Ethiopia army chief shot amid unrest

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mr Abiy has taken measures to end repression, but ethnic violence has increased Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says the country’s defence chief of staff has been shot following unrest in the northern Amhara region. Appearing on TV dressed in military fatigues, Mr Abiy also said several officials had […]

Trump dismisses E. Jean Carroll rape allegation as ‘fiction’

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption E. Jean Carroll – seen here at an event in 2015 – has made the allegation in an article US President Donald Trump has dismissed allegations that he raped a woman in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s as “fiction”. The US president says he never met […]

US-Iran: Trump says military was ‘cocked and loaded’ to retaliate

Image copyright IRIBNEWS Image caption Iranian TV published pictures of what it says was the wreckage of the US drone President Donald Trump has said the US military was “cocked and loaded to retaliate” against Iran, but he changed his mind 10 minutes before planned strikes. Attacks on three sites were planned in response to […]

US Senate votes to block Trump’s $8bn Saudi arms sale

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption President Donald Trump, pictured with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, holds a chart showing US military sales to the kingdom The US Senate has voted to block the sale of billions of dollars’ worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia, striking a blow to President Donald Trump. Mr Trump bypassed Congress […]

Xi Jinping visits N Korea to boost China’s ties with Kim

Image copyright AFP Image caption They’ve met before but never in North Korea itself China’s President Xi Jinping is heading to North Korea for a meeting with Kim Jong-un, in the first Chinese state visit to the North since 2005. The two, who have met in China four times, are expected to discuss the stalled […]

Xi Jinping visits N Korea to boost China’s ties with Kim

Image copyright AFP Image caption They’ve met before but never in North Korea itself China’s President Xi Jinping is heading to North Korea for a meeting with Kim Jong-un, in the first Chinese state visit to the North since 2005. The two, who have met in China four times, are expected to discuss the stalled […]

Xi Jinping visits N Korea to boost China’s ties with Kim

Image copyright AFP Image caption They’ve met before but never in North Korea itself China’s President Xi Jinping is heading to North Korea for a meeting with Kim Jong-un, in the first Chinese state visit to the North since 2005. The two, who have met in China four times, are expected to discuss the stalled […]

Xi Jinping visits N Korea to boost China’s ties with Kim

Image copyright AFP Image caption They’ve met before but never in North Korea itself China’s President Xi Jinping is heading to North Korea for a meeting with Kim Jong-un, in the first Chinese state visit to the North since 2005. The two, who have met in China four times, are expected to discuss the stalled […]

Xi Jinping visits N Korea to boost China’s ties with Kim

Image copyright AFP Image caption They’ve met before but never in North Korea itself China’s President Xi Jinping is heading to North Korea for a meeting with Kim Jong-un, in the first Chinese state visit to the North since 2005. The two, who have met in China four times, are expected to discuss the stalled […]

Xi Jinping visits N Korea to boost China’s ties with Kim

Image copyright AFP Image caption They’ve met before but never in North Korea itself China’s President Xi Jinping is heading to North Korea for a meeting with Kim Jong-un, in the first Chinese state visit to the North since 2005. The two, who have met in China four times, are expected to discuss the stalled […]

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