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The leaders of China and Russia hailed a “new era” in their relationship on Tuesday, putting on a united front in Moscow as Vladimir Putin accused the West of rejecting Beijing’s proposals to end the Ukraine conflict. The nations, eager to curb Western power, expressed concerns about NATO expansion in Asia and agreed to deepen a partnership which has grown closer since Putin launched an offensive in Ukraine. Putin said he was open to […]
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday expressed strong “indignation” during a visit to Bucha, a town near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv where Russian forces were accused of widespread atrocities. Russian troops were accused of massacring civilians in Bucha, which they occupied for several weeks in early 2022. Moscow denies the allegation. “As I step foot in Bucha today, and witness all the brutality that took place here, I have a strong sentiment of […]
A leaking oil tanker that sank in the Philippines three weeks ago has been found, officials said Tuesday, as the slick reached waters known for their rich marine life. The Princess Empress was carrying 800,000 litres (210,000 gallons) of industrial fuel oil when it sank on February 28 off the central island of Mindoro, south of the capital Manila. Diesel fuel and thick oil from the vessel have since contaminated the waters and beaches of […]
A strong earthquake lasting for at least 30 seconds was felt across much of Afghanistan, Pakistan and parts of India Tuesday night, with the United States Geological Survey putting the magnitude at 6.5. “It was a terrifying tremor. I had never felt such a tremor before in my life,” Khatera, 50, a resident of Kabul, told AFP after rushing out of her fifth-storey apartment in the capital. The USGS said the quake was centred […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — A US citizen sentenced to 19 years in a Saudi prison for social media posts criticising the kingdom’s rulers has been released, his son told AFP on Tuesday. Saad Ibrahim Almadi, a 72-year-old of Saudi origin, was arrested in 2021 for what his son, Ibrahim, described as “mild” Twitter posts on topics including the war in Yemen and the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Last October, a court […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea confirmed Tuesday it had moved to normalize a military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, as the two countries thaw ties in the face of growing threats from Pyongyang. The decision by Seoul’s Foreign Ministry follows a summit between South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida in Tokyo last week. During the first top-level bilateral meeting in 12 years, the two sides agreed to mend […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — One of Hong Kong’s best-known rights activists was arrested by the city’s national security police on Tuesday over alleged witness tampering, a police source told AFP. Albert Ho, 71, formerly led the now-disbanded Hong Kong Alliance, which organized an annual candlelight vigil for more than three decades to mourn the victims of China’s bloody crackdown at Tiananmen Square in 1989. The lawyer is already facing up to a decade in […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping were set to hold a second day of talks on Tuesday, as the internationally isolated Russian leader said he was open to discussing China’s proposals on the fighting in Ukraine. Xi’s three-day visit to Moscow is a major coup for Putin — and comes days after a war crimes tribunal in The Hague issued a warrant for the Russian president’s arrest over accusations of unlawfully deporting […]
by Hashem Osseiran Agence France-Presse DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — Yemen’s Huthi rebels and its internationally recognized government reached an agreement Monday to exchange more than 880 prisoners, the United Nations confirmed, while urging the two parties, at war since 2014, to continue talks. The agreed exchange comes after Saudi Arabia and Iran, who back opposing sides in the conflict, this month moved towards restoring diplomatic ties after a seven-year rupture. The parties “agreed […]
by Peter HUTCHISON Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — New York police tightened security Monday ahead of a possible historic indictment of Donald Trump over hush money paid to a porn actress, with the ex-president calling for mass demonstrations if he is charged. Only a couple of dozen Trump supporters attended a protest in America’s financial capital on Monday evening though, as a grand jury weighs an investigation by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin […]
AMRITSAR, India (AFP) — Indian authorities extended a mobile internet blackout across a state of about 30 million people on Monday as police hunted a radical Sikh preacher. The blackout extension came after supporters of Amritpal Singh were filmed vandalizing India’s consulate in San Francisco. A similar disturbance also took place in London. Authorities in the northern state of Punjab launched a major search on Saturday for Singh, who has risen to prominence in recent […]
LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AFP) — The toll from this month’s ferry disaster off the coast of Gabon has risen to 26 dead after two more bodies were recovered on Monday, the public prosecutors office said. The toll update came 11 days after the ferry, carrying 161 passengers and crew from the capital Libreville to the oil town of Port-Gentil, went down at night ten kilometres (six miles) from shore. Eleven passengers remain missing, the prosecutor said. […]
