Monthly Archives: February 2019
The Latest: Pakistan’s airspace still closed, may open today
The Latest on escalating India-Pakistan tensions (all times local): 10:25 am.
South Korea to work with U.S. and North Korea after failed nuclear talks
Gun battle rages between Al Shabaab and Somali troops after hotel attack
Green economy? Thai party campaigns on marijuana as cash crop
Priest under siege in battle over Venezuela’s political soul
Salsa music and long tirades blasted through loudspeakers for days at a colonial church in one of Venezuela's toughest slums aimed at drowning out Monsignor Hector Lunar — an outspoken priest who isn't shy about criticizing President Nicolas Maduro, even from the pulpit.
Singapore plans to buy four F-35 jets with option for eight more
Rescuers use excavator at collapsed Indonesia gold mine
Rescuers have brought an excavator to the remote Indonesian gold mine that collapsed earlier this week, trapping dozens, hoping to speed up rescue efforts despite the risk of triggering landslides.
Indonesian rescuers amputate miner’s leg to save him from collapsed mine
Pakistan ready to hand over Indian pilot amid more shelling
Pakistan is preparing to hand over a captured Indian pilot as shelling continued for a third night across the disputed Kashmir border even as the two nuclear-armed neighbors seek to defuse the most serious confrontation in two decades.
North Korea wanted sanctions lifted in exchange for partial nuclear plant closure: U.S. official
South Korea’s Moon says Seoul will help U.S., North Korea talks ‘by any means’
Much politicking, little legislating as China congress meets
Thousands of delegates from around China are gathering in Beijing for next week's annual session of the country's rubber-stamp legislature and its advisory body.
Pompeo says North Korea not clear on scope of closing Yongbyon facility
North Korea leader Kim to leave Hanoi around noon on Saturday: source
SKorea’s Moon plans to discuss inter-Korean projects with US
South Korean President Moon Jae-in says Seoul plans to discuss with Washington the possibility of restarting joint inter-Korean economic projects to induce nuclear disarmament from North Korea.
Bangladesh: We’ll become unable to take new Myanmar refugees
Bangladesh's foreign secretary says his country will need to stop accepting more refugees from Myanmar, and he says its government is being "obstructionist" about bringing back more than 1 million Rohingya Muslims who have fled violence.
New Zealand arms some police after shootouts
Trump’s cost complaint casts doubt on SKorea military drills
Even as he announced the failure of nuclear negotiations with North Korea, President Donald Trump complained that annual military drills with South Korea were "very, very expensive"Â and said the South must pay more for them.