1 year agoPro Taliban accounts claimed deaths of 3 KPF members in Khost Afghanistan
Pentagon: "Of course the Pentagon was aware of the Chinese missile launch from the man-made structures in the South China Sea near the Spratly Islands. What's truly disturbing about this act is that it's in direct contradiction to President Xi's statement in the rose garden in 2015"
1 year agoISKP claims credit for magnetic IED (MIED) blast in Jalalabad, Nangarhar which targeted police patrol
Sri Lanka police chief arrested for failing to thwart recent bombings
1 year agoThe Soyuz-2.1b LV with the Meteor-M satellite and 32 small satellites was transported to the launch pad and is getting ready for the launch scheduled for July 5 at 08:41:46 Moscow time from the Vostochny cosmodrome
1 year agoChinese President Xi Jinping urged President Donald Trump to "show flexibility" towards North Korea, including the "timely" easing of sanctions, at the G20 summit last week, China's foreign minister says
1 year agoAt least 13 people were killed after a wall collapsed on shanties in India's financial capital of Mumbai on Tuesday, as a second straight day of heavy rain disrupted rail and air traffic, forcing authorities to declare a public holiday.
China regarded the violent actions of some protesters in HongKongProtest as an "undisguised challenge" to the one country, two systems formula under which the city is ruled, state television reported on Tuesday.
Three killed, four injured as van rams into army vehicle in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba
1 year agoNew test launch of Russian missile defense system at SaryShagan firing range in Kazakhstan
Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 33km SW of Sinabang, Indonesia
[email protected]: It was great being with Chairman Kim Jong Un of North Korea this weekend. We had a great meeting, he looked really well and very healthy - I look forward to seeing him again soon..
China trade talks with US have "already begun," @POTUS tells reporters.
Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia
HongKong Gov Press conference: In response to the question about resignation, Carrie Lam said: I've apologised for the insufficient work surrounding the Bill, there is much more work to be done.
1 year agoAt a 4am press conference, Chief Executive Carrie Lam, Secretary for Security John Lee and police chief Stephen Lo condemned Monday evening's occupation of Hong Kong's Legislative Council.
1 year agoPolice chief Stephen Lo said the withdrawal of police officers from LegCo prior to the evening occupation as a "temporary retreat" due to the environment and the tactics used by protesters.
Earthquake of magnitude 5.9 - 50km WSW of Yumbing, Philippines
1 year ago[00:35 HKT] Police ready to enter Legco
1 year agoLawmaker Roy Kwong is covering protestors to leave from Admiralty Centre #AntiELAB
1 year agoLianyu Wall is commonly known as The Lennon Wall, is guarded by a large number of riot police.
1 year ago#antiELAB protesters and riot police on the crossing of Tim Mei Avenue and Harcourt Road.
1 year agoTear gas fired on Lung Wo and LegCo Road.
1 year agoHongKong police fire tear gas to disperse anti-extraditionbill protesters after they stormed into Legco for several hours
1 year agoPolice clearing LegCo Road with big numbers and force. Multiple tear gas canisters fired. Police holding bean bag guns.
1 year agoPolice just fired tear gas at protesters outside Legco.
1 year agoPolice preparing in heavy force on Fenwick Pier St
1 year agoEuropean Union weighs in, saying the actions to break in the legco "are not representative of the vast majority" as they call on protesters to exercise restraint
[email protected]: ...why President Trump has to deal with North Korea the way it is now. He had to figure out what to do with the Korea mess. I think this is why the President deserves a lot of credit." Harry Kazianis, Center for the National Interest. Thank you.
[email protected]: "In my opinion the President has done more good on the Korean issue in the last year and a half than President Obama did in eight years. If you look at the strides they made during the Obama years, which advocated strategic patience-they stuck their head in the sand. This is...
1 year ago#antiELAB protesters all geared up as police near from Wan Chai. Helmets, masks and gloves on. "We are not defending the barricade at all cost, we just need to buy time for those behind us to leave," shouts one.
[email protected]: Congratulations to Prime Minister Abe of Japan for hosting such a fantastic and well run G-20. There wasn't a thing that was missing or a mistake that was made. PERFECT. The people of Japan must be very proud of their Prime Minister.
