BEIJING, Mar 28 (Agencies): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged his commitment to denuclearisation and to meet US officials, China said on Wednesday after his meeting with President Xi Jinping, who promised China would uphold friendship with its isolated neighbour.After two days of speculation, China and North Korea both...
Read moreUNITED NATIONS, Mar 28 (AFP): The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on Tuesday presented a $930 million check to the UN for humanitarian aid in Yemen as the UN chief pushed for an end to the war in which Riyadh leads a military coalition.United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres thanked Crown...
Read moreMOSCOW, Mar 28 (Reuters): The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Russia was still open to the possibility of a meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin despite Washington's expulsion of a slew of Russian diplomats.Trump earlier this month congratulated Putin on his re-election win and...
Read moreCAIRO, Mar 28 (AFP): Egyptians were voting on Wednesday in the third day of a presidential election guaranteed to give a second term to Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, leaving turnout as the only contest.Voters trickled into polling stations as authorities encouraged them to show up in high numbers. Sisi won his...
Read moreQALAAT AL-MADIQ, Mar 28 (AFP): Thousands of Syrian rebels and civilians arrived in opposition territory on Wednesday after having evacuated their Eastern Ghouta enclave near Damascus, an AFP correspondent said.Buses carrying opposition fighters, their relatives, and other civilians began arriving at a transit point in northwestern Syria around dawn, after...
Read moreNaypyidaw, Mar 28 (Reuters): Myanmar's parliament has elected Win Myint as the country's next president, a week after the resignation of his predecessor.Win Myint, a close aide of Aung San Suu Kyi, has been a speaker in the lower house since 2012 and was widely tipped for the top job.But...
Read moreBANGKOK, Mar 28 (AFP): Thai political parties called on the junta Wednesday to lift curbs on campaigning as disquiet with the military's four-year rule deepens and demands mount for an election.Since seizing power in 2014 Thailand's generals have banned gatherings of more than five people and coup leader Prayut Chan-O-Cha...
Read moreSix to die for Thai family massacreBANGKOK, Mar 28: Six men were sentenced to death on Wednesday for the massacre of a Thai village headman and seven members of his family, including three children, over a land dispute. The execution-style murders, which caused widespread public horror, saw the masked gunmen...
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