US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s pledge that the United States would defend the Philippines in the event of “any armed attack” in the South China Sea drew stern condemnation from Beijing on Friday, with foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang warning Washington not to “stir up trouble”.Pompeo, after a meeting with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in Manila, said the country depended on “free and unobstructed access to the seas” as it was an island nation.“China’s island-building and military…
Bangladesh tells UN it cannot accept any more Rohingya refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar
Bangladesh told the UN Security Council on Thursday that it will no longer be able to take in refugees from Myanmar.Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque told a council meeting that the crisis over the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya sheltering in his country had gone from “bad to worse” and urged the council to take “decisive” action.About 740,000 Muslim Rohingya are living in camps in Bangladesh after they were driven out of Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state during a military…
Who says there’s no agreement in Hanoi? Trump and Kim made little progress at the summit, but locals are delighted
“I wish the roads were this clean every day,” said taxi driver Vu Ngoc Anh on the way from Hanoi’s airport into the city, taking the same route that United States President Donald Trump took upon his arrival on Tuesday.Vu had hoped for peace and a successful summit, but he said he didn’t like reading up too much into world politics. “There’s no point,” he said, implying he was more concerned about bread-and-butter issues.It’s a common viewpoint in Vietnam’s capital. Though Trump’s second summit…