Pakistan army chief says military will ‘go to any extent’ to support Kashmir cause
Pakistan’s army chief said on Tuesday the country’s military will “go to any extent” to support people in the contested Kashmir region, after arch rival India revoked special status in its portion of the territory.
In Lebanon, a monastery brings together Christians scattered by war
The last time Samuel Botros stepped into the Lebanese monastery of Saint Anthony of Qozhaya was in 1978. He was 24, newly married, and the country was in the grip of an all-out war. Like many of his generation, he left. It took him 41 years to return.
‘Ready and willing’ to do a Brexit deal, Britain tells EU
Britain is “ready and willing” to do a deal to leave the European Union if Brussels renegotiates the agreement, a senior government source said on Tuesday, denying that a no-deal Brexit was Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s central plan.
North Korea says U.S. is inciting military tension
North Korea accused the United States on Tuesday of “inciting military tension” by holding joint exercises with South Korea and said Pyongyang would take measures to defend itself.
Pact is reached in Mozambique but prospects for peace still uncertain
With a handshake and a hug, Mozambique’s leaders hoped on Tuesday to close the book on a decades-long conflict. But an election in October and new causes of violence mean lasting peace is far from assured.
China warns Hong Kong protesters not to ‘play with fire’
Protesters in Hong Kong must not “play with fire” and mistake Beijing’s restraint for weakness, China said on Tuesday in its sharpest rebuke yet of the “criminals” behind demonstrations in the city whom it vowed to bring to justice.
Pentagon chief says U.S. will not ‘overreact’ to North Korea missile launches
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Tuesday that the United States will not overreact to a series of missiles launches by North Korea in recent weeks and would keep the door open to talks with Pyongyang.
‘We will make them pay’: North Korea launches missiles, condemns U.S.-South Korea drills
North Korea fired missiles into the sea off its east coast for the fourth time in less than two weeks, South Korea said on Tuesday, as Pyongyang warned that hostile moves against it “have reached the danger line.”
Any Turkish incursion into Syria ‘unacceptable,’ will prevent it: Pentagon chief
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Tuesday any Turkish operation into northern Syria would be “unacceptable” and the United States would prevent unilateral incursions, as tensions between Washington and Ankara simmer.
Philippines’ Duterte plans China visit to discuss South China Sea ruling
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will soon meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to discuss a 2016 arbitration case over the South China Sea, his spokesman said on Tuesday, as domestic pressure grows on the firebrand leader to stand up to Beijing…
