BEIJING, Jan 6 (Reuters) – China and South Korea agreed to carry out cultural exchanges in an orderly manner, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Tuesday, when asked if Beijing would welcome South Korean culture exports in the future.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Monday, seeking to restore ties between the two neighbours.
The two countries would “gradually” increase exchanges of cultural content and hold working-level talks on movies, dramas and others, Wi Sung-lac, Lee’s security adviser, told a press briefing after the leaders’ summit.
(Reporting by Liz Lee; Editing by Christian Schmolinger)
TOKYO, Jan 6 (Reuters) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 hit western Japan on Tuesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
The epicenter of the earthquake was the eastern part of Shimane Prefecture, the agency said, adding that a tsunami warning had not been issued.
(Reporting by Satoshi SugiyamaEditing by Chang-Ran Kim)
BEIJING, Jan 5 (Reuters) – The agreement between Thailand and Cambodia on a ceasefire is being “gradually” implemented, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday.
China hopes both sides will ensure a “comprehensive” and “lasting” ceasefire, said ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said at a regular news conference.
Thailand has returned 18 soldiers to Cambodia, Lin also said.
Thailand and Cambodia agreed a second ceasefire at the end of December, ending weeks of border clashes that amounted to the worst fighting in years between the Southeast Asian neighbours.
(Reporting by Ryan Woo and Xiuhao Chen; Editing by Christopher Cushing)
BEIJING, Jan 5 (Reuters) – China is ready to strengthen strategic communication with Ireland and expand practical cooperation, while aiming to achieve mutually beneficial results, Chinese President Xi Jinping told Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin on Monday.
Xi did not elaborate on what cooperation China was interested to further in his opening remarks at their meeting held at the Great Hall of the People, but he emphasised mutual respect and achieving win-win outcomes as “valuable experiences for the long-term, stable development of China-Ireland ties”.
Martin, the first Irish Taoiseach to visit Beijing in 14 years, said that Ireland recognises China’s “indispensable role” in the world, underlining China’s peacekeeping efforts, and stressed Ireland’s stance on open trade.
(Reporting by Liz Lee; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Jan 4 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said he did not believe that an alleged Ukrainian strike on President Vladimir Putin’s residence took place as claimed by Russia.
“I don’t believe that strike happened,” Trump told reporters on Sunday aboard Air Force One en route back to Washington, D.C., from Florida. “There is something that happened fairly nearby, but had nothing to do with this.”
Moscow accused Kyiv on Monday of trying to strike a residence of Putin in Russia’s northern Novgorod region with 91 long-range attack drones, and said Russia would review its negotiating position in ongoing talks with the U.S. on ending the Ukraine war.
Ukraine and Western countries have disputed Russia’s account of the alleged attempted strike.
(Reporting by Gram Slattery aboard Air Force One and Lawrence Delevingne in Boston; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)
VILNIUS, Jan 4 (Reuters) – An optical cable belonging to a private company has been damaged in the Baltic Sea, Latvia’s Prime Minister Evika Silina said in a statement on Sunday, adding that the circumstances of the incident were under investigation.
The cable connects Lithuania and Latvia, and it was not immediately clear what had caused the incident, Lithuania’s National Crisis Management Centre said in a separate statement.
The Baltic Sea region is on high alert after a string of power cable, telecom link and gas pipeline outages since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, and the NATO military alliance has boosted its presence with frigates, aircraft and naval drones.
The latest incident is made public five days after Finnish police seized a cargo vessel en route from Russia to Israel on suspicion of sabotaging an undersea telecoms cable running from Helsinki across the Gulf of Finland to Estonia.
(Reporting by Andrius Sytas, editing by Terje Solsvik and Gwladys Fouche)
SEOUL, Jan 4 (Reuters) – North Korea has denounced the U.S. strikes on Venezuela as “the most serious form of encroachment of sovereignty,” state news agency KCNA said on Sunday.
“The incident is another example that clearly confirms once again the rogue and brutal nature of the United States,” KCNA said, citing a spokesperson for North Korea’s Foreign Ministry.
