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NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — India’s transport ministry admitted Thursday it has so far failed to improve road safety but said it was pushing for stricter laws, as new figures revealed 17 people die in traffic accidents every hour. Transport minister Nitin Gadkari acknowledged an urgent need to improve road infrastructure as the numbers showed traffic accidents were one of the single biggest causes of death in India. The report found 146,133 people died in […]
by Jack Guez TEL AVIV, Israel (AFP) — Two Palestinians opened fire at a popular Tel Aviv nightspot near Israel’s military headquarters on Wednesday, killing four people in one of the worst attacks in a months-long wave of violence. The shooting spread panic, and video posted on social media showed a uniformed officer firing a handgun, though his target could not be seen. Police said one of the attackers was arrested, while the other was […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A Chinese naval ship sailed into waters surrounding disputed East China Sea islands for the first time early Thursday, prompting Tokyo to summon the Chinese ambassador to protest, the Japanese government said. Russian naval ships were also seen in the area around the same time, according to local media. “Around 00:50 am (1530 GMT Wednesday), a Chinese naval vessel entered our nation’s contiguous waters surrounding the Senkaku Islands,” the Japanese foreign […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China accused the Philippines Wednesday of ignoring requests for dialogue about their maritime dispute, as tensions rise before an international tribunal’s ruling on the territorial row. The Philippines has “unilaterally closed the door of settling the South China Sea issue with China through negotiation”, China’s foreign ministry said in a lengthy statement published by the official Xinhua news agency. The statement came a day after the end of an annual meeting […]
The South Korean government on Wednesday (June 8) expressed concern about North Korea producing plutonium fuel for nuclear bombs. It came hours after a senior State Department official said North Korea had restarted production of plutonium fuel, showing that it plans to pursue its nuclear weapons program in defiance of international sanctions. “Our government is seriously worried about it (North Korea’s plutonium production) and is closely monitoring its movement. We’re also closely working together with […]
A fleet of U.S., Japanese and Indian warships will hold a large-scale joint naval exercise over eight days from Friday in the western pacific; close to Japanese island chain, part of which china claims. As china pushes its territorial claims in the neighboring South China Sea, Tokyo and Washington worry it will look to extend its influence into the western pacific, with a growing fleet of submarines and surface vessels to ply distant oceans. The […]
UNITS from the Philippine Navy and the US navy formally started on Monday the annual bilateral Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT). CARAT Philippines 2016 aims to conduct combined naval operations to enhance militarizes’ interoperability. It also seeks to strengthen navies’ combined capabilities in surface and modern naval warfare, amphibious operations, diving and salvage, special operations; and enhance situation awareness and information sharing. ” The Philippines is among the US Navy’s nine partner nations with whom […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck in the Molucca Sea in off northern Indonesia early Wednesday, US seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued. The quake struck at 3:15 am (1915 GMT Tuesday) at a depth of 38 kilometres (24 miles), about 126 kilometres from Ternate city on Halmahera island, the US Geological Survey said. The quake struck far from land, and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said no tsunami warning was […]
by Harumi OZAWA Shingo ITO TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A seven-year-old boy who survived for nearly a week after being abandoned by his parents in a forest left hospital on Tuesday, capping a 10-day drama that captivated Japan and sparked a national conversation about child discipline. Wearing a black baseball cap, Yamato Tanooka stopped to smile and wave to a throng of journalists and onlookers as he emerged from Hakodate Municipal Hospital on the northern […]
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) –A bomb ripped through a Turkish police vehicle near Istanbul’s historic centre Tuesday, killing seven officers and four civilians and adding to security concerns after a string of attacks in Turkey’s biggest city. The bomb targeted a service shuttle bus carrying officers from Istanbul’s anti-riot police as it was passing through the central Beyazit district close to many of the city’s top tourist sites, Istanbul governor Vasip Sahin said in a live […]
by Kamal Taha with Mussa Hattar in Amman BAQAA, Jordan (AFP) — Jordanian authorities have arrested a suspect accused of gunning down five intelligence agents on Monday in their office at a Palestinian refugee camp. “Investigations are under way but early indications are that this was an isolated and individual act,” said government spokesman Mohammed Momani, announcing the arrest without identifying the suspect. The gunman struck at Baqaa camp north of the capital early Monday […]
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — The Saudi cabinet has approved a major plan to diversify the national economy away from oil with an aim to generate 450,000 jobs in non-government sectors by 2020, officials said Tuesday. The National Transformation Program (NTP) 2020 also aims to cut public expenditures by 40 percent over the next five years and boost the contribution of the private sector, officials said. NTP is one of several programs designed to achieve […]
