The Pacific island nation of Kiribati cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan on Friday, becoming the second country to do so this week and strengthening Beijing’s hand. Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said that Kiribati had officially notified his government of the decision. Kiribati is expected to recognize China, which has pledged billions of dollars in […]

South Korean police have identified a suspect more than 30 years after one of the country’s most notorious serial murder cases, but are unable to launch proceedings because it’s too long ago. Between 1986 and 1991 a record number of police officers were mobilised to try to find the person who raped and murdered women […]

Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg met Thursday with President Donald Trump and a number of members of Congress, as Facebook has taken the path of resolving its regulatory and legal issues centering around competition, censorship, reported bias, etc. While the president reviewed the get-together as “a nice meeting” without giving any further details, Republican Senator […]

Algeria’s powerful army chief has ordered buses and cars bringing protesters into the capital to be stopped and seized, the latest in a series of measures aimed at quelling weekly demonstrations demanding a purge of the old ruling elite. “We have instructed the gendarmerie to … stop buses and cars that are used to this […]

The United States forces in Afghanistan have admitted that a drone attack that killed at least 30 pine nut farmers in Nangarhar province on Thursday was conducted by them. Recall Vanguard previously reported that United States drone strike kills 30 farm workers in Afghanistan. At least 40 others were injured in the attack in Wazir […]