The statement came after North Korea launched ballistic missiles earlier on Sunday, the day the leader of South Korea begins a state visit to China, Pyongyang’s chief ally.
Pyongyang said the current situation in Venezuela “caused a catastrophic consequence to ensuring the identity of the regional and international relations structure.”
(Reporting by Hyunjoo Jin; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
SEOUL, Jan 4 (Reuters) – North Korea fired a ballistic missile towards the sea off its east coast, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement on Sunday.
(Reporting by Hyunjoo Jin and Jack Kim; Editing by Diane Craft)
Macau has quietly ended one of the most distinctive chapters in its gaming history with the shutdown of the Landmark Casino at midnight on January 1, marking the conclusion of the region’s long-running experiment with satellite casinos. With this decades-old operating model now over, Macau continues its efforts to adapt to shifting industry trends and reduce its reliance on casino revenue.
Regulatory Changes Made Satellite Casinos Unfeasible
The closure of Landmark marked the final act in a process that started after the COVID pandemic. Satellite casinos were once a common sight in Macau, operating under separate agreements that allowed third-party property owners to run casinos using the licenses of major concessionaires. Such arrangements fueled Macau’s rapid gambling expansion, particularly during the early 2000s.
However, the passage of Law 7/2022 marked the beginning of the end for satellite casinos. The revised gaming legislation introduced stricter oversight and reshaped the legal landscape. It granted satellite casinos a three-year transitional window to either restructure their business models or shut down entirely with a deadline of December 31, 2025.
In reality, restructuring was not economically viable. Landmark was one of the last properties to announce it would cease operations following the closure of nine other satellite casinos earlier in the year. Melco Resorts and Galaxy Entertainment had taken similar steps, choosing to shutter their satellite operations gradually instead of fully taking over or renegotiating the management conditions.
Macau Seeks Tighter Control over the Gambling Sector
The Landmark’s final hours featured a proper ceremony. On the final night,crowds gathered outside the venue, drawn by a mixture of nostalgia and curiosity. When the doors closed, staff drew red curtains across the casino’s signage, a gesture that underscored the finality of the closure. A brief technical hiccup with the curtain only enhanced the experience before the staff rectified the problem.
Landmark’s closure means that all of Macau’s casinos are now fully owned and operated by itssix licensed concessionaires. While the current situation marks a stark contrast from the region’s peak of 42 casinos, the pandemic and regulatory reforms necessitated a new approach. The remaining 20 casinos reflect a more centralized and tightly controlled industry.
The transition for satellite casino workers has been smoother than expected. In November 2025, around1,600 workers from shuttered satellite casinos were reassigned to other properties run by concessionaires. Dedicated support teams and consultation hotlines remain available to workers as authorities seek to ensure a smooth transition.
Alicja Kwade’s Pars pro Toto (2020) in the museum’s courtyard. Courtesy of Dib Bangkok. Photographer Auntika Ounjittichai, 2025
IT WAS HARD TO GET HERE reads a painted vinyl and plywood bench created by Finnegan Shannon and situated past the entryway of Dib Bangkok. It provides an abbreviated backstory behind a new museum that opened in the Thai capital in late December—the first of its kind in the city and the country. Stability is something the Thai art scene has lacked, and the museum’s launch marks a significant structural shift. “For the general arts scene here, the ecosystem is fast developing,” Miwako Tezuka, director of the museum, told Observer. “What we need is constancy.”
Located in a converted industrial warehouse designed by WHY Architecture (the same firm behind the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art), the museum takes its name from the Thai word “dib,” meaning “raw” or “natural, authentic state.” The institution’s holdings are comprised of the private art collection of Thai businessman Petch Osathanugrah, amassed over the course of three decades before his death in 2023. It comprises around 1,000 works by some 200 artists, more or less equally divided between Asian and non-Asian origins. “There was no institution presenting a space that allows local artists and global artists to have equal ground [in] conversation,” Tezuka added, contextualizing the importance of the museum.
