TOKYO, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – South Korea and Japan reached a controversial deal Monday to share defence intelligence, Japanese officials said, despite protests from opposition parties and activists in Seoul. Japan controlled the Korean peninsula as a colony from 1910-1945, with the legacy of the harsh rule marring relations with both North and South Korea today. South […]
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Japan, S. Korea ink controversial intelligence deal
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Chelsea Manning asks Obama for reduced sentence: Report
NEW YORK, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Imprisoned transgender soldier Chelsea Manning, who is serving 35 years behind bars for leaking classified US documents, has asked President Barack Obama to reduce her sentence before he leaves office, reports said. Originally called Bradley, Manning was convicted in August 2013 of espionage and other offenses after admitting to handing classified […]
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DR Congo prime minister resigns
KINSHASA, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Congolese Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo resigned Monday to make way for an opposition figure to take his place following talks aimed at averting a political crisis. “I have offered my resignation as well as those of the members of my government… to respond to the spirit and the letter of the […]
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Boko Haram leader warns Trump ‘war has just begun’
KANO, Nigeria,(MILLAT+APP/AFP) – The leader of the jihadist group Boko Haram has reacted to the election of Donald Trump to the White House with a warning that “the war has just begun” against the West. “Do not be overwhelmed by people like Donald Trump and the global coalition fighting our brethren in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan […]
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‘Dealmaker’ Trump an opportunity for Europe: UK’s Johnson
BRUSSELS, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – US President-elect Donald Trump is a man Britain and the European Union can do business with, British foreign minister Boris Johnson said Monday, amid sharp EU divisions over the tycoon’s upset election win. “Donald Trump, as I’ve said before, is a dealmaker and I think that could be a good thing for […]
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Hand grenade drone adds to IS arsenal around Mosul
ARBID, Iraq, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – The Islamic State group drone hovered in the sky over the advancing Iraqi forces before dropping a grenade, the jihadists’ latest move to weaponise small off-the-shelf aircraft. Down below, the grenade exploded on the roof of a building where Iraqi police forces were sheltering as they advanced some 10 kilometres (six […]