[email protected]: Thank you to President Moon of South Korea for hosting the American Delegation and me immediately following the very successful G-20 in Japan. While there, it was great to call on Chairman Kim of North Korea to have our very well covered meeting. Good things can happen for all.
1 year agoHong Kong Police Force: The LegCo Building was violently attacked and forced to enter illegally. The police severely condemned the violent attack. The police will conduct sweeping in a short period of time and will take reasonable force.The police also appeal unrelated protestors to leave the vicinity.
1 year agoFull statement from the HongKong gov't in response to the July1 protests and unrest at the legislature
Police announced that they will be clearing the scene shortly. As news spread, #antiELAB protesters are urging those who need to go, to leave and that a safe exit through the other end of Lung Wo Road is possible.
1 year ago[22:36 HKT] Still around 200-300 protestors and press inside Legco chamber.
Sri Lanka police chief faces crimes against humanity charge over Easter attacks
Afghan Special Forces conducted an operation against the militants of ISKP in Nangarhar province. The military sources said Sunday that the Special Forces conducted the operation in Achin district. Seven ISKP militants were killed.
1 year agoSpeakers chair and Hong Kong SAR emblem defaced in LegCo. And that's a Hong Kong Colonial flag too. #antiELAB
Organizer crowd estimate for today's July 1 march: 550,000.
1 year agoThe Legislative Council chamber has been taken over by protesters, the Beijing-imposed HK emblem defaced, and the old British colonial flag (assoc. with HK independence) draped at the front.
1 year ago"This is a complete trap, I'm sorry that people played into it," pro dem lawmaker Fernando Cheung says inside the chamber. Says police could have easily cleared protesters earlier but allowed this to happen.
1 year ago#antiELAB protesters have occupied Legco chamber
1 year agoProtesters inside LegCo chamber.
1 year agoProtesters smash up portraits of Legislative Council presidents outside the chamber
1 year ago#HongKongProtest hundreds of protesters finding their way through the floors of Legco.
1 year agoProtestors streaming into LegCo as riot police back off and the shutter is finally swept away. #AntiELAB
1 year agoProtesters have stormed Hong Kong's legislature: Protesters are pouring in from several entrances
1 year agoMajor fire breaks out at factory in Noida Special Economy Zone
Iraq FM urges Trump to replicate latest diplomatic overture to North Korea with Iran
1 year agoHundreds in Tamar Park, with more streaming in after July1 march.
#KabulAttack: Two attackers killed. One civilian killed, 93 others wounded. Clash is still ongoing.
Hong Kong protesters storm legislature after hacking through reinforced glass
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 28km N of Pendolo, Indonesia
KCNA: "Thanks to the leadership of the CPC the Chinese people could wage an organizational and stubborn struggle against foreign forces of aggression and won a victory in the fierce struggle with domestic reactionary forces to greet the birth of a new China."
KCNA: "The Chinese people greeted a historic moment in the struggle for hewing out their destiny on July 1, 98 years ago and the Communist Party of China (CPC) was founded that day."
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) says the trail of an unidentified flying object was detected on radar in the Korean demilitarized zone (DMZ) around 1pm local on Monday. Local media report the object is suspected to be a North Korean drone
1 year agoKabul attack: One killed, 65, including 9 children wounded, the Public Health Ministry's spokesman Wahidullah Mayar says.
1 year agoHong Kong: What the July 1 march looks like from above
1 year agoSteady flow into the Victoria park in HongKong
1 year agoHong Kong protesters are storming the Legislative Council complex, ramming a glass door with a metal trolley
1 year agoPolice have raised a red flag from inside the Legco building where they are storming
1 year agoProtesters sliding metal barricades toward LegCo
As tensions rise at LegCo w protesters trying to break into the building, crowds are gathering in Victoria Park for the pro-democracy march. Christian groups praying and singing
1 year ago#NoToChinaExtradition protesters have tried to break into the legislature using a metal cart. Police raised a red warning flag, warning that they may use force. Photo: @StandNewsHK.
10 people were killed and 35 injured in the Kabul bombing
1 year agoAs a result of the flooding of gas stations in Tulun, an oil spill was formed
1 year agoOfficials from Afghanistan Football Federation said that a number of their staff members and also players were wounded in the blast in Kabul and also the compound is damaged.
