CAIRO, (MILLAT+APP/AFP): Rescuers recovered 24 bodies on Friday from a boat crowded with migrants that capsized off the Egyptian coast, bringing the death toll from the disaster to at least 79. Survivors have said up to 450 migrants were on board the fishing vessel that was heading to Italy from Egypt when it keeled over […]
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Egypt migrant boat death toll rises to 79
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Japanese PM in Cuba to ‘open new page’ in ties
HAVANA,(APP/AFP) – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Cuba on Thursday for the first visit to the country by a Japanese premier, saying he wants to “open a new page” in relations. Abe met with Cuban President Raul Castro during a visit that comes after Tokyo’s close ally Washington restored ties with the communist island […]
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Obama’s Vietnam noodle visit sparks feeding frenzy
HANOI, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Four months after US President Barack Obama plonked down on a plastic stool at Bun Cha Huong Lien for a bowl of Hanoi’s signature pork noodles, the restaurant is cashing in on customers eager to taste what all the fuss is about. Previously a mainstay among a mostly local customer base, hungry […]
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Taiwan ‘double agent’ gets 18 years for spying for China
TAIPEI, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – A Taiwanese court has sentenced a former intelligence officer to 18 years in prison for reportedly working as a double agent and spying for China as relations worsen with Beijing. Major Wang Tsung-wu was sentenced Thursday by Taiwan’s High Court on convictions of engaging in espionage as well as violating national intelligence […]
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S. Korea rules out flood aid to N. Korea
SEOUL, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – South Korea Friday ruled out giving aid to flood-hit North Korea, saying leader Kim Jong-Un would claim credit for any assistance following what Pyongyang calls the “worst disaster” since World War II. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) appealed Wednesday for $15.5 million in emergency funding to […]
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Morocco detains four ‘dangerous’ IS suspects
RABAT, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Moroccan police have arrested four “dangerous” suspected jihadists linked to the Islamic State group who were planning attacks across the country, the government said on Thursday. Investigators apprehended an individual on Wednesday in the northern city of Meknes who had been “planning terrorist attacks in Morocco,” according to a statement from the […]