05.07.2017, Russia.
The first Russian TV channel in China will soon be launched. An agreement about its launch has been signed between Russia’s Channel One and the Central Television of China on June 4, the TASS news agency reports. Continue reading
News from the Far East
China will discuss the threat of the US missile defense system in South Korea with Russia
04.07.2017, China.
PRC leader Xi Jinping left for a visit Russia on July 3 in order to discuss the threat posed by the US missile defense system in South Korea, the Chinese Xinhua agency reported on July 3. Continue reading
Philippines military: School captured by Islamist militants set free
20.06.2017, Philippines.
The militants, who captured the school and took schoolchildren hostage in the South of Philippines on June 20, were forced to withdraw after the skirmish with the military, Reuters reported on June 21. Continue reading
Explosion occurred at a kindergarten in the chinese city of Fengxian
16.06.2017, China.
On June 15 an explosion occurred at a kindergarten in the Chinese city of Fengxian, Interfax informed citing government media of the People’s Republic of China.
Local Chinese officials said that the investigation was underway, but couldn’t provide any data on victims of the explosion. According to the reports of the local officials, the blast struck at around 5 p.m. at the building of a kindergarten in eastern China in Jiangsu province. Cause of the accident has not been revealed. Local media has already published some images of the accident, as well as non-official information on victims. Continue reading
Iran’s Foreign Ministry denounces the US response to terrorist attacks in Tehran
08.06.2017, Iran.
Javad Zarif, Iranian Foreign Minister, criticized the US on Twitter on June 8.
An ambivalent reaction of the US authorities to the June 7 terrorist attacks in Tehran caused the indignation of the Iranian diplomat.
“Repugnant WH statement & Senate sanctions as Iranians counter terror backed by US clients.Iranian people reject such US claims of friendship,” said Javad Zarif.
The US President expressed his condolences to the people of Iran earlier, after the terrorist attack on Tehran. At the same time, Donald Trump noted that the countries that sponsor terrorism risk falling victims to the evil they promote. Meanwhile, it was reported that the US Senate is considering to draft a law on additional sanctions against Iran. Continue reading
Construction of missile defense system in South Korea on hold until environmental impact assessment
07.06.2017, South Korea.
When speaking to journalists in Seoul, a representative of the administration of the President of South Korea announced that the construction of the American missile defense system in South Korea is suspended because an environmental hazards assessment is necessary, TASS news agency reported June 7.
According to the South Korean law, it is necessary to conduct an environmental assessment when building military facilities which occupy an area of more than 330 thousand square meters. In order to speed up the construction of the missile defense site, the country’s defense ministry tried to cheat: the territory for construction was divided into sections which were supposed to be gradually given to the American side for the construction of military facilities. Continue reading
Japan asks China to deter North Korea
01.06.2017, Japan.
Japan’s Prime-Minister Shinzō Abe told China’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Yang Jiechi, on May 31 that he wishes to have negotiations with China to stop North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs, Reuters reports. Continue reading
Foreign militants take part in terrorist attack on Philippines
26.05.2017, the Philippines.
Filipino Solicitor General Jose Calida claimed on May 26 that Indonesian and Malaysian mercenaries are fighting alongside the Maute group terrorists against the Philippine Army on the island of Mindanao.
At the news conference, Jose Calida said, “Before it was just a local terrorist group. But now they have sworn allegiance to the ideology of ISIL” (organization banned in Russia – Rossa Primavera News Agency).
Currently, the Army battles terrorists that have captured the southern city with a population of 200,000 people. The Army uses helicopters and special forces. Eleven soldiers and thirty-one militants are reportedly killed. Continue reading
China protests against US Navy’s actions in the South China Sea
26.05.2017, China.
On May 25, a Chinese Defense Ministry representative voiced a protest against US actions connected with an American destroyer’s entering the waters of the Nansha Archipelago [Spratly Islands – Editor], according to the RIA Novosti News Agency. Continue reading
Terrorists take Catholic priest hostage during siege of Filipino city
25.05.2017, Philippines.
On May 24, during the siege of the city of Marawi in the southern Philippines, Muslim extremists took a Catholic priest and more than a dozen parishioners hostage, The Associated Press reports.
Archbishop Socrates Villegas, the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, said that the militants forced their way into the Marawi Cathedral and seized a Catholic priest, ten worshippers, and three church workers. Villegas also added that the priest, Father Chito, and the others had no role in the conflict. Continue reading