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SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) – South Korea Tuesday proposed holding high-level talks with Pyongyang on January 9, after the North’s leader Kim Jong-Un called for a breakthrough in relations and said Pyongyang might attend the Winter Olympics. Kim used his annual New Year address to underscore Pyongyang’s claim that it has developed a weapons deterrent and warn that he had a “nuclear button” on hand, but sweetened his remarks by expressing an interest in dialogue and participating […]
by Sylvie Lanteaume Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – The United States is considering a stepped-up military presence in Africa to pursue Islamic State group jihadists looking for new havens after the fall of their “caliphate,” American officials say. After IS lost its de facto capital Raqa in Syria this month, and its Iraqi stronghold of Mosul earlier, the group “has aspirations to establish a larger presence” in Africa, the US military’s top officer General Joseph […]
In a meeting held at its capital, the United States of America expressed its iron-clad commitment in defending the Philippines in its territorial dispute with China in the West Philippine Sea. Also, the US will implement steps to ensure the freedom of navigation in the region. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria released a video wherein two militants issued threats, saying that the Islamic State will conduct suicide bombings and car blasts against the White House as well as threatening more attacks against France. On the other hand, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said that there is still no credible threat against the United States. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded […]
China on Wednesday urged the united states to cease “hyping up” the South China Sea issue after President Barack Obama said Beijing must stop land reclamation in the disputed waters and reaffirmed Washington’s commitment to the defense and security of the Philippines, one of the parties to the dispute. “China’s construction activities on some islands and reefs of Nansha Islands are completely within china’s sovereign rights, which are reasonable and legitimate and it does not […]
