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Kim to fight US sanctions

SEOUL, Oct 16 (AP): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to surmount U.S.-led sanctions on his country in state media reports Wednesday alongside evocative propaganda images of him riding a white horse seen as foretelling significant decisions before his own deadline for U.S. movement on nuclear talks expires. The...

Lam abandons parliament speech after protests

HONG KONG, Oct 16 (Agencies): Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has been forced to suspend her annual address after being heckled in parliament.Opposition lawmakers disrupted the Legislative Council session by shouting and projecting slogans behind her.After a first interruption, the session resumed only to be interrupted again. It was then...

Turkey rejects Syria ceasefire

AKCAKALE, Oct 16 (Agencies): Turkey's president says he won't halt its military offensive in northeast Syria, despite growing pressure and sanctions from NATO allies. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's comments came as Washington, which has announced limited sanctions on Turkey, said U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will travel to Ankara Wednesday...

Tensions high as S Sudan faces unity govt deadline

JUBA, Oct 16 (AP): South Sudan's fragile peace deal is faltering less than a month before the country's president and armed opposition leader are meant to form a coalition government and begin the long recovery from a five-year civil war. Some doubt it is safe enough for opposition leader Riek...

India court ends hearings on disputed Ayodhya site

NEW DELHI, Oct 16 (Reuters): India's Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered an end to hearings in a long-running dispute between Hindus and Muslims over a place of worship, laying the ground for a verdict that could lead to further divisions.Hindus believe that the site in the northern town of Ayodhya...

NZ to join Coalition for Climate Action

WELLINGTON, Oct 16 (Xinhua): New Zealand Finance Minister Grant Robertson said Wednesday that the country will join the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action while attending Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings in Chile. The objective of coalition is to share information and promote action to tackle climate change. It was...

Abu Dhabi crown prince meets Russian leader

DUBAI, Oct 16 (Xinhua): Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan held an official meeting with visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday over expansion of bilateral relations. During the meeting at the Presidential Palace in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the...

Spain bracing for two days of violent protests in Catalonia

BARCELONA, Oct 16 (AP): Spain is on edge after two straight days of violent clashes in northeastern Catalonia between police and protesters at over the Supreme Court's sentencing of nine leaders of the region's separatist movement to prison. Protest marches are starting in several Catalan towns on Wednesday with the...

News in Brief -(17-10-2019)

Car bomb kills two Afghan security officersKABUL, Oct 16: An Afghan official says that at least two security officers have been killed when a car bomb detonated near a district headquarters in eastern Laghman province. Asadullah Dawlatzai, spokesman for the provincial governor, says that 26 people including 20 children and...