China to Send Troops to Russia for 'Vostok' Exercise (6)
August, 17, 2022 - 16:25
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Chinese troops will travel to Russia to take part in
joint military exercises led by the host and including India, Belarus,
Mongolia, Tajikistan and other countries, China's defense ministry said on
Wednesday.
China's participation in the joint exercises was "unrelated to the current
international and regional situation", the ministry said in a statement,
Reuters reported.
Lack of help for Tigray crisis is due to skin color, WHO chief suggests (5)
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus -
himself an ethnic Tigrayan - said the situation caused by the ongoing
conflict in his home country of Ethiopia is worse than any other
humanitarian crisis in the world.
(Salvatore Di Nolfi / Associated Press)
By MARIA CHENG and CARA ANNA
Associated Press Aug.
Zelensky, Erdogan, Guterres to meet Thursday in Ukraine (3)
The United Nations announced 16 August, 19:20
(ANSA-AFP) - UNITED NATIONS, 16 AGO - Ukrainian President Volodymyr
Zelensky, his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan and UN chief Antonio
Guterres will meet in Ukraine on Thursday, the United Nations announced.
"At the invitation of President Volodymyr Zelensky, the secretary-general
will be in Lviv on Thursday to attend a trilateral meeting with President
NATO stands ready to prevent escalation between Kosovo, Serbia: Alliance chief (5)
Stoltenberg calls on leaders of Serbia, Kosovo to show restraint, engage in
dialogue
Agnes Szucs | 17.08.2022
BRUSSELS
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday that the alliance stands
ready to prevent an escalation between Kosovo and Serbia over recent border
tensions.
Stoltenberg was speaking at a joint news conference following his meeting
with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.
Ukraine strikes again in Crimea, challenging Russian hold on peninsula (4)
Smoke rises from explosions at a Russian ammunition depot in the Dzhankoi
district of Crimea on Tuesday. | REUTERS
by Micheal Schwirtz and Anton Troianovski
The New York Times
Aug 17, 2022
ODESA, Ukraine - Russian warships patrol Crimea's coasts and Russian
warplanes fly from its territory, transformed by eight years of occupation
into a fortress.
Fed saw evidence of a slowing economy at its last meeting (3)
PAUL WISEMAN, AP Economics Writer
Aug. 17, 2022Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 1:53 p.m.
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference at
the Federal Reserve Board building in Washington, Wednesday, July 27,
2022.Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal Reserve officials saw signs that the U.S.
UN Rights Chief Says Rohingya Refugees Unable To Return (3)
Umer Jamshaid Published August 17, 2022 | 10:48 PM
UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said Wednesday that it remained unsafe
for Rohingya refugees to return to their homes in Myanmar, nearly five
years after a crackdown there sparked an exodus to neighbouring Bangladesh
Dhaka, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 17th Aug, 2022 ) :UN rights
chief Michelle Bachelet said Wednesday that it remained unsafe for Rohingya
Russia-Ukraine live news: Civilians warned to avoid Crimea bases (1)
Ukraine says civilians should stay away from Crimean military sites after
Russia blames series explosions on 'sabotage'.
Firefighting and ambulance vehicles are seen in Azovskoye settlement in
Russian-annexed Crimea following an explosion at a Russian military
warehouse [Reuters]
By Joseph Stepansky
Published On 17 Aug 2022
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U.S carries out missile test (1)
Last updated Aug 17, 2022
The United States has carried out a test of a Minuteman III
intercontinental ballistic missile.
The U.S military said the missile test had been delayed to avoid escalating
tensions with Beijing during China's show of force near Taiwan earlier this
month.
China deployed scores of planes and fired live missiles in the Taiwan
Strait after U.S.