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BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — The US military strike on a Syrian airbase has caused several deaths, said the governor of Homs province where the Shayrat base is located. “There are martyrs, but we don’t yet know the number either of martyrs or of wounded,” Talal Barazi told AFP by telephone. He said parts of the base were on fire and some of the wounded were suffering from burns. “It will take some time to determine the […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — The missile strike against a Syrian airbase marks the first time the United States has directly attacked the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Here is what we know so far about the target and the outcome of the strike. The target At 3:40 am Syria time on Friday (0040 GMT), the US military fired 59 Tomahawk missiles at the Shayrat airfield near Homs in central Syria. According to the Pentagon, as well […]
PALM BEACH, United States (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump struck a positive note as he sat down to dinner Thursday with visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping, saying the pair are going to have “a very, very, great relationship.” “We’ve had a long discussion already and so far I have gotten nothing, absolutely nothing, but we have developed a friendship, I can see that,” Trump told reporters as he, Xi and their wives prepared […]
by Marina Koreneva SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia (AFP) — Russian investigators on Thursday detained eight people suspected of involvement in the Saint Petersburg metro bombing, as the country held commemorative rallies to honour the 13 victims. “Six people were detained in Saint Petersburg and two in Moscow who are involved in the act of terror” following an investigation and search operation conducted with the FSB security service and interior ministry, Russia’s powerful Investigative Committee said in […]
by Yanan Wang BEIJING, China (AFP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has spent the past four years putting brash, wealthy politicians and businessmen in jail. On Thursday he will have to sit down and negotiate with one. The first face-to-face meeting between Xi and Donald Trump at the United States president’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida will be a key test of whether the two leaders can overcome their vast differences and develop a personal bond. […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea has successfully test-fired a home-developed ballistic missile with a range long enough to hit any part of North Korea, Yonhap news agency reported Thursday. It comes a day after the North fired its own ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan — which analysts dubbed a warning ahead of a China-United States summit, at which Pyongyang’s accelerating atomic weapons program is set to top the agenda. South Korea […]
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday (April 6) that he and United States President Donald Trump agreed in a telephone call that North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launch was “a dangerous provocation and a serious threat.” Pyongyang test-fired a ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast on Wednesday (April 5), a day before the Trump-Xi summit, where North Korea’s increasingly defiant arms program was set to take […]
LAHORE, Pakistan (AFP) — At least five people have been killed and 10 wounded in a blast which appeared to have been a Taliban attack targeting a census team in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore Wednesday, officials and the militants said. Security forces cordoned off the area on Bedian Road in the bustling capital of Punjab province after the blast, which rescuers said occurred just before 8:00 am local time. A forensics team could also […]
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) — Spanish King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia met with Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on Wednesday (April 5) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. The four-day visit is King Felipe’s first visit to Japan as king, and the royal couple’s first visit to Asia since Felipe ascended the throne. The King and Queen will meet with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife on Thursday (April 6).
BEIJING, China (AFP) — The likeness of billionaire Warren Buffett is gracing Cherry Coke cans in China, where the company’s largest investor enjoys a legendary reputation. Coca-Cola announced over the weekend that a grinning cartoon portrait of the American business magnate would adorn cans and bottles of his favorite flavor after it was introduced in the country on March 10. Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett’s investment firm, is Coca-Cola’s biggest shareholder with a 9.3 percent […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — South Korean software mogul Ahn Cheol-soo clinched the nomination of his centrist People’s Party on Tuesday (April 4) to run for president on May 9, roaring back into contention after abandoning his presidential ambitions in 2012. Ahn has taken a tougher stance on national security than the liberal frontrunner for president, Moon Jae-in, who won his Democratic Party’s nomination on Monday (April 3). Ahn said there should be no mistake […]
by Omar Haj Kadour KHAN SHEIKHUN, Syria (AFP) — A suspected chemical attack in rebel-held northwestern Syria killed dozens of civilians including children and left many more sick and gasping on Tuesday, causing international outrage. The attack on the town of Khan Sheikhun killed at least 58 civilians and saw dozens suffer respiratory problems and symptoms including vomiting, fainting and foaming at the mouth, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said. Syria’s opposition […]
