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by Dave Clark Agence France Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — The United States admitted Thursday that it is no longer focused on ousting Bashar al-Assad as it seeks a new strategy to end Syria’s civil war. American officials have been shifting away from their former insistence that he must go for some time, but now they have made it explicit. In New York, the US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley condemned […]
PYONGYANG, North Korea (Reuters) — North Korea denounced United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s warning against them during his Asia trip and said they are ready for war with the US. The North’s state-run television KRT on Tuesday (March 21) cited its foreign ministry spokesperson as saying North Korea has the will and capability to fully respond to any war which the US wants. Last week, Tillerson issued the Trump administration’s starkest warning yet to North Korea, […]
LISBON, Portugal (AFP) — The Syrian conflict “has become a cancer on a global scale”, incoming UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said, while hoping Washington and Moscow overcome their differences to help end the crisis. The war has caused “not only the suffering of the Syrian people” but also sparks “violent reactions which in some cases lead to terrorist acts”, the former Portuguese premier told Portugal’s SIC television channel in an interview broadcast Wednesday. […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — Syria’s conflict has killed more than 310,000 people, uprooted over half the population and left much of the country in ruins since it erupted almost six years ago. Here are some key statistics: Huge death toll The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said last week it had recorded the deaths of 312,001 people since the conflict began with anti-government protests in March 2011. Those killed included 90,000 civilians, of which 16,000 […]
ST. LOUIS, United States (AFP) — White House hopeful Hillary Clinton backed the establishment of safe zones in Syria on Sunday, along with efforts to investigate Russia for war crimes committed in support of President Bashar al-Assad. In her second presidential debate with Republican rival Donald Trump, Clinton said she supported efforts to probe “war crimes committed by the Syrians and the Russians and try to hold them accountable.” © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during the International Syria Support Group meeting at the Palace Hotel in Manhattan, New York, U.S., September 22, 2016. REUTERS/Darren Ornitz (REUTERS) The United States and Russia failed to agree on how to revive a short-lived ceasefire in Syria during what the U.N. Syria mediator called a “long, painful, difficult and disappointing” meeting on Thursday. The International Syria Support Group, including […]
(REUTERS) Ukraine says it thinks Vladimir Putin is planning a new invasion, and it’s not hard to see why: the Russian leader has built up troops on its border and resumed the hostile rhetoric that preceded his annexation of Crimea two years ago. But despite appearances, some experts say Putin is more likely seeking advantage through diplomacy than on the battlefield, at least this time around. “It’s about sanctions,” Andrey Kortunov, director general of […]
Kuwait City, Kuwait—The United Nations special envoy for Yemen announced the end of peace talks Saturday without any major breakthrough, but also said a new round of negotiations would begin after one month. “We will be leaving Kuwait today but the Yemeni peace talks are continuing,” Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed told a press conference. He said he will be holding bilateral consultations with the two delegations in the coming few weeks to work out details […]
by Alice RITCHIE LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Former British prime minister Tony Blair’s case for going to war in Iraq in 2003 was based on flawed evidence and woefully executed, a hard-hitting official inquiry pronounced on Wednesday. The long-awaited Chilcot report offered a damning verdict on Britain’s role in the US-led war, detailing the flawed intelligence, questionable legal basis and inadequate preparation for the occupation. The report said Britain deployed troops before diplomatic options […]
