The Chinese military began live-fire exercises in the sea surrounding Taiwan at noon (0400 GMT) on Thursday, state broadcaster CCTV said, a day after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi infuriated Beijing by visiting the self-ruled island. “From 12:00 pm today to 12:00 pm on (August) 7, an important military exercise of the People’s Liberation...
Read MoreChina’s current and future measures are necessary and timely defensive countermeasures, carefully considered and evaluated, aimed at safeguarding national sovereignty and security, in line with international and domestic law, CCTV cited Wang as saying.
Read MoreThe United States killed Zawahiri with a missile fired from a drone at his Kabul hideout on Sunday, US officials said, in the biggest blow to the militants since Osama bin Laden was shot dead more than a decade ago. “The government and the leadership wasn’t aware of what is being claimed, nor any...
Read MoreUS House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi and her South Korean counterpart Kim Jin-pyo vowed to support efforts to maintain a strong deterrence against North Korea and achieve its denuclearisation. Later today, Pelosi plans to visit the Joint Security Area near the heavily fortified inter-Korean border, patrolled by American-led UN Command and North Korea,...
Read MoreToru Kubota, who was held while covering a protest in Yangon last week “has been charged under section 505 (a) and under immigration law 13-1”, the junta said in a statement. The two charges carry a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
Read MoreNancy Pelosi would be the highest-ranking US official to visit the inter-Korean truce village of Panmunjom since then president Donald Trump met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un there in 2019. North Korea’s nuclear weapons programmes were discussed when Pelosi met Seoul’s National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo.
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