said Tuesday. Heavy rain swelled rivers, causing mud slides, felling trees and harming water supplies, they said. The number forced to flee in Pernambuco and Alagoas states rose from an earlier estimate of 30,000, the regional governments said. Both states declared emergencies after the flooding, which left two dead in Pernambuco and […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The White House poured cold water on suggestions of a transatlantic rift Tuesday, saying United States President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel “get along very well.” After Merkel seemed to question the durability of the US-European Union alliance under Trump, urging Europeans to “take our destiny in our own hands,” White House spokesperson Sean Spicer tried to scotch talk of any problems. Spicer said that during a recent […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States aviation security officials stepped back Tuesday from imposing a ban on carry-on computers on flights coming from Europe, which had been proposed to guard against possible bomb-laden electronics from the Islamic State group. But the Department of Homeland Security said a ban, already in place for US-bound flights from the Middle East, could still be implemented for Europe if the threat level worsens. In a phone discussion with […]
by Salam Faraj and W.G. Dunlop with Simon Valmary in Mosul Agence France Presse BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) — Suicide bombings claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 27 people in Baghdad, officials said on Tuesday, as Iraqi forces fight to retake the last jihadist-held areas in Mosul. In the deadlier of the two attacks, a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle at a popular ice cream shop around midnight (2100 GMT Monday), killing […]
by Thomas Watkins Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States military said Tuesday it had intercepted a mock-up of an intercontinental ballistic missile in a first-of-its-kind test that comes amid concerns over North Korea’s weapons program. A ground-based interceptor launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California “successfully intercepted an intercontinental ballistic missile target” fired from the Reagan Test Site in the Marshall Islands, the military said in a statement. The […]
BEIJING, China (Reuters) – Vanguard, the world’s biggest mutual fund, launched its first wholly-owned subsidiary on the Chinese mainland last week. The group’s chairman and chief executive officer William McNabb III said the move was aimed at a greater penetration of the Chinese market. Headquartered in Shanghai, the subsidiary will conduct business ranging from investment management, research to consultation in China. McNabb said they tend to achieve two things with the new company. One is […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in has ordered a probe into the introduction of four additional anti-missile launchers to the two deployed by the United States military before his election, his spokesperson said on Tuesday (May 30). Moon was “shocked” to hear that the four additional Terminal High Altitude Area Defense launchers deployed to counter the North Korean missile threat, were brought in without this being reported to the new government […]
CHAPARHAR, Afghanistan — Local forces on the ground in Afghanistan are demanding for more troops and equipment to beat insurgents. Brigadier General Mohammad Nasim Sangin, for instance, said he needs more troops and equipment to beat the Taliban and other insurgent groups. A soldier since his teenage years with the anti-Soviet Mujahideen in the 1980s, Sangin said one thing he does not want is foreign troops returning to frontline combat in his country. The occasional rattle of […]
SEMUTPRAKAN, Thailand – A British journalist was charged with arms possession on Tuesday (May 30) after he was arrested at an airport in the Thai capital for checking in body armor plates and gas masks as load luggage. Anthony Cheng, 46, had been detained at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport on Monday (May 29) night for carrying three gas masks and four plates for safety vests, said Somchart Maneerat, a police investigator at the airport. Thailand’s Arms Control […]
(Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test of a ballistic missile controlled by a precision guidance system, and ordered the development of more powerful strategic weapons, the North’s state-run television KRT reported on Tuesday (May 30). Video and still photographs aired by KRT showed Kim watching the missile being launched with his top military aides and soldiers cheering. He expressed conviction that the country “would make a greater leap forward in this […]
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The death toll from the devastating floods and landslides which have hit Sri Lanka since last Friday rose to 177 with 109 people still missing, according to data from the Disaster Management Center (DMC) on Monday. Rescue operations are ongoing, and bodies are still being pulled out of the debris as many continue to mourn the loss of their loved ones. Sri Lanka’s meteorological department continues to warn residents of adverse weather conditions. […]
