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TEHRAN , Iran (AFP) — A tremor shook Kermanshah province in western Iran near Iraq’s border Monday, causing panic a month after a major quake killed hundreds of people there, state media and officials said. Two hours after the tremor the state broadcaster, quoting the head of the crisis management cell in Kermanshah province, said there were no reports of damage or deaths. The University of Tehran’s seismology center said a 6.0-magnitude quake shook the […]
BEIJING, China (CCTV) — China on Monday once again urged India to pull back its border troops to its own side of the border, said a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman in Beijing. Spokesman Geng Shuang reiterated the demand in response to quoted Indian media reports that the Indian border troops would stay on the Chinese side of the border for prolonged standoff. The spokesman said if the media reports were true to facts, they could […]
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC (Reuters) – The Syrian government forces on Monday vowed to continue their offensive in the eastern province of Deir ez-Zor after advancing to the Syrian-Iraqi border in the eastern Syrian desert. After reaching the Syrian-Iraqi border region east of the Syrian city of Homs, the government forces’ next plan was to capture the Al-Tanf border crossing, one of the three official border crossings between Syria and Iraq, from the hands of United […]
NAGASAKI, Japan (Reuters) — The French naval ship Mistral arrived at Japan’s southern city of Nagasaki on Saturday (April 29) to participate in a four-nation military drill by Japan, the U.S., the U.K., and France. A welcoming ceremony was held by Japanese Self Defence force personnel, where the captain of Mistral Stanislas De Chargeres gave a speech. Children performed a traditional Japanese dance called Yosakoi to welcome the French officers. Just hours before the Mistral’s […]
BAJA CALIFORNIA, Mexico (Reuters) — Mexican congressman Braulio Guerra recently climbed the fence along the U.S.-Mexico border to demonstrate what he says is the futility of U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to build a wall between the two countries to stem migration. Guerra, who represents the state of Queretaro, 218 km (135 miles) north of the capital Mexico City, said on a video filmed by his office that it was easy for him to climb […]
by Yemeli ORTEGA Agence France Presse MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Mexicans are replacing profile pictures on social media with their country’s flag. Others are calling for boycotts of American products like Coca-Cola and Starbucks. US President Donald Trump’s vow to make Mexicans pay for a massive border wall has not only caused a diplomatic row, it has sparked patriotic fervor south of the border. On Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, people are using the hashtag […]
MEXICO VITY, Mexico (Reuters) — Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said Friday’s conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump had left room for more dialogue as the two governments to look to navigate troubled relations. Trump wants a wall on the U.S. southern border to keep out illegal immigrants and says Mexico will pay for it. Mexico has flatly refused, making the issue a point of national pride, a point Pena Nieto reiterated in a video […]
by Andrew Beatty, with Laurent Thomet in Mexico City Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US-Mexican relations were rocked Thursday as Donald Trump’s administration suggested taxing imports from the southern neighbor to fund a border wall and Mexico’s president scrapped a meeting with the US leader. Trump had been scheduled to receive Pena Nieto at the White House on Tuesday, for their first meeting since the inauguration. Instead, the Republican president is managing […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump plans to fund his construction of a wall on the Mexican border by imposing a 20 percent import tax on goods from Washington’s southern neighbor, his spokesman said Thursday. The financing of the project, which is aimed at clamping down on illegal immigration, has sparked tensions between the two countries: Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Thursday called off a visit to Washington set for next […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Wednesday condemned Donald Trump’s move to build a border wall but fell short of deciding whether to cancel an upcoming meeting with the US president. Opposition leaders called on Pena Nieto to cancel Tuesday’s trip after Trump issued a widely expected order to begin work on the massive wall. Without mentioning the trip, Pena Nieto said he would wait for a report from a […]
by Andrew BEATTY Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered work to begin on planning and building a wall on the Mexican border, sounding a hardline tone on immigration as he moved to fulfill a key campaign pledge. The US leader instructed officials to begin to “plan, design and construct a physical wall along the southern border” and — perhaps more problematically — see how it could be […]
WASHINGTON, United States (Reuters) — President Donald Trump signed directives on Wednesday (January 25) to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border and strip funding from cities that shield illegal immigrants as he charged ahead with sweeping and divisive plans to transform how the United States deals with immigration and national security. The Republican president is expected to take additional steps in the coming days to limit legal immigration, including executive orders restricting refugees and […]
