UNITED NATIONS, United States, June 3, (APP/AFP): The UN Security Council on Friday put North Korea’s suspected spy chief, 13 other Pyongyang officials and four entities on a sanctions blacklist, hitting them with a global travel ban and an assets freeze. The council unanimously adopted a US-drafted resolution imposing the new targeted sanctions in response […]
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UN slaps targeted sanctions on 18 N. Korean officials, firms
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Tropical Storm Beatriz leaves three dead in Mexico
OAXACA, Mexico, June 3, (APP/AFP): A woman and two children were crushed to death by collapsing houses as Tropical Storm Beatriz swept southern Mexico, and one person remains missing, authorities said Friday. Beatriz dumped heavy rains on the state of Oaxaca and lashed it with maximum sustained winds of 70 kilometers (43 miles) per hour […]
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North Korea ‘poses a threat to us all’: Mattis
SINGAPORE, June 3, (APP/AFP): North Korea and its nuclear weapons programme poses a “threat to us all,” US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said Saturday, calling on the international community to work together on the issue. “It is therefore imperative that we do our part each of us to support our shared goal of denuclearisation on […]
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Morocco king boycotts Africa summit to avoid Netanyahu
RABAT, June 2, (APP/AFP) – Morocco’s king has cancelled plans to attend a West Africa summit this weekend in Liberia due to the presence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the foreign ministry has said. The North African country is hoping to join the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) after the African Union […]
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Russian and French astronauts land on Earth from ISS
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, June 2, (APP/AFP) – A Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft carrying French astronaut Thomas Pesquet and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy landed on the Kazakh steppe Friday, ending their marathon 196-day mission to the International Space Station. “All is well. The landing has taken place. Now the cosmonauts will be evacuated from the capsule,” a spokesman […]
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US recognizes Pakistan’s efforts in supporting Afghan refugees
ISLAMABAD, June 2 (APP): United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration Nancy Izzo Jackson reaffirmed the United States’ long-term commitment to humanitarian assistance to victims of the Afghan conflict and appreciated Pakistan’s role in hosting one of the world’s largest and most protected refugee populations. According to US Embassy, she […]