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ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said the West was breaking promises in Syria, accusing Ankara’s partners of backing “terror groups” including IS jihadists in the country. At least 37 Turkish soldiers have died in Turkey’s major incursion inside Syria since it was launched in August to back pro-Ankara Syrian fighters battling IS and Kurdish militia. Casualties have mounted as the military seeks to take the town of Al-Bab from […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un is planning a “prime time” nuclear weapons push in 2017 to take advantage of leadership transitions in South Korea and the United States, a high-ranking defector said Tuesday. In his first press conference since fleeing his post as North Korea’s deputy ambassador to Britain in August, Thae Yong-Ho said Kim had issued a directive at a rare ruling party congress in May to “complete” nuclear […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US Secretary of State John Kerry will offer a “comprehensive vision” of how to revive the Israel-Palestinian peace process in a major speech on Wednesday. President Barack Obama’s administration, including Kerry, is to leave office in four weeks and last week gravely offended Israel by failing to veto a critical UN resolution. But US officials said they plan to keep pushing both Israel and the Palestinian leadership to take concrete […]
PEARL HARBOR, United States (AFP) — US President Barack Obama on Tuesday warned against the “urge to demonize those who are different” as he hosted the leader of foe-turned-ally Japan for a solemn visit to Pearl Harbor. Obama, who will leave office next month, also hailed the alliance between the two nations, saying it had “never been stronger.” In remarks that echoed with history and America’s current hypercharged politics, Obama told Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo […]
by Stuart WILLIAMS / Clotilde GOURLET Agence France-Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) – Twenty-nine Turkish police officers went on trial Tuesday accused of failing to defend President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the military’s failed coup in July, the first such case in Istanbul. The hearings follow a massive crackdown on alleged putschists — 41,000 are under arrest in a national state of emergency and the trials are set to be the most far-reaching legal process in […]
by Jerome CARTILLIER Agence France-Presse HONOLULU, United States (AFP) -Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe travels Tuesday to Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor, the site of a sneak attack by his country that provoked America into entering World War II, to reinforce what the leader calls “the power of reconciliation.” Abe, who will be hosted by US President Barack Obama, would be the first Japanese premier to visit the wreckage of the USS Arizona, which lost 1,177 crew […]
by Vasily MAXIMOV with Gabrielle TETRAULT-FARBER in Moscow Agence France-Presse SOCHI, Russia (AFP) – Russian rescuers working round the clock have found the main black box from the Syria-bound military plane that crashed into the Black Sea with 92 people on board, authorities said Tuesday. The defence ministry said the box, which could provide vital clues as to why the Tu-154 jet crashed, was discovered early Tuesday only 1,600 metres from the shore and 17 […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A man has died a week after being bitten by one of the world’s deadliest snakes in his living room in Australia’s tropical northeast, officials said Tuesday. The 77-year-old, named in local media as David Pitt, was at his home in Cairns when he was bitten between his toes as he tried to kill the snake with a spade last Tuesday, Queensland Ambulance said. Paramedics performed CPR and gave Pitt anti-venom […]
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — An Indian plane carrying 161 passengers and crew skidded off the runway at Goa airport early Tuesday, injuring 15 people. The Indian Navy, which runs the airport in western India, said it was not yet clear what caused the Jet Airways plane to veer off the runway. The incident happened at the height of the tourist season in Goa, whose palm-fringed beaches attract thousands of holidaymakers every year. “There are […]
MICHIGAN, United States (AFP) — A giant sinkhole formed underneath a house in Fraser, Michigan on Saturday (December 24) forcing families to interrupt their Holiday plans and evacuate the neighborhood. Signs of damage could be seen to the bottom half of the house’s exterior brick wall as the house slowly settled into the hollow ground underneath its foundation. “The bricks fall from the side of the house. We saw the separation at the front of […]
AREQUIPA, Peru (Reuters) — Peru’s Sabancaya volcano rumbled back to life on Monday (December 26), spewing ash and smoke some 3,500 meters (11,500 feet) into the sky, in the latest of a series of explosions. Local authorities warned surrounding communities could be affected by ash from the volcano which came to life at 8:24 a.m. (1324 GMT) Monday morning. The volcano had similar explosions on December 16 as well, as a handful leading up to […]
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (AFP) — A Kuwaiti court on Monday sentenced a Filipino woman to 10 years in jail after convicting her of joining the Islamic State jihadist group and plotting attacks. The ruling, which is not final, also calls for deporting the 32-year old after serving her term. The woman was arrested in August, two months after arriving in the oil-rich Gulf state to work as a domestic helper. At the time, the interior […]
