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China completes military drills around Taiwan for 'the time being'
Through joint military operations by the armed forces in the sea and air space around the island, the combat capability of the army had been "effectively tested", dpa news agency quoted the PLA as saying on Wednesday evening. However, changes in the situation in the Taiwan Strait would continue to receive close attention and "regular patrols" are planned.
Will Trump show up at New York AG's office for grilling?
Trump is scheduled to sit for his long-delayed, court-ordered deposition on Wednesday morning in the New York Attorney General's inquiry into his Manhattan-based empire of golf resorts and real estate, Business Insider has learned. Trump will be grilled in person in Manhattan on what New York's Attorney General, Letitia James, has alleged is a decade-long pattern of financial misstatements on documents used by the Trump Organisation to win hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks and bank loans.
G7 countries call on Russia to hand back Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant to Ukraine
Ukrainian staff operating the plant "must be able to carry out their duties without threats or pressure. It is Russia's continued control of the plant that endangers the region", the G7 foreign ministers said in a statement, BBC reported. "The Russian Federation must immediately withdraw its troops from within Ukraine's internationally recognised borders and respect Ukraine's territory and sovereignty," it said.
Philippines officially cancels chopper deal with Russia
"The Department of National Defence is formalizing the termination of the contract with SOVTECHNOEXPORT LLC of Russia for the procurement of 16 units of Mi-17 heavy-lift helicopters for the Philippine air force," dpa news agency quoted Arsenio Andolong, the Department's spokesman, as saying. Andolong said the Department's contract review committee will "undertake the appropriate processes and exercise due diligence in formalizing the termination of the project's contract".
Slain TTP top commanders were opposed to peace talks with Pakistan: Report
In the wake of the killings, which occurred on August 7, the TTP leadership has held frantic discussions about how to deal with the loss of some of its top guns, the RFE/RL report quoted observers as saying. While no group has claimed responsibility for the separate deadly blasts that killed the commanders, experts suggest they could be result of an internal rift over the prospect of a lasting truce with Islamabad, which the TTP, also known as the Pakistani Taliban, has fought to overthrow since 2007.
Japanese PM reshuffles cabinet, ruling party leadership
According to the lineup, Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki and Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno remained in their posts, as Kishida aims to ensure continuity in the face of pressing economic and diplomatic issues, reports Xinhua news agency. LDP Secretary General Toshimitsu Motegi and the party's Vice President Taro Aso also retained their posts.
China again threatens to take Taiwan by force if necessary
"But we will not renounce the use of force, and we reserve the option of taking all necessary measures. Use of force would be the last resort taken under compelling circumstances. We will only be forced to take drastic measures to respond to the provocation of separatist elements or external forces should they ever cross our red lines.
North Korea sends letter to China slamming Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan trip
In the "solidarity letter" sent to the party's central committee the previous day, the WPK also called the US House of Representatives' trip a "serious infringement" of Beijing's sovereignty, according to Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
Missile attack near Ukrainian nuke plant kills 11
"A tragic night in the Nikopol area the Russian army killed 11 people and injured 13," the head of the Dnipropetrovsk military administration Valentyn Reznichenko said in a Telegram post. Both of the affected areas are on the opposite bank of the Dnipro River to the Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant, which has been shelled several times in recent days, reports dpa news agency.
Republican outrage over FBI raid on Trump's Florida home
Monday's surprise search and seizure of documents at Mar-a-Lago elicited a forceful reaction from top Republican and conservative officials, many of whom condemned the federal law enforcement agencies, talked openly of retribution and even spoke of defunding them outright, reports dpa news agency. "This should scare the living daylights out of American citizens, and say, we have got to change our federal government," said Republican Senator Rick Scott of Florida, during an interview Tuesday on Fox Business.
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