Israel warns Iran after launching major raids in Syria
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says his country will defend itself "against any attack" after it carried out what have been called its largest strikes against sites in Syria in decades.
"This is both our right and our duty and we will continue to do so as much as necessary," he said on Saturday.
Israel launched raids against Iranian targets after saying it had intercepted an Iranian drone.
Iran's presence in Syria has caused alarm in Israel.
Mr Netanyahu warned that Israel's policy to defend itself against "any attempt to harm our sovereignty" was "absolutely clear".
'Humble' Kim Yo-jong has charmed the media, but the glow is unlikely to last
With her ‘deadly side-eye’ and ‘nimble’ ways, the sister of North Korean leader has been the centre of attention since she arrived at the Winter Games
Amid a sea of television cameras and journalists, Kim Yo-jong worked her way through the crowd surrounded by a horde of bodyguards. As she made her way through the room she was silent and always smiling.
The younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been the centre of attention since she landed in South Korea for an historic three-day visit as part of attending the Winter Olympics opening ceremony.
As her brother’s envoy, she has been deployed to show a softer side of the North Korean regime, which is better known for perpetrating a host of human rights violations and threatening nuclear war.Hundreds of foreign women who joined Isis captured by Kurdish forces in Syria
Approximately 800 women from multiple western countries detained
Hundreds of foreign women who joined Isis have been captured by Kurdish forces in Syria, it has been reported.
Approximately 800 women from multiple western countries have been detained and are being kept at detention sites.
They have apparently complained they were “beaten and humiliated” during interrogations and have been forced to live in unhygienic conditions with their babies.
“About 800 Isis women with children are in four camps ... they come from around 40 countries. There are women from Canada, France, Great Britain, Tunisia, Yemen, Turkey and Australia,” Human Rights Watch’s terrorism and counterterrorism programme director, Nadim Houry, told Die Welt. Geopolitical LaboratoryHow Djibouti Became China's Gateway To Africa
Djibouti, one of Africa's smallest countries, has become China's "strategic partner." The Chinese have built a military base and a port, and is currently constructing a free trade zone, fast establishing it as Beijing's gateway to the continent.
A police car appears in a cloud of red dust on the dirt road between the boulders. A young man in uniform opens the window and starts grousing in French. The Chinese men he is rebuking don't understand any of it, but slowly realize where the anger is coming from. They had forgotten to register with the sentry guarding the entrance to the large construction site above the coast.
When the police officer turns away, Nicholas Li says, "Unbelievable, this is my company here!" The company, under the leadership of the China Merchants Group, is currently building Africa's largest free trade zone in Djibouti.
Li, the company's 37-year-old head, kicks rocks from the dirt road. Rules are rules, he says, OK. Then the tour in the SUV over the field of boulders continues. Li has left his driver back at headquarters down in the city, and is driving himself. He likes to have things under control.
Anti-fascist protest draws thousands in Italy migrant shooting town
Thousands of anti-fascist demonstrators rallied in the central Italian town of Macerata on Saturday a week after a far-right gunmen shot and wounded six Africans in a racially-motivated attack.
Gathered in the town centre on a freezing but sunny afternoon, the protesters turned out following a call by NGOs, anti-fascist organisations, unions and several leftwing political groups.
“If there’s unemployment, blame the government, not the migrants,” they chanted.
With tensions high in this normally sleepy town of 43,000 people, shops were shuttered early and schools closed for the day, an AFP correspondent said.
Onodera mum on Osprey deployment plan in Saga after helicopter crash
Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said Sunday it is too early to say whether the recent military helicopter crash in a residential area of Saga will affect the central government's plan to deploy Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft in the southwestern prefecture.
"Under the current circumstances, I cannot comment on the matter," Onodera told reporters after he visited the local government office to apologize for the helicopter incident that occurred last Monday.
Two Ground Self-Defense Force members died as the AH-64D attack helicopter crashed in the city of Kanzaki, injuring one and burning down a house.
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