As it happens: US Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan in defiance of China’s warnings

China’s military on Tuesday (Aug 2) vowed to release “targeted military actions” in response to US Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, since tensions flare among Washington and Beijing. Pelosi landed from Taipei’s Songshan Airport terminal on a military airplane late on Wednesday , becoming the  highest-ranked elected USContinue Reading

Pelosi Taiwan visit set to dominate ASEAN meet

MYANMAR EXECUTION WARNING Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, opening the particular meeting as seat of ASEAN, ruined Myanmar for executing 4 prisoners last month within defiance of common international pleas intended for clemency. Myanmar was plunged straight into violent turmoil once the military seized strength last year, ousting Incluso SanContinue Reading

ASEAN foreign ministers to push for Myanmar progress

But after more than a year of no progress on the plan, Malaysia has said it would present a framework for its implementation, even as critics deride ASEAN as a toothless talking shop. “Peace can wait, but saving lives can not wait,” said Cambodia’s ASEAN spokesman Kung Phoak, while speakingContinue Reading

Why Nancy Pelosi went to Taiwan, and why China’s angry

WASHINGTON: When House Loudspeaker Nancy Pelosi flew into Taiwan on an Air flow Force passenger plane   on Tuesday (Aug 2), she became the particular highest-ranking American public in 25 years to check out the self-ruled isle. China announced military maneuvers in retaliation, even as Taiwanese officials welcomed her andContinue Reading

Afghans cast doubt on Kabul killing of Al-Qaeda chief

KABUL: Many Afghans portrayed shock or question on Tuesday (Aug 2) that Al-Qaeda’s chief had been killed in Kabul by an United States drone strike , saying they could not believe Ayman al-Zawahiri had been hiding in their midst. “It’s just propaganda, ” Fahim Shah, 66, a resident of theContinue Reading