US drone strike in Abyan - first in a while. Significant spike in AQAP activity there this month, including AQAP surge into Mahfad town in early August that overran the local Security Belt headquarters
If they don't make a deal "it's going to be very bad for China," says @POTUS
1 year agoTaliban Shelled Bagram Air Base with BM-1 Missiles for the 3rd Time (Yesterday Afternoon , Last Night and Today Afternoon) in Past 24 Hours claiming to have Inflicted Damage and Casualities on American Soldiers
@realDonaldTrump says he believes China wants to make a trade deal "very badly"
Responding to a question from @pwidakuswara, India Prime Minister @narendramodi said "we do not want to give pains to any country in the world to try to do anything (on Kashmir) because these issues are bilateral."
[email protected]: Just wrapped up a great meeting with my friend Prime Minister @NarendraModi of India at the G7Summit in Biarritz, France
"The President had scheduled meetings and bilaterals with Germany and India, so a senior member of the Administration attended in his stead," says @PressSec
Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 28km N of Pendolo, Indonesia
Truck driver killed in stone-pelting in Jammu and Kashmir; accused arrested
Dressed in black and wearing face masks, the protesters gathered at the Revenue tower around noon and by 2pm there were about 40 of them staging a sit-in
A top Chinese official said Monday that Beijing wants a rapid and "calm" end to its ongoing trade fight with the U.S., as Asian markets crumbled and China's currency plummeted to an 11-year low following President Trump's newly announced tariffs
Taliban claimed another artillery/missile attack on Bagram Airbase
Reuters: China Vice Premier Liu He says China resolutely opposes escalation of trade war, which is not beneficial for US or China
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 75km SE of Khonsa, India
1 year agoAs per local reports, multiple civilians were killed in an Afghan Army raid in Logar. Media reports also confirm civilian casualties. Interestingly, @KarzaiH blamed U.S. for the raid, which either means he's just doing politics as usual or U.S. provided air support
[email protected]: Big Trade Deal just agreed to with Prime Minister Abe of Japan. Will be great for our Farmers, Ranchers and more. Really big Corn purchase
1 year agoOfficers are blocking the road at the junction of Sha Tsui Road and Chung On Street in Tsuen Wan. But protesters do not seem to be around #HongKongProtests
Hong Kong Police Force has confirmed actual gun was fired on Sha Tsui Road, Tsuen Wan.
1 year agoThis is the full video taken at the Tai Wo Hau mtr. Some first aiders in the area said that another commuter was taken by the police. #antiELAB
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 34km SSW of Karangbadar Kidul, Indonesia
1 year agoScreengrab from Apple Daily shows two officers point their guns at antiELAB protesters and some reporters near Yi Pei Square in Tsuen Wan
1 year agoA small brawl has just happened at the Tai Wo Hau mtr, as the riot police entered the station and pined down a man who was standing there — without any gear. Residents who witnessed the scene were angry at the police.
1 year agoPolice fired one shot to the sky during the clashes with protesters
1 year agoPolice have guns out and are pointing them at people on Sha Tsui Road Video: SCMP @jeffielam
1 year agoRiot police have arrived to back up officers who had just pointed their revolvers at protesters and reporters
1 year agoA lot of police running near Yi Pei Square 二陂坊
Reuters: US White House says when President Donald Trump said he had second thoughts about escalating the trade war with China earlier in the day, he meant that he wished he had raised tariffs on Beijing even higher
1 year agoPolice arrest at least a dozen as they push through Yeung Uk Road as night falls. Photo: @SiuSinGallery HKFP
1 year agoWater cannon deployed toward Hong Kong protesters
1 year agoA Rohingya woman talks to these massive crowds of refugees in the Bangladeshi camps at the memorial for the attacks that forced most of their population into becoming refugees. The UN has called those attacks genocidal
1 year agoProtesters have barricades themselves inside Citywalk mall after police rushed the overpass connecting to this second-floor door #HongKongProtests
1 year agoSome protesters were arrested after riot police began advancing in Tsuen Wan at around 6:30pm. In full: Photo: InMedia
1 year agoFacing down riot police line at Chung On and Yeung Uk as new barriers go up
1 year agoFootage from on the ground shows two water cannon vehicles heading down Yuen Uk road behind police #HongKongProtests
1 year agoPolice clearing street now, water cannon behind them
1 year agoScenes of the protester-police clashes in Tsuen Wan at around 6pm Sunday. In full: Photo: @SiuSinGallery HKFP.
1 year agoTear gas at Yeung Uk Road again #antiELAB
1 year agoProtesters have thrown six petrol bombs in total on Yeung Uk Road - to loud cheers from the crowd #HongKongProtests
1 year agoTrump on Kim Jong Un's short-range missile tests: "I'm not happy about it, but again he's not in violation of the agreement." Japan's Abe: "Our position is very clear, that the launch of short range ballistic missiles by NK really violates the relevant UN security council resolutions."
1 year agoMore petrol bombs and bricks at Nina towers in Hong Kong
1 year agoHong Kong protesters not being put off by tear gas at Nina towers
1 year agoCrowds are becoming dense as protesters pour into Tsuen Wan Park, the official end of the approved march route. They fill walkways through the park, the site of a planned three-hour rally until 8pm #HongKongProtests
1 year agoHundreds of protesters are leaving Kwai Chung Sports Ground and beginning the walk to Tsuen Wan Park. Those leaving are chanting "Hongkongers, add oil." And "five major demands" #HongKongProtests
Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 - 112km E of Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia
KCNA: "Huang Kunmingexpressed his expectation that the party papers of the two countries would boostcooperation to promote the development of the traditional friendship between China and the DPRK. Attending there wereofficials of the Chinese People's Daily."
KCNA: "A delegation of the Rodong Sinmun Offices of the DPRK headed by Deputy Editor-in-Chief Kim Jin Su on a visit to China met and had a talk with Huang Kunming, head of the Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), on August 23."
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.
