Day: October 12, 2019

North Korea begins key meeting before year-end deadline for US

North Korea slams Japan for fishing boat collision

6:37 pm October 12, 2019

Seoul: Pyongyang accused Tokyo Saturday of deliberately sinking a North Korean fishing boat that collided with a Japanese patrol vessel earlier this week in waters claimed by North Korea. Around 60 people were rescued on Monday after the vessel sank following the collision, according to Japanese media. The ship is believed to have been fishing […]

Chinese president Xi Jinping arrives in Nepal

6:34 pm October 12, 2019

Kathmandu: Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived here on Saturday on a two-day state visit, becoming the first head of the Communist nation to visit Nepal in 23 years during which the two countries are expected to sign a number of agreements, including an extradition treaty. Xi, who arrived here after a two day informal summit […]

First female head of Nobel’s literature award body has died

6:31 pm October 12, 2019

Helsinki : Sara Danius, the first female head of the prestigious Swedish body that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature, has died. She was 57. Her family told Swedish news agency TT that Danius passed away early Saturday following a long illness. Swedish media said she had breast cancer. Danius, who was a literature critic, professor and […]

Acting US homeland security chief McAleenan resigns: Trump

3:39 pm October 12, 2019

Washington: US President Donald Trump announced late Friday that acting US homeland security chief Kevin McAleenan has resigned, becoming the latest in a long list of top officials to leave the administration. “Kevin McAleenan has done an outstanding job as Acting Secretary of Homeland Security. We have worked well together with Border Crossings being way […]

Turkey vows to keep up Syria assault as US says troops came under fire

3:36 pm October 12, 2019

Ras al-ain (Syria): Battles raged in Syria as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to press on with a deadly assault against Kurdish forces, while the Pentagon said Friday US troops came under artillery fire from Turkish positions. Erdogan’s pledge to keep up the offensive, which the UN says has displaced more than 100,000 people […]