BANGKOK (AP) — China threatened "serious consequences" Friday after the United States Navy sailed a destroyer around the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea for the second day in a row, in a move Beijing claimed was a violation of its sovereignty and security ... Both sides said their actions were justified under international law ... .
WASHINGTON. The US military carried out multiple air strikes in Syria on Thursday night against Iran-aligned groups whom it blamed for a drone attack that killed an American contractor, wounded another and also hurt five US troops, the Pentagon said ... Reuters was unable to independently confirm the toll. REPEATED ATTACKS ... FILEPHOTO. U.S ...REUTERS ... .
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - At least 13 people were killed in clashes with police just outside Brazil's seaside city of Rio de Janeiro after a raid... .
The release of Paul Rusesabagina, who was portrayed as a hero in the Hollywood filmHotel Rwanda, follows intense diplomacy by the US, where he has permanent residency rights, and may help to ease tensions between the two countries ... .
HELSINKI -- The Finnish president on Thursday formally sealed the Nordic country's historic bid to join NATO by signing into law the required national legal amendments needed for membership in the Western military alliance ...Turkey has presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for May 14, and ratification is expected before that ... .
Russia would bomb any country that arrests Vladimir Putin, a former Russian president has warned after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant against Putin over the abduction of Ukrainian children ... Mr Putin could face arrest in more than 100 countries that recognise the jurisdiction of the ICC warrant ... .
Britain is becoming a sick society. I don’t mean this merely in a figurative sense, that the country is suffering from an epidemic of depravity and knife crime. Sixteen per cent of the British labour force — one in six — report that they suffer from long-term health problems ... More on the UK ... Long-term health problems ... The future doesn’t look any better.
Ukrainian troops, on the defensive for four months, will launch a long-awaited counterassault “very soon” now that Russia’s huge winter offensive is losing steam without taking Bakhmut, Ukraine’s top ground forces commander said yesterday ... Just like with every city and village that suffered because of the occupiers,” he wrote. .
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Shares in Deutsche Bank fell sharply Friday, dragging down major European banks and leading German ChancellorOlaf Scholz to express confidence in the solidity of the country’s largest lender as fears about the global financial system sent fresh shudders through the markets ... READ MORE ... FederalNewsNetwork's CX Exchange ... U.S.
The channel added that the foreign ministry source was commenting on international media reports ... The re-establishment of ties between Riyadh and Damascus would mark the most significant development yet in moves by Arab states to normalise ties with al-Assad, who was shunned by many Western and Arab states after Syria’s civil war began in 2011 ... .
The latest U.S.-China clash over the popular social media app TikTok is likely to worsen the already-deteriorating relationship between the two countries, as Beijing and Washington tussle over software bans, technology exports and concerns about espionage and national security ... Here's where the dispute stands ... The U.S ... citizens. In China, many U.S ... .
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Manila, Mar 24 (EFE).- The Philippines urged China on Friday to curb “coercion and intimidation” in their dispute over islands in the South China Sea during a meeting in Manila between the vice foreign ministers of each country ... And we have also advanced our practical cooperation and our mutual trust,” he added ... 6 ... EFE. fsg/tw Tags.