Seoul to restart anti-Pyongyang broadcasts
in retaliation to North's trash balloons
SEOUL, June 09: South Korea announced Sunday it would resume anti-North Korean propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts in border areas in retaliation to the North sending over 1000 balloons filled with trash and manure over the last couple of weeks. The move is certain to anger Pyongyang and potentially prompt it to take retaliatory military steps, and adds to tensions between the war-divided rivals amid a diplomatic stalemate over the North's nuclear ambitions. — AP
Missile strikes cargo ship off Yemen
LONDON, June 09: An Antigua and Barbuda-flagged cargo ship caught fire after it was hit by a missile off the coast of Yemen, maritime security firm Ambrey said on Saturday. "The ship was heading southwest along the Gulf of Aden at a speed of 8.2kts when the forward station was struck by a missile. A fire started but was neutralised," Ambrey said in a statement. A second missile missed and "small boats in the vicinity opened fire on the ship" causing it to change direction to port. "No injuries were reported," the security firm added. The attack comes amid a campaign of drone and missile strikes against Israeli-linked shipping by Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels. —AFP
Presidential vote: Iran approves six candidates
TEHRAN, June 09: Iran on Sunday announced the six candidates, mostly conservatives, approved for the June 28 election to replace President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash. The candidates announced by the interior ministry were selected from 80 registered hopefuls by the Guardian Council which oversees elections in the Islamic republic. Only one is from the reformist camp, while former president Mahmud Ahmadinejad was not approved. — AFP
Stranded migrants confront violence, despair
EL AMRA, June 09: For many migrants who've long dreamed of Europe, one of the last stops is an expanse of olive trees on North Africa's Mediterranean coastline. But in Tunisia, less than 100 miles (161 kilometers) from the Italian islands that form the European Union's outermost borders, for many that dream has become a nightmare. Under black tarps covered with blankets and ropes, men, women and children seek shelter from sunlight and wait for their chance to board one of the iron boats that paid smugglers use to transport people to Italy. — AP
New Haiti PM hospitalised for asthma
PORT-AU-PRINCE, June 09: Haiti's new prime minister, Garry Conille, was rushed to hospital on Saturday following "a slight illness" but was in a stable condition, a government statement said. "After a week of intense activity," Conille "suffered a slight illness on the afternoon of Saturday June 8, 2024, and went to hospital for treatment," the statement by the prime minister's press office said late in the evening. — AFP
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