The debut exhibition, “(In)visible Presence” (on view through August 3, 2026), is a meditation on memory curated by Ariana Chaivaranon. “It’s so important for local artists to see how they’re in dialogue with something that’s so much bigger than the nation or what’s going on right now in Thailand,” she told Observer. “These artists are all deeply intertwined with an international conversation. And yet, so often in Thailand, we only have a conversation internally, which is partly because of the collections that have been on display.” The mise-en-scène at Dib Bangkok reflects that these practices developed in different geographical regions, but Chaivaranon insisted that “visitors can actually see that they have been in dialogue for decades.”
She further emphasized how crucial the experiential aspect of museum-going is as a cornerstone of art education, and how Dib Bangkok is filling an absence in the city’s scene. In previous decades, “for many of these [Thai] artists, they were getting their knowledge of international work from slides, from books, from magazines, and they didn’t have a chance to see international art of their time. Dib is offering a site where the artists can now see these works in person. When you see it in person… it takes on a whole new dimension that is inaccessible through just digital media, even.” She cited as a key example the Anselm Kiefer work on view, Die verlorene Buchstabe, an installation unfurling from a Heidelberg letterpress sprouting tall resin sunflowers. “The sunflowers gently move with the air, right? That’s something you couldn’t get online—and something that I’m really excited for young artists now to be able to come here and be inspired by.”
Montien Boonma, Lotus Sound piece (1999-2000). Remade from a smaller 1992 version. Courtesy of Dib Bangkok. Photographer Auntika Ounjittichai, 2025
Dib Bangkok’s 11 indoor galleries are spaced over three levels. The ground floor hosts Marco Fusinato’s work Constellations, a site-specific commission in which visitors are invited to whack a white wall with a Brooklyn Whopper Model CS38 Cold Steel baseball bat, whose sound is amplified at 120 decibels: a symbolic blow to the pristine museum space. This is followed by works from Jean-Luc Moulène and Ugo Rondinone; nearby, in the cone-shaped Chapel gallery, is Incubate, Subodh Gupta’s 2010 installation of stainless steel lunch tins (dabbas) overhung by chandeliers. (Recent sexual assault allegations did not prevent him from being featured.) Jannis Kounellis’s 1998 untitled work, comprised of four steel panels, I-beams and rolled second-hand garments—impecunious items he first used because he could not afford to buy new canvases—works well in conversation with Thai artists shown later in the exhibition, who also funneled principles of Arte Povera in their work: frugality, material simplicity.
On the second level, visitors encounter an iron bed by Rebecca Horn, Jinjoon Lee’s two-channel video installation and 22 folios on music paper by Louise Bourgeois. These pieces are paired with work by Thai artists, including gelatin silver prints by Surat Osathanugrah—father of the collector—which feature a modest depiction of day-to-day Thai life. Also on view are Navin Rawanchaikul’s tiers of photos of elders encased in salvaged medicine bottles (1994) and Somboon Hormtientong’s 1995 installation of wrapped vihara columns laid flat amongst libation vessels and glassware. These artists sanctify the rites that shape Thai lifestyles but refresh the perspective on tradition.
Under skylights on the top floor, the work of Montien Boonma is the star (he’s arguably the star of the whole museum). The Thai artist studied in Europe in the 1980s, and his sensitive, thoughtful work fosters a crossover between Arte Povera ideas and Thai spirituality. Lotus Sound piece (1999-2000, remade from a smaller 1992 version) stacks 500 terra-cotta bells around a gilded lotus flower, celebrating negative space, as does Arokayasala: Temple of the Mind (1996), with its herbal medicine drawers encircling aluminum lungs coated in aromatic herbal pastes. His 1998-99 installation Zodiac Houses models, at a modest scale, six existing German structures on stilts: visitors can take off their shoes, mount the platform and stand under their hollow structures, scented with cinnabar.
