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SEOUL: South Korean warships joined three US aircraft carriers Saturday in an unusually strong display of naval force aimed at North Korea, whose nuclear ambitions have been a focus of US President Donald Trump's ongoing tour of Asia.
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LOME: Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe has accused the opposition of orchestrating violence that has killed at least 16 people in massive anti-government protests across the country. Bnnonline24.com
NEW DELHI: India's federal government has issued an advisory to state governments to create awareness among the farmers about the harmful effects of straw burning, officials said Saturday. Bnnonline24.com
WASHINGTON: The US called Wednesday for the mandate of a UN-led panel investigating responsibility for chemical weapons use in Syria to be extended, citing two attacks carried out earlier this year. Bnnonline24.com
Afghanistan: At least four people were killed and two others wounded after a suicide bombing struck a hotel in Mazar-i-Sharif city, capital of Afghanistan's northern province of Balkh on Thursday, sources said. Bnnonline24.com
BEIJING: China and the United States announced more than $250 billion in business deals during US President Donald Trump's state visit to Beijing on Thursday. Bnnonline24.com
ISLAMABAD: At least 26 people were killed and 46 others injured when a passenger bus plunged into a ravine in northern Pakistan, police said Thursday. Bnnonline24.com
WASHINGTON: A second foreign policy advisor to Donald Trump's presidential campaign has admitted to contacts with Russian officials during last year's election and to having proposed that Trump travel to Russia during the campaign. Bnnonline24.com
WASHINGTTON: Juli Briskman didn’t think twice when she gave President Donald Trump the finger as his motorcade passed her while she was cycling on a road near his golf club. “He was passing by and my blood just started to boil,” the Democrat mother of two, 50, told HuffPost. “I’m thinking, he’s at the damn golf course again.” Bnnonline24.com
Desk: A peace campaign to seek both local development and global peacebuilding with 3,500 citizens and members of an international NGO was held in Seoul, South Korea. On October 21st, Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL) under the UN ECOSOC and DPI, held the “HWPL National Marathon Festival” as a part of its “Legislate Peace Campaign” to advocate the establishment of an international law for peace. Co-hosted by Korea Sport For All Federation, a local NGO under Seoul Metropolitan Government, the event has been served as a venue for local citizens to participate in marathon with voluntary donation for their local communities. Bnnonline24.com
MADRID: As the Catalonia conflict enters uncharted territory, both sides are upping the ante. Officials in Madrid are finalising plans for taking control of the rebel region. They’ll be rubber-stamped at an extraordinary cabinet meeting tomorrow when Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy returns from a summit in Brussels, where he’s looking to shore up his support among European leaders. The Catalans meanwhile are working out how they might stage a unilateral declaration of independence. “We should take a decision in the next days,” Jordi Xucla, a Catalan deputy for the PDeCAT party in the Spanish Parliament in Madrid, said in a Bloomberg Television interview yesterday. “The decision could be obviously the declaration of independence maybe in one week or in two weeks.” Bnnonline24.com
KARANGASEM: More than 144,000 people have fled from a rumbling volcano on popular tourist island Bali, but officials today urged evacuees who live outside the immediate danger zone to return home. Mount Agung, 75 kilometres (47 miles) from the tourist hub of Kuta, has been shaking since August, causing fears it could erupt for the first time since 1963 and triggering the highest possible alert level eight days ago. Bnnonline24.com
NEW YORK: Bangladesh’s prime minister yesterday proposed creating UN-supervised safe zones inside Myanmar to protect Rohingya Muslims who are fleeing a military crackdown to seek refuge in her country. “These people must be able to return to their homeland in safety, security and dignity,” Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told the UN General Assembly. Bnnonline24.com
Seoul, South Korea: “Establishing collaborative governance" for peace-building has been discussed with world leaders at the 3rd Annual Commemoration of the World Alliance Religions' Peace (WARP) Summit held by Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL) under the UN ECOSOC in Seoul, Republic of Korea. On the third day of the summit, September 19th, sessions were held to focus on the region and sector-based peace projects. Bnnonline24.com
Seoul, South Korea: The 3rd Annual Commemoration of the World Alliance of Religions’ Peace (WARP) Summit will be held in Seoul, South Korea to seek global cooperation for global peace-building. Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL), a peace NGO under the UN Department of Public Information (DPI) hosts this event on September 17-19 in association with International Peace Youth Group (IPYG) and International Women’s Peace Group (IWPG). Bnnonline24.com
TURKU, Finland: Finnish police arrested five people in a Turku apartment overnight in their investigation into a stabbing rampage that left two people dead, they said Saturday. Bnnonline24.com
SEVASTOPOL: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at a meeting with scientists and public figures in the Crimean city of Sevastopol emphasized the need to step up the work to restore cultural facilities in the region. “Peace Education Development Forum for Spreading a Culture of Peace” is held in Seoul, Republic of Korea on September 17th Bnnonline24.com
Desk: Under the current global environment shaded by long-term violence around the world including terrorism and interethnic conflicts, the international society is seeking a conflict resolution through a long-term approach to peacebuilding – education. Bnnonline24.com
FRANKFURT: Germany's leading long-distance bus operator Flixbus on Wednesday said it had joined forces with a Czech company to rescue the crowd-funded rail start-up Locomore and get its trains back on the rails. Bnnonline24.com
BRATISLAVA: An ancient dagger almost 4,000- year-old from the Bronze Age was accidentally discovered in the town of Hlohovec in southwestern Slovakia, local media reported recently. Bnnonline24.com
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has hit back against his ouster by the Supreme Court over corruption allegations, demanding a review of his case. The Supreme Court sacked Sharif in late July following an investigation into corruption allegations against him and his family, making him the 15th premier in Pakistan's 70-year history to be sacked before completing a full term. Bnnonline24.com
HO CHI MINH CITY: A Vietnamese court handed down a death sentence on a 34-year-old leader of a trans-provincial drug trafficking ring and life imprisonment on three of his underlings, local media reported Wednesday. Bnnonline24.com
LUSAKA: Zambian President Edgar Lungu on Tuesday launched a campaign to promote HIV testing with a declaration that HIV testing, counseling and treatment has now become compulsory in all public health institutions. Bnnonline24.com
NEW DELHI: At least three people were killed and more than eight others injured in a road accident in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Wednesday, police said. "The accident occurred this morning when a passenger bus turned turtle near Rakha Ambpatti on the Jammu-Pathankot Highway in Samba district," local police chief Anil Mangotra told the media. Bnnonline24.com
JAKARTA: President Joko Widodo said on Wednesday that Indonesia needs to strengthen unity to confront the threat of radicalism and extremism, and safeguard the country's constitution that preserves diversity. Delivering a speech ahead of Thursday's Independence Day, President Widodo said it is necessary for the nation to reduce inequality and stop spread of radicalism. |
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