1 year agoVideo: A scene after massive explosion in Kabul Afghanistan.
1 year ago@AFPgraphics VIDEO: Police in Hong Kong use pepper spray and batons against anti-government protesters
1 year agoHong Kong police say unknown liquid was thrown by protesters at their officers with some subsequently experiencing difficulty breathing and itchy skin. 13 officers sent to hospital for treatment
Heavy explosion reported in Kabul.
Deputy Commissioner of Kishtwar, Angrez Singh Rana: 10 dead and 7 have been injured after a matador vehicle coming from Keshwan to Kishtwar fell into a gorge, today, reports ANI.
Punjab man arrested for passing secret military information to Pakistan's ISI via WhatsApp: Report
1 year agoTimelapse from 4-10am: Protesters started going out on the streets early in the morning on the 22nd anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China
1 year agoMan appears to be disabling a CCTV camera in HongKong's Admiralty area. Police scarcely visible at this point. A broader anti-extradition march is set to take place at 2:30pm today starting at Victoria Park.
1 year agoCaptured earlier: the moment when police clashed with protesters #antiEALB
1 year agoSome pictures of the repression of protests in Hong Hong so far today, - Reuters
1 year agoRight now on Lung Wui Road - bricks being pulled from the footpath, a fresh set of barricades being built and pulled into place
Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - 103km WSW of Nikol'skoye, Russia
Hundreds of riot police officers used batons and pepper spray to push back protesters who tried to march to the site of an annual ceremony marking the anniversary of the territory's return to China from Britain
Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - 11km NE of Karakenja, Tajikistan
Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 - 76km E of Mutsu, Japan
A police official and his wife has been injured in a gun attack in Karachi city of Pakistan. Both moved to the nearest medical facility.
KCNA: "The top leaders of the two countries expressed great satisfaction over the results of the talks. After the talks Kim Jong Un exchanged parting words with Trump."
KCNA: Kim Jong Un noted "that the relations would continue to produce good results unpredictable by others and work as a force overcoming manifold difficulties and obstacles in the future, too."
KCNA: "Kim Jong Un said that it was the good personal relations with President Trump that made such a dramatic meeting possible at just a one day's notice."
KCNA: "The top leaders of the two countries agreed to keep in close touch in the future, too, and resume and push forward productive dialogues for making a new breakthrough in the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and in the bilateral relations."
KCNA: "They explained issues of easing tensions on the Korean peninsula, ending the inglorious relations between the two countries and making a dramatic turn and also issueswhich become a stumbling block in solving those issues, and voiced full understanding and sympathy."
KCNA: "President Moon Jae In greeted Kim Jong Un outside the House. Kim Jong Un exchanged warm greetings with Moon Jae In. Then there were a one-on-one chat and talks between the top leaders of the DPRK and the U.S."
KCNA: "The two leaders steppedin the north side portion of Panmunjom where they held their hands again, leaving the historic moment of the sitting U.S. President setting his foot on the soil of the DPRK across the Military Demarcation Line for the first time in history."
KCNA: "Kim Jong Un exchanged compliments with Trump about meeting him after about 120 days and guided him toward the north side portion of Panmunjom."
KCNA: "In 66 years since the Armistice Agreement in 1953 there happened such an amazing event of the top leaders of the DPRK and the U.S. exchanging historic handshakes at Panmunjom, place that had been known as the symbol of division."
KCNA: "Kim Jong Un stepped out of the Panmun Pavilion on Sunday afternoon and had a historic meeting with Donald Trump just before the demarcation line at Panmunjom amid the worldwide attention."
KCNA: "The Supreme Leader of the Party, the state and the armed forces of the DPRK accepted the opinion of President Trump that he would like to meet Chairman of the State Affairs Commission Kim Jong Unand went to the south side portion of Panmunjom to have a surprise meeting."
KCNA: "Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the [DPRK] and supreme commander of the armed forces of the DPRK, had a historic meeting withDonald Trump at Panmunjom on Sunday afternoon at the suggestion of Trump."
The Japanese government has created a nationwide television broadcast advising civilians on how to protect themselves in the event of a North Korean missile attack.