ar
en
fr
International
- Service : English
- Category : International
-
Mattis says US wants diplomatic solution for North Korea
Date: 2017-08-11 11:08:07 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:6939912
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says the Trump administration is working with its allies on a diplomatic solution to escalating tensions with North Korea, The Washington Post reported. Speaking with reporters in Mountain View, California, Mattis ....
-
Trump praises Putin instead of critiquing cuts to US embassy staff -- paper
Date: 2017-08-11 11:06:25 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:6939910
US President Donald Trump offered gratitude rather than outrage on Thursday for Russia’s decision to force the United States Embassy in Moscow to slash its personnel by 755 people, despite bipartisan condemnation from other American leaders who ....
-
Guam adviser: Security level to remain in place after North Korea threats
Date: 2017-08-09 06:47:26 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:6936441
Guam's Department of Homeland Security and Office of Civil Defense said there is no change in threat level resulting from the North Korean events, adding there are several levels of defense all “strategically placed” to protect the territory and the ....
-
Kenyans line up to cast ballots in presidential election
Date: 2017-08-08 08:36:14 GMT - Kenya - International - SN:4 - ID:6935042
Millions of voters will go to the polls in Kenya on Tuesday in an election expected to be a close race between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his rival Raila Odinga. More than 180,000 police have been deployed across the country amid fears of ....
-
Lavrov holding talks with N. Korean FM in Manila
Date: 2017-08-07 11:29:20 GMT - Russia - International - SN:6 - ID:6933920
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is holding talks with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho on the sidelines of the 50th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) and related meetings in Manila, Sputnik news reported Monday. Lavrov ....
-
South Korean president's approval rating slips to 72.5 pct
Date: 2017-08-07 11:21:54 GMT - south korea - International - SN:4 - ID:6933904
South Korean President Moon Jae-in's approval rating dropped slightly from a week earlier, Yonhap news agency quoted a survey as showing Monday, amid advances by opposition parties following a missile provocation from North Korea. In a survey ....
-
Up to US, N.Korea to ease tensions, not China - China UN envoy
Date: 2017-08-01 07:05:14 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:2 - ID:6924825
China's Ambassador to the United Nations Liu Jieyi said that it is up to the United States and North Korea, not China, to try to reduce tensions and resume negotiations to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula. "They hold the primary responsibility ....
-
N. Korea fired apparent ballistic missile, says S. Korea
Date: 2017-07-28 18:55:05 GMT - south korea - International - SN:12 - ID:6920161
The South Korean military said that North Korea fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile into the East Sea late Friday, Yonhap news agency reported . The missile was launched from Jagang Province, northern North Korea, at around 11:41 p.m., ....
-
FDA says it plans to lower nicotine in cigarettes to non-addictive levels
Date: 2017-07-28 18:10:42 GMT - USA - International - SN:11 - ID:6920134
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday announced a new plan to lower the nicotine levels in cigarettes to non-addictive levels . Market Watch reported on its website that because almost 90% of adult smokers started smoking before the age of ....
-
US orders diplomats' families to leave Venezuelan capital
Date: 2017-07-28 10:16:39 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:6919567
The United States is ordering relatives of American diplomats to leave the Venezuelan capital ahead of a polarizing vote planned for Sunday to start rewriting the country's constitution, ABC news reported. The State Department says it's also ....