Outdoor works create a compelling complement to the galleries. Alicja Kwade’s Pars pro Toto (2020), an installation of 11 monumental stone globes ranging from 70-250 cm in diameter, speckle the courtyard like an outsized game of boules or errant marbles; Pinaree Sanpitak’s Breast Stupa Topiary (2013), a series of stainless-steel forms, dots the upper terrace. As is his signature, James Turrell’s 1988 Straight Up installation frames the sky above; the museum hosts dedicated sunrise and sunset programs for visitors. Sho Shibuya’s 85-meter-long print on vinyl, MEMORY, was specially commissioned by the museum, hugely enlarging the Sunrise from a Small Window series, in which the artist painted the sensuous colors of daybreak over the front page of the New York Times.
There is an emphasis on interactive and participatory works, so visitors can play. Surasi Kusolwong’s installation featuring an overturned and ceiling-suspended 1965 Volkswagen Beetle functions like a cradle in which visitors can sit and watch a video; the installation also includes TAO BIN vending machines, from which one can buy sour cream Pringles, salted cocktail nuts, Pepsi or Nescafé. “There are some works that are fragile, very sensitive, but we don’t want to make our exhibition precious,” Tezuka noted. The museum very much isn’t “a top-down institution where everything is didactically explained. … We want to make sure that we offer [visitors] the opportunity to educate themselves, to have their own creative agency and be their own active viewers.”
The first few shows will showcase the collection, and some galleries will rotate out more frequently than others (the display of Montien Boonma works will remain on the longest because these works haven’t previously been seen in context with each other). As for the way the collection will grow in the future, Chaivaranon confirmed that the institution is “continuing to acquire work, and I would say our strategy has a few different aspects, but one is to be quite deep. It’s not just one work from the big names.” Tezuka added that the “curatorial team is continuing to do the collection research to identify which are the gaps in the collection, whether that be cultural representation or different mediums that artists globally are using or experimenting with… How can we strategically fill in those gaps, while at the same time creating opportunities for newly discovered artists to present their works?”
Beyond the museum walls, Tezuka spoke about a “collective energy” brewing in the city’s art scene, citing the publicly funded art space BACC, the experimental programming at Bangkok Kunsthalle and the art destination of the Khao Yai Art Forest several hours outside the city. On the horizon, there will be deCentral, a space focusing on regional creative voices, and the Bangkok Biennale, which began in 2018, will return in fall 2026. According to Tezuka, “every organization is approaching art from a completely different way, bringing different perspectives.” The scene is most definitely one to watch.
Rebecca Horn, The Lover’s Bed, 1990. Courtesy of Dib Bangkok. Photographer Auntika Ounjittichai, 2025
SEOUL, Jan 2 (Reuters) – A local court in South Korea issued a new warrant to detain former President Yoon Suk Yeol for another six months, Yonhap News TV reported on Friday.
Yoon has been indicted on more charges including aiding an enemy state related to his short-lived imposition of martial law in 2024.
The judge cited concerns over him destroying evidence, Yonhap said.
(Reporting by Heejin Kim; Editing by Toby Chopra)
DUBAI, Jan 2 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Yemen said on Friday that Aidarus Al-Zubaidi, the leader of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC), refused landing permission the previous day for a plane carrying a Saudi delegation to Aden.
The halt in flights at Aden international airport was the latest sign of a deepening crisis between Gulf powers Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, whose rivalry is reshaping war-torn Yemen.
“For several weeks and until yesterday, the Kingdom sought to make all efforts with the Southern Transitional Council to end the escalation … but it faced continuous rejection and stubbornness from Aidarus Al-Zubaidi,” the Saudi ambassador, Mohammed Al-Jaber, said on X.
Yemen’s separatist STC did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on Jaber’s statement.
Zubaidi issued directives to close air traffic at Aden airport on Thursday, the ambassador added, saying that a plane carrying a Saudi delegation to Aden aiming to find solutions to the crisis was denied permission to land.
In a statement on Thursday, the STC-controlled transport ministry accused Saudi Arabia of imposing an air blockade, saying Riyadh required all flights to go via Saudi Arabia for extra checks.
