Headlines- Iran's Foreign Minister Araghchi said that the sanctions put proposed by US President Trump threaten the world economy and that the most recent US threats of economic warfare are "doomed to fail."
- According toIranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stated on Friday that it would be a good time to try to put an end to the war with the United States.
- Five people suspected of charging migrants thousands of euros for bringing them from Ceuta, Spain's North African exclave, to mainland Spain have been arrested by Spanish police.
- After Palestinians allegedly threw rocks on Friday near Sa'ir, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, Israeli settlers shot and killed a 17-year-old Palestinian boy and injured an elderly man.
- Israeli forces entered the Syrian village of al-Basali, which is located in the southern region of Quneitra.
Tag: Pacific island
China ‘Likely’ Ran Targeted Campaign to...
China “very likely” coordinated a targeted campaign across the Pacific to demonstrate that local development strategies should align with Beijing’s latest five-year-plan, a recent report by The Alliance Futures Initiative says.
China-US Competition for Rare Earths Sparks...
A U.S. plan to potentially mine an area of Pacific seabed roughly the size of Nevada near two U.S. territories is the latest example of increasing competition in the region between the United States and China, a local government official told Radio Free Asia.
UNICEF Rings Alarm Over Child Abuse...
Pacific island children are experiencing “alarming” violence and abuse, amongst the highest rates in the world, amid a lack of government-funded services, religious and cultural barriers and growing drug use.
200 Unexploded WW2 Shells Uncovered in...
A stockpile of more than 200 U.S. artillery shells from the Second World War discovered at a school in the Solomon Islands capital has been safely removed.
Dozens Feared Raped, Killed in Papua...
Women and girls were reportedly raped and among more than two dozen people killed during days of violence in Papua New Guinea’s north-west.
Asia Weekly:Bridging Education Gaps on Pacific...
PM Modi’s party in India fails to secure an absolute majority. The PM of Pakistan is in China. The US and South Korea conduct precision-guided bombing for the first time in seven years. Chinatown in Singapore is still a vibrant hub.
Dozens Feared Dead After Huge Landslide...
Scores of people are feared dead after a landslide struck a remote highlands province in the Pacific Island nation of Papua New Guinea on Friday
PNG Sheep Farm Takes Aim at...
Lamb flaps – cut from the chest and up to 90% fat – and sheep tongue and neck chops, barbecued and sold at markets and roadside stalls, are affordable for Papua New Guineans and make a tasty meal for the average family
Scruteny of Chinese Tourists’ Backdoor in...
For a maximum of 14 days, Chinese people can enter the United States without a visa only in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), an American territory in the Pacific.Now some in Congress want to shut that program down.
Pacific Islands Making Progress Toward the...
Pacific Island states have been working to implement a brand-new $500 million climate protection fund since the United Nations Climate Change Summit, or COP 28, concluded in mid-December in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.