JUNEAU, Alaska — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Morgenthau transferred custody of the fishing vessel Yin Yuan, a 191-foot fishing vessel seized 625 miles east of Tokyo, Japan in the North Pacific Ocean, for large-scale high seas drift net fishing, to the China coast guard vessel 2102 on Tuesday in the East China Sea. A […]
WASHINGTON — The United States says it intends, for now, to work with the new Palestinian unity government, including continued foreign assistance. But, Washington said, it will judge the government by its actions and calibrate its approach. A Mideast expert says that while both Palestinian factions stand to benefit from the arrangement, it will do […]
WASHINGTON — Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ongoing “corruption” crackdown has now nabbed a major state oil corporation senior official. PetroChina Company Limited Vice President Bo Qiliang has been removed from his position and detained by authorities, who have prevented him from leaving the country. Bo’s secretary has also been held in the probe. Bo, who headed overseas […]
NEW DELHI — In northern India, two teenage girls have been found hanging from a tree after allegedly being gang-raped. One person has been arrested in connection with the brutal attack, which has once again turned the focus on crimes against women.The crime took place in a remote village in Uttar Pradesh state — a region […]