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Kim receives 'excellent' letter from Trump

SEOUL, June 23 (AP): President Donald Trump sent North Korean leader Kim Jong Un an "excellent" letter, the North's state-run news agency reported on Sunday, quoting Kim as saying he would "seriously contemplate it."The White House confirmed that Trump had sent a letter to Kim.It comes as nuclear talks between...

Pakistan takes new move to boost Afghan peace process

ISLAMABAD, June 23 (Reuters): Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday called for trust to be rebuilt between Islamabad and Kabul as Pakistan began a new initiative to bolster a faltering peace process aiming to end Afghanistan's lengthy civil war.Pakistan on Saturday hosted a conference to bring together more...

US 'launched cyber-attack on Iran weapons systems'

NEW YORK, June 23 (BBC): The US launched a cyber-attack on Iranian weapons systems on Thursday as President Trump pulled out of air strikes on the country, US reports say.The cyber-attack disabled computer systems controlling rocket and missile launchers, the Washington Post said.It was in retaliation for the shooting down...

Ethiopian army chief dies in 'coup bid'attacks

ADDIS ABABA, June 23 (BBC): The chief of staff of the Ethiopian army, Gen Seare Mekonnen, has been shot dead by his own bodyguard in the capital, Addis Ababa.He and another officer died trying to prevent a coup attempt against the administration in Ethiopia's northern Amhara region, PM Abiy Ahmed...

Merkel urges crackdown on far-right extremists

BERLIN, June 23 (AP): Chancellor Angela Merkel said the German government is "very, very serious" about fighting far-right extremism that presents "a big challenge for all of us" after a man with anti-migrant views allegedly killed a regional official from Merkel's party.Far-right extremists "need to be fought from the beginning...

Three killed in rocket attack on army tugboat in W Myanmar

YANGON, June 23 (Xinhua): Three soldiers have been killed with another injured in rocket attacks by an insurgent group on an anchored tugboat of the Myanmar army in Sittway, Rakhine state, according to the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Services on Sunday.Launched by the Arakan Army (AA), three...

Benin's former president leaves country amid political crisis

COTONOU, June 23 (AFP): Former Benin president Thomas Boni Yayi left the country on Saturday for health reasons, a spokesman for his party said, after two months of political crisis following controversial elections in April.Boni Yayi, who had been under effective house arrest in northern Benin, left after "his health...

News in Brief -(24-06-2019)

Syria regime air strikes leave four civilians deadBEIRUT, June 23: Syrian regime air strikes killed four civilians including two children on Sunday in a northwestern bastion of opposition, a Britain-based war monitor said. The Idlib region of some three million people is supposed to be protected by a September buffer...