Police in southwestern China have praised a family of wild Asian elephants who followed five suspects and left a clear path for officers that led straight to the group and enabled their arrest ... .
China’sPeople’s Liberation Army Eastern TheaterCommand said in a statement on Monday (August 8) that joint drills in the sea and airspace around Taiwan were continuing. The notice did not specify the precise location of the exercises or when they would end. Whether the six danger zones for the August 4-7 exercises remain in effect is unclear ...Photo.
ISLAMABAD. Pakistan’s electronic media regulator has issued a show-cause notice to a major private news channel, ARYNews, for airing “hateful and seditious” content that the authority said amounted to inciting revolt within the armed forces, a copy of the document shows ... The outlet had previously also made the accusations in June ... ....
PRETORIA, South Africa — . The gang rape of eight women — allegedly by illegal miners — has transfixed South Africa and encapsulated numerous evils plaguing this society all at once. The victims were models taping a program at a mining location when attacked. More than 100 men have been arrested in the assault, although not all charged ...U.S.
Venezuela announced Tuesday that it plans to reestablish military ties with Colombia after years of deteriorating relations between the two countries. Venezuelan Defense MinisterVladimir Padrino Lopez said PresidentNicolas Maduro had ordered him to immediately establish contact with Colombian Defense Minister Ivan Velasquez for this purpose ... .
Turkey has resumed offshore gas exploration in disputed waters in the eastern Mediterranean after a two-year hiatus, a move that is expected to stoke regional tensions ... “The survey and drilling work we are conducting in the Mediterranean are within our sovereign territory ... “Europe is a good potential customer for Cypriot gas,” Pilides said ... Minister.
All of Japan’s 47 prefectures except Okinawa saw their population fall, with the largest decrease in Tokyo. People aged 65 or older now account for a record 29 per cent of the entire Japanese population ... .
By ManuelAyala. Tijuana, Mexico, Aug 8 (EFE).- Mexican civil society organizations and migrants deported from the United States who are now homeless in the border city of Tijuana on Monday demonstrated against the situation in which they say they have been left by authorities ... Being on “this side” of the wall has been tough for him ... EFE.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli troops killed two Palestinian gunmen in a shootout Tuesday during an arrest operation in the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, police said ...Israeli police said forces encircled the home of Ibrahim al-Nabulsi, who they say was wanted for a string of shootings in the West Bank earlier this year ... .
Two more grain-carrying ships left Ukraine's Chornomorsk port on Tuesday, Turkey's defense ministry said, as part of a deal to unblock Ukrainian sea exports, bringing the total to leave the country under a safe passage deal to 12. ...The StandardChannel. IOSAndroid. IOS Android. More>> ... personnel are working. ... (Reuters). .
Taiwan's foreign minister said on Tuesday that China was using the military drills it launched in protest against US House SpeakerNancy Pelosi's visit as an excuse to prepare for an invasion of the self-ruled island ... "China has used the drills ... "But I don't think they're going to do anything more than they are." ... .
US police hunting the killer of four Muslim men in a New Mexico city said Tuesday they have arrested their “primary suspect” and charged him with two of the murders ... .