NEW DELHI: Britain’s foreign minister has insisted during a visit to India that “a lot of progress” has been made in talks on a post-Brexit free-trade deal despite negotiators missing a recent deadline. “We have made a lot of progress in the negotiations, and we continue to work for an agreementContinue Reading
SEOUL: International leaders expressed condolences after at least 22 foreign nationals from 12 countries were among those killed in a deadly crowd surge in Seoul’s Itaewon district, a popular nightlife spot for South Koreans and expatriates alike. South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol declared a period of national mourning on SundayContinue Reading
“IT JUST FELL APART” Washington stations about 27,000 US troops in South Korea to help protect it against the nuclear-armed North, and Taylor and his friends are based at Camp Casey in Gyeonggi. On their week off, they decided to go to the festivities at Itaewon but said that whenContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: The United States said on Friday (Oct 28) its policy towards North Korea had not changed after a senior US official responsible for nuclear policy raised some eyebrows by saying Washington would be willing to engage in arms-control talks with Pyongyang. Some experts argue that recognising North Korea asContinue Reading
BRASILIA: Brazil’s electoral authorities are preparing for a competitive election on Sunday (Oct 30) with a result that may be contested by far-right President Jair Bolsonaro if he loses to his leftist adversary, who has a narrow lead in recent opinion polls. Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court (TSE), led by justicesContinue Reading
Uzbek workers of a waste processing plant in the western Russian city of Oryol, who were handed mobilisation notices and ordered to show up at the local conscription point, asked their president for help, a local news outlet reported. Moscow started the mobilisation campaign, its first since World War Two,Continue Reading
China has decided the status quo of Taiwan’s situation is no longer acceptable and has begun to ratchet up pressure on the self-governing island, including holding out the possibility of using force, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday (Oct 26). Speaking at an event organised by Bloomberg,Continue Reading
TOKYO: The United States, Japan, and South Korea warned on Wednesday (Oct 26) that a North Korean nuclear test would warrant an “unprecedentedly strong response”, vowing unity after a blitz of missile launches from the hermit state. Following talks in Tokyo, the three nations’ deputy foreign ministers said they wouldContinue Reading
Myanmar’s military has defended air strikes on a concert organised by an ethnic minority force as a justified response to attacks in the area, after opponents accused the junta of targeting civilians and conducting war crimes. The air strikes late on Sunday (Oct 23) in Kachin State in the northContinue Reading
VATICAN CITY: The Vatican said Saturday (Oct 22) it had renewed a secretive 2018 deal with Beijing allowing China to choose bishops on the mainland and then have Rome approve them. It said the deal had, as widely expected, been renewed for two years. “After appropriate consultation and assessment, theContinue Reading