SEOUL, June 13 (AFP): Donald Trump accepted an invitation from Kim Jong Un to visit North Korea during their historic summit, Pyongyang state media reported on Wednesday.Tuesday's unprecedented encounter in Singapore saw the leader of the world's most powerful democracy shakes hands with Kim, the third generation scion of a...
Read moreHUDAYDAH, June 13 (BBC): Saudi-backed government forces have begun an assault on the key Yemeni port of Hudaydah, which is held by rebels.The port is the main point of entry for aid for people in rebel-held areas and agencies have warned of a humanitarian catastrophe if it is attacked.About eight...
Read moreBERLIN, June 13 (AFP): German Chancellor Angela Merkel was fighting Tuesday to stamp out the first major row within her uneasy coalition, as disputes over her refugee policy returned to haunt her while she negotiates a broad EU asylum deal.The discord within her conservative bloc burst into the open on...
Read moreTOKYO, June 13 (BBC): The government has enacted a bill lowering the age of adulthood from 20 to 18, which will affect millions across the country when it takes effect in 2022.It's the first time the age of adulthood has been changed since it was set in 1876.The biggest change...
Read moreBAGHDAD, June 13 (AP): Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, whose coalition won the largest number of seats in last month's parliamentary elections, has announced an alliance with an Iran-backed coalition ahead of marathon negotiations to form a new government.The move, which was announced by al-Sadr and Hadi al-Amiri of the...
Read moreNEW DELHI, June 13 (Xinhua): At least 10 people were killed and several others injured after lightning struck them at different places in India's eastern state of West Bengal, officials said Wednesday.The lightning struck Bankura, Hooghly, West Midnapore, Birbhum and North 24 Parganas districts on Tuesday."Yesterday lightning killed 10 people...
Read moreSRINAGAR, June 13 (AP): Indian and Pakistani forces fired along the highly militarized frontier in disputed Kashmir early Wednesday after Pakistani firing killed at least four Indian paramilitary soldiers and injured three others on border patrol, Indian officials said.Pakistan denied initiating the firing, saying its soldiers only responded to the...
Read moreSissi defends austerity stepsCAIRO, June 13: Egypt's President Abdel-Fatah el-Sissi has defended his government's latest austerity measures aimed at rebuilding the country's ailing economy, amid a wave of arrests since his re-election. The government has raised the price of electricity and piped drinking water as part of an economic reform...
Read moreKUALA LUMPUR, June 13 (AFP): Malaysia's top two judges are resigning, court officials said on Wednesday, the latest senior public servants to leave their posts since the former government lost power.Chief Justice Raus Sharif and appeals court president Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin are to step down on July 31, a judiciary...
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