BANGKOK, Aug 19 (AP/BBC): China's response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan was anything but subtle - dispatching warships and military aircraft to all sides of the self-governing island democracy, and firing ballistic missiles into the waters nearby.The dust has still not settled, with Taiwan this week...
Read moreTUBAS, Aug 19 (Reuters): A Palestinian man died of his wounds on Friday after Israeli forces shot him, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, during what Israel's military said was an early morning raid against suspected militants in the occupied West Bank.Salah Tawfiq Sawafta, 58, was shot in the head in...
Read moreSEOUL, Aug 19 (Arab News): The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said her country will never accept South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's "foolish" offer of economic benefits in exchange for denuclearization steps, accusing Seoul of recycling proposals Pyongyang already rejected.In a commentary published by state media...
Read moreKASHMIR, Aug 19 (Al Jazeera): India's decision to allow voting rights to any Indian citizen living temporarily in Indian-administered Kashmir has again ignited anger and fears of yet another attempt by the Hindu nationalist government to change the demography of its only Muslim-majority region.The move, announced on Wednesday by the...
Read moreNAIROBI, Aug 19 (Reuters): The nearly two-year conflict in Ethiopia has left almost half the population of Tigray region without adequate food, as aid groups struggle to reach rural areas because of insufficient fuel supplies, the World Food Programmeme (WFP) said on Friday.Even though the delivery of aid resumed after...
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