Japanese PM To Detail Plans To Dissolve Lower House For Snap Election

TOKYO, Jan 15 (NNN-NHK) – Japanese Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, is expected to give more details on Jan 19, of her plan to dissolve the House of Representatives for a snap election, ruling party executives said, after meeting with her yesterday. Hirofumi Yoshimura, head of the Japan Innovation Party, the…

Afghanistan Reiterates It Will Not Allow Foreign Military Presence

KABUL, Jan 14 (NNN-BNA) – Afghan government spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said in an interview that, Afghanistan does not accept any form of foreign military presence, and will never hand over Bagram Air Base to the United States. U.S. President Donald Trump had threatened last year, to reoccupy Bagram Air Base,…

Drones Hit Two Tankers Designated For Kazakh Oil In Black Sea

ALMATY, Jan 14 (NNN-KNA) – Two tankers, designated to load Kazakh oil, came under drone attacks yesterday, in the Black Sea, near the Caspian Pipeline Consortium terminal, Kazakhstan’s national oil and gas company, KazMunayGas (KMG), and the country’s Energy Ministry reported. One of the tankers, Matilda, chartered by KMG’s subsidiary…

South Korean Court To Deliver Verdict In Ex-President Yoon’s Insurrection Trial On Feb 19

SEOUL, Jan 14 (NNN-YONHAP) – A South Korean court will deliver a verdict in former President Yoon Suk-yeol’s insurrection trial on Feb 19, local media reported today. The ruling follows the sentencing request by South Korea’s special counsel yesterday, which sought the death penalty for Yoon, on charges of ring-leading…

EU Commissioner Reaffirms Greenland Security, Warning U.S. Takeover Would End NATO

HELSINKI, Jan 13 (NNN-XINHUA) – The European Union (EU) could help provide security for Greenland, if Denmark requests it, European Commissioner for Defence and Space, Andrius Kubilius said yesterday, warning that, any U.S. military takeover of the Arctic territory would cause the end of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).…

European Parliament Bars Iranian Diplomats From Its Premises

BRUSSELS, Jan 13 (NNN-XINHUA) – European Parliament President, Roberta Metsola, said yesterday that, she has ordered a ban on all diplomatic staff and other representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran from entering any European Parliament premises. The decision followed protests that broke out across Iran late last month, and…

Ukrainian President Seeks Extension Of Martial Law, Mobilisation

KIEV, Jan 13 (NNN-UNIAN) – Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, yesterday, submitted bills to parliament, proposing the extension of the country’s current martial law and mobilisation, the parliament’s press service reported. If approved, both measures would be extended for an additional 90 days, until May 4. Lawmaker, Yaroslav Zheleznyak said, parliament…

Russia Condemns British Official’s Statement On “Abducting” Putin

MOSCOW, Jan 13 (NNN-TASS) – The Russian Foreign Ministry, on Sunday, rebuked British Defence Secretary, John Healey’s remarks about “abducting” President, Vladimir Putin. Maria Zakharova, the ministry’s spokesperson, called the remarks “the obscene fantasies of British deviants,” during an appearance on the Russian TV channel, TV Tsentr. On Friday, Healey…

Trump Reiterates Intention To Acquire Greenland “One Way Or The Other”

WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (NNN-XINHUA) – U.S. President, Donald Trump, on Sunday, once again claimed that the United States will acquire Denmark’s Greenland “one way or the other.” Speaking aboard Air Force One, Trump said that, with regard to Greenland, he was not considering leasing or short-term arrangements, but “acquiring” the…

World Insights: ICE Shooting Triggers Protests, Exposes Fault Lines In U.S. Immigration Enforcement

WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (NNN-XINHUA) – The fatal shooting of a U.S. woman, by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis, has continued to reverberate across the United States, triggering protests in dozens of major cities. With federal officials and local authorities offering starkly different accounts of the shooting,…
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