U.S. Official Calls on Myanmar to Free Journalists DHAKA (Reuters) – U.S. envoy Sam Brownback called on Thursday for the release of journalists jailed in Myanmar while covering the plight of ethnic Rohingya Muslims forced to flee a military crackdown. Brownback spoke in Bangladesh, where he was on a mission […]
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Israeli criticism of journalists on Gaza border conflicts with video Jerusalem (AFP) – Israel’s military has suggested that a photo it has distributed shows journalists are willingly being used as human shields by Palestinian militants during recent protests, but video and a witness account of the incident tell a different […]
Australia Has a ‘Perfect Right’ to Sail in South China Sea, Says PM Australia’s prime minister said the Australian navy has a “perfect right” to traverse the South China Sea after a media report Friday that the Chinese navy had challenged three Australian warships in the hotly contested waterway. The […]
US-backed Syrian fighters capture militant linked to 9/11 attacks The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces have captured an individual the US assesses to be Mohammed Haydar Zammar, a Syrian-born German national linked to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. “We can confirm that Mohammad Haydar Zammar, a Syrian-born German national, was captured more […]
Swaziland’s King Wants His Country to Be Called eSwatini A landlocked, rural nation in southern Africa, Swaziland has significant problems. Nearly a third of the country’s population lives in extreme poverty, and about as many are infected with H.I.V., one of the world’s highest prevalence rates for the virus. Life […]
Trump dismisses TPP but may have missed opportunity in China trade skirmish President Donald Trump, in a tweet, dismissed the idea of rejoining the TPP, a trade pact that experts say is one way to take on China’s unfair trade practices and secure America’s economic role in Asia. As Trump […]
First Saudi cinema opens with popcorn and ‘Black Panther’ The lights dimmed and the crowd of men and women erupted into applause and hoots as Hollywood’s blockbuster “Black Panther” premiered in Saudi Arabia’s first movie theater. Though it was a private, invitation-only screening on Wednesday evening, for many Saudis it […]
Erdogan calls for early elections in Turkey, citing need to overcome ‘uncertainties’ Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Wednesday for presidential and parliamentary elections to be held in June, more than a year ahead of schedule, clearing his path to assume sweeping new powers in a matter of months. In […]
U.S. Japan Announce Trade Talks, Don’t Agree on What to Discuss President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced another new trade dialogue Wednesday, while disagreeing on what kind of deal they should aim for. “The United States is committed to free, fair and reciprocal — very important […]
Bureaucrat set to replace Raul Castro as Cuba’s president A 57-year-old bureaucrat will take Raul Castro’s place as the president of Cuba on Thursday as a government led by a single family for six decades tries to ensure the long-term survival of one of the world’s last communist states. Members […]
