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Khashoggi fiancee says US 'ethically' responsible to seek justice

Nina Larson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 26 01:49 AM

Khashoggi, a Washington Post contributor and US resident, was killed last October 2 by Saudi agents while at Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul to obtain paperwork ahead of his wedding to Hatice Cengiz. Read more »

PH drug war deaths a ‘matter of most serious concern,’ says UN rights chief

Michael Joe Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 25 01:45 PM

MANILA — The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) has said deaths in the Philippines' drug war is “a matter of most serious concern” even as it acknowledged the “real numbers” as reported by government officials. Read more »

North Korea's Kim says will consider letter received from Trump

Reuters
Posted at Jun 23 09:46 AM

US-North Korea talks have been stalled since a failed summit in February between Trump and the North Korean leader in Hanoi, Vietnam. Read more »

UN food agency to elect chief, as climate change increases hunger

Isabel Malsang, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 23 01:15 AM

The election of the new chief of the Food and Agriculture Organization will be held Sunday at the headquarters in Rome during the agency's 41st conference. Read more »

US asks UN Security Council to hold Iran talks on Monday

Kyodo
Posted at Jun 22 08:18 PM

The request came a day after Iran's paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it has shot down a US drone in the southern province of Hormozgan facing the Persian Gulf. Read more »

Kim, Xi agree to grow ties whatever external situation

Reuters
Posted at Jun 22 02:31 PM

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and China's President Xi Jinping reached a consensus on "important issues," and agreed to build on their countries' friendly relations "whatever the international situation," North Korean state media reported. Read more »

North Korea lauds China ties as Xi wraps up trip

Sebastien Berger, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 22 03:56 AM

PYONGYANG, North Korea—North Korea lauded its ties with historic ally China on Friday as Xi Jinping wrapped up a highly symbolic 2-day visit to his nuclear-armed neighbor, with both countries facing deadlock in their negotiations with US President Donald Trump. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: June 21, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 22 12:51 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

'I Love Thee, China': North Korea woos Xi in lavish state visit

Joyce Lee and Josh Smith, Reuters
Posted at Jun 21 05:20 PM

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed that strengthening bilateral ties, at a time of "serious and complicated" international affairs, is good for regional peace, North Korean state media said on Friday. Read more »

Xi, Kim say boosting China-North Korea ties good for regional peace: KCNA

Joyce Lee, Reuters
Posted at Jun 21 11:42 AM

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed that amid "serious and complicated" international affairs strengthening bilateral ties was good for both countries and regional peace, North Korean state media KCNA said on Friday. Read more »

China's Xi Jinping in North Korea

KCNA via Reuters
Posted at Jun 21 10:46 AM

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Pyongyang International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this undated photo released on Friday by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). Read more »

Kim and Xi in Pyongyang talks as both face standoffs with Trump

Sebastien Berger with Poornima Weerasekara, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 21 07:34 AM

While the North's nuclear negotiations with the US are at a standstill, Kim told Xi, his country's key diplomatic supporter and main provider of trade and aid, that he was "willing to be patient", Chinese state media reported, but wanted "the parties concerned" to meet him halfway. Read more »

North Korean leader's brother was CIA informant, book claims

Paul Handley, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 12 05:25 AM

WASHINGTON, United States - Kim Jong Un's estranged half-brother was an "informant" for the US Central Intelligence Agency before his assassination in 2017, according to a new biography of the North Korean leader published Tuesday. Read more »

OPINION: What if a shooting happens here?

Kira Christianne D. Azucena
Posted at Jun 12 03:25 AM

This is now the main question of faith-based communities in the wake of the horrifying attacks on worshippers and religious gathering places immemorially regarded by all religions as sanctuaries. They have turned into slaughter houses.  Read more »

Palace: UN experts' call for drug deaths probe 'outrageous interference' on PH sovereignty

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 08 10:41 PM

MANILA - The fresh call of several United Nations human rights experts for an investigation into alleged unlawful killings in the Philippines is an "outrageous interference" on the country's sovereignty, Malacañang said Saturday. Read more »

UNICEF renews call against lowering minimum age of criminal responsibility

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 04 02:15 AM

MANILA - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) renewed its call against lowering the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) as the world celebrates the 30th year of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Read more »

North Korea's Kim visits factories linked to missile launches

Josh Smith, Reuters
Posted at Jun 01 01:07 PM

The factories have innocuous names, but analysts say several ostensibly civilian facilities visited by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un recently are also used to build ballistic missile launchers and other weapons. Read more »

N. Korea accuses US of 'evil ambition'

David Brunnstrom, Reuters
Posted at May 30 01:37 PM

WASHINGTON - North Korea on Wednesday accused the United States of showing bad faith in negotiations by conducting nuclear and missile tests and military drills as part of an "evil ambition" to conquer North Korea by force, even while advocating dialogue. Read more »

Truck sumalpok sa 4 poste sa UN Ave.

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 30 07:48 AM

Bumangga ang isang 10-wheeler truck sa 4 na magkakakumpol na poste ng kuryente sa eastbound lane ng UN Avenue sa Maynila, Huwebes ng umaga. Read more »

'Missiles like these will start the war': N. Korea tests showcase growing capability

Josh Smith, Reuters
Posted at May 10 05:30 PM

SEOUL - North Korea's second missile test on Thursday signals it is serious about developing new, short-range weapons that could be used early and effectively in any war with South Korea and the United States, analysts studying images of the latest launches say. Read more »