South Korea, Japan impose new unilateral sanctions on North Korea
SEOUL/TOKYO South Korea and Japan said on Friday they would impose new unilateral sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, following a fresh U.N. Security Council resolution imposed on the reclusive country this week.North Korea has rejected the U.N. resolution, aimed at cutting Pyongyang's annual export revenue by a quarter after its fifth and largest nuclear test in September, as a conspiracy masterminded by the United States to deny its sovereignty.Both Sout..>> view originalThe Lesson of the Arson Jihad in Israel
Emergency services in Israel combated brush fires across the country for a week beginning Nov. 22, ranging from Haifa to the Galilee to Jerusalem. Hundreds of homes burned down and nearly 16 square miles of forest land were damaged before the fires were contained this week. Dozens of people suffered smoke inhalation, and some 70,000 had to be evacuated. It was an almost perfect metaphor for the Palestinian national movement. ...>> view originalSenate Votes to Extend Sanctions Against Iran
Photo Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, after a Republican caucus at the Capitol on Tuesday. Credit Stephen Crowley/The New York Times WASHINGTON — The Senate voted unanimously on Thursday to extend the president’s authority to impose sanctions on Iran for another decade, a largely symbolic move intended to keep pressure on Tehran to abide by the landmark nuclear accord struck last year.Many of the sanctions have been suspended since the deal went into effec..>> view originalNew Thai king's first duty is to honor late father
A Thai Buddhist monk walks past portraits of Thailand's newly appointed King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun in Bangkok, Thailand. Friday, Dec. 2, 2016. Thailand's new king has carried out his first official duty, attending a solemn ...>> view originalChina Court Clears Man 21 Years After His Execution
BEIJING — China's supreme court ruled Friday that a young man executed 21 years ago for rape and murder had been innocent, in a case that has drawn attention to problems in the legal system as well as the frequent application of the death penalty.Nie Shubin was 20 at the time of his 1995 execution for crimes he was accused of committing in the northern city of Shijiazhuang in August of 1994. Another man, Wang Shujin, confessed to the crimes in 2005 while in police custody, although a legal rev..>> view originalFrench presidential race centers on 'top cop' Valls after Hollande bow-out
PARIS The focus of France's presidential election swung on to Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Friday as the possible standard bearer of the ruling Socialists following Francois Hollande's shock announcement that he would not seek a second term.A snap opinion poll, conducted on Thursday night after Hollande stunned France with his announcement, showed that Socialist voters and French voters as a whole wanted to see Valls win the party ticket to run for president next spring.Hollande's dramatic w..>> view originalAdulation of Fidel Castro Runs Deepest in Rural Eastern Cuba
EL GUAYABO, Cuba — The single dirt street in El Guayabo runs past a few dozen cinderblock homes, the medical clinic and the primary school to a grove of 76 trees planted to honor Fidel Castro on his 76th birthday.On Friday, residents of El Guayabo will walk that street a mile to Cuba's central highway to bid a final farewell to the man they credit for bringing medical care, education and basic comforts to this hamlet in the farming and ranching country of arid, sun-scorched eastern Cuba."We ow..>> view originalIn quotes: Zac Goldsmith loses Richmond Park to Lib Dems
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mr Goldsmith had resigned as a Conservative MP to fight the by-election as an independent candidate on an anti-Heathrow expansion ticket Lib Dem Sarah Olney has unseated former Conservative Zac Goldsmith in Richmond Park, with a spectacular by-election victory.The Lib Dems say it is a victory for those seeking an alternative to "this Conservative Brexit government".But what does it mean for Brexit, the partie..>> view originalSouth Korea Postpones Impeachment Vote
SEOUL — South Korea's National Assembly announced Friday the vote to impeach President Park Geun-hye has been postponed until December 9. The president has been embroiled in a multi-million-dollar influence peddling scandal that has decimated her image as a strong and incorruptible leader. But if Park's offer to resign earlier this week was a political ploy to upend impeachment efforts underway, as opposition lawmakers contend, it apparently worked. For the first time in South Korean history, ..>> view original
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