US - North Korea talks round 4; Indonesia foils plot to bomb parliament
(Baonghean.vn) - In the past 24 hours, many events have taken place in the world such as: The US and North Korea held the 4th round of negotiations to prepare for the summit; Israel launched airstrikes on 10 Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip; 18,000 NATO soldiers conducted large-scale exercises close to Russia; Indonesia foiled a plot to bomb the parliament...
US, North Korea hold fourth round of talks to prepare for summit
Mr. Sung Kim (left), US Ambassador to the Philippines and North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui (right). Photo: YONHAP/TTXVN |
On June 3, the US and North Korea held the fourth round of expert-level talks to prepare for the summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un scheduled for June 12.
The US delegation, still led by Mr. Sung Kim, US Ambassador to the Philippines, continued negotiations with the Pyongyang delegation led by North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui at the Panmunjom truce village on the border between the two Koreas.
Three previous rounds of expert-level talks between the US and North Korea also took place here on May 27, May 30 and June 2.
Israeli Air Force hits 10 Hamas targets in Gaza Strip
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| Smoke rises after Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on June 3. Source: THX/TTXVN |
On June 3, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the Israeli air force hit 10 targets of the Hamas Islamist movement in the Gaza Strip in response to rockets launched from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory, just days after the two sides reached a ceasefire agreement.
According to the IDF, two of the targets were a Hamas ammunition storage and production facility and a military area.
US considers increasing patrols in the East Sea to counter China
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The guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins, one of two ships that approached Vietnam's Paracel Islands in May. Photo: US Department of Defense. |
The US Department of Defense is considering a more assertive program of freedom of navigation operations at sea and in the air near artificial entities occupied by Beijing in the South China Sea.
The move could include longer patrols, more ships or closer monitoring of Chinese outposts in the area, which have been illegally deployed with advanced electronic jamming equipment and military radars.
18 thousand NATO soldiers conduct large-scale exercises close to Russia
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Saber Strike 2017 exercise. Photo: Reuters |
The NATO military exercise Saber Strike will last for nearly two weeks, starting from June 3 to June 15 in Poland and the Baltic countries.
About 18,000 soldiers from 19 NATO countries began participating in annual US-led military exercises on June 3 to enhance combat readiness on the eastern flank of the military alliance, close to the Russian border.
Indonesia foils plot to use 'Mother of Satan' bomb to collapse parliament
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| Indonesian anti-terror police during a raid at Riau University on June 2. Photo: Reuters |
Indonesian police's anti-terrorism unit has arrested a former student and is questioning two others after a raid on a university in the capital of Riau province on Sumatra island on June 2.
Police confiscated and neutralized four homemade bombs ready to detonate, a large amount of explosives to make bombs and many other weapons such as rifles, bows and arrows.
Notably, among these, police also discovered the explosive TATP, which is known as the "Mother of Satan".
Dozens dead as boat sinks off Tunisia coast
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| Libyan coast guard rescues migrants in the Mediterranean on November 6, 2017. Photo: AFP/TTXVN |
At least 35 migrants have died after their boat sank off the southern coast of Tunisia. The country's coast guard has so far rescued 67 people.
The Tunisian Defense Ministry said rescue operations were still underway as there were about 180 people on board at the time of the accident, including Tunisians and about 80 people from other African countries.
Tunisia is emerging as a point of departure for people smugglers trying to smuggle migrants to Europe as Libya's coastline is tightened. Migrants from Tunisia are heading to Sicily in Italy.
Ebola epidemic continues to spread rapidly in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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| Doctors Without Borders staff prepare to treat an Ebola patient at the isolation area of Mbandaka Hospital in Equateur Province, Democratic Republic of Congo on May 24. Photo: EPA/TTXVN |
Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo say they have detected five more suspected cases of Ebola as the deadly disease spreads in the country's northwest.
According to the announcement, three new cases were detected in the Bikoro region and two cases in Wangata, in the Equateur province in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the World Health Organization (WHO) are struggling to contain the Ebola outbreak, with more than 50 people having fallen ill in recent weeks, including 25 who have died.