The UAE backs the STC, which seized swathes of southern Yemen last month from the internationally recognised government, backed by Saudi Arabia, which in turn saw the move as a threat.
The Aden international airport is the main gateway for regions of the country outside Houthi control.
(Reporting by Ahmed Elimam; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)
SEOUL/BEIJING, Jan 2 (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping will host South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on a state visit starting on Sunday, signalling Beijing’s intent to strengthen ties with Seoul amidst strained relations with Japan over Taiwan.
The visit marks the second meeting between Xi and Lee in just two months, an unusually short interval that signals China’s keen interest in reinforcing ties with Seoul and boosting economic collaboration and tourism, analysts say.
Relations between China and Japan are at their chilliest point in years after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi suggested in November a hypothetical Chinese attack on Taiwan could trigger a military response from Tokyo.
Xi’s invitation to Lee for a state visit from Sunday is a calculated move aimed at deepening bilateral relations especially before the South Korean leader visits Japan, analysts say.
“China wants to emphasize South Korea’s importance slightly more than before,” said Kang Jun-young, professor of political economics at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies.
“China appears to have strategically decided that it would be better to have (Lee) visit China before South Korea holds a summit with Japan again,” he added.
The Lee administration has said it aims to “restore” ties with Beijing, acknowledging China is South Korea’s largest trading partner.
The pivot follows the two countries’ strained relations under Lee’s predecessor Yoon Suk Yeol, due to his closer alignment with Washington and Tokyo, as well as criticism of China’s handling of Taiwan.
Now, South Korea is trying to maintain balance but leaning towards cooperation with China to avoid being forced into any troubles that would threaten the Asian industrial powerhouse.
Lee said in December he wouldn’t take sides in the diplomatic dispute between China and Japan.
U.S. ALLIANCE AND NORTH KOREA
Still, China and South Korea face complex issues as China challenges the U.S., South Korea’s major ally in the region, and as nuclear-armed North Korea remains unpredictable.
China is North Korea’s major ally and economic lifeline.
Shin Beom-chul, a former South Korean vice defence minister and a senior research fellow at the Sejong Institute, said Xi and Lee might discuss some contentious issues such as efforts to modernise the South Korea- U.S. alliance that apparently aim to curb China’s dominance.
Currently, about 28,500 U.S. troops are based in South Korea to counter any threat from North Korea.
U.S. officials have signalled a plan to make those U.S. forces more flexible to respond to other threats, such as defending Taiwan and checking China’s growing military reach.
“Korea is not simply responding to threats on the peninsula,” General Xavier Brunson, commander of U.S. Forces Korea, said at a forum on Dec. 29. “Korea sits at the crossroads of broader regional dynamics that shape the balance of power across Northeast Asia.” he said.
Lee’s agenda with Xi includes persuading China to facilitate dialogue with North Korea, experts said.
North Korea has dismissed Lee’s outreach, labelling him a “hypocrite” and “confrontational maniac”.
Meanwhile, China and North Korea have been seeking closer coordination as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stood shoulder to shoulder with Xi in September at a big military parade.
TECH, SUPPLY CHAINS AND K-POP
Lee’s visit to Beijing is expected to address cooperation in areas including critical minerals, supply chain and green industries, his office said earlier.
Seoul sources nearly half of its supply of rare earth minerals, critical to semiconductor manufacturing, come from China. Beijing also accounts for a third of Seoul’s annual chip exports, the largest market by far.
Last month, South Korean Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan and Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao agreed to work towards stable rare earth supplies, the South Korean industry ministry said.
The visit may also foster partnerships on artificial intelligence and advanced technologies, experts said.
China’s Huawei Technologies plans to roll out the Ascend 950 AI chips in South Korea next year, aiming to provide an alternative to Nvidia for Korean firms, Huawei’s South Korea CEO Balian Wang told a press conference last month.
Wang mentioned ongoing discussions with potential customers, without naming those clients.
Huawei did not address questions from Reuters about Wang’s comments.
Another issue at stake is Beijing’s effective ban on K-pop content since around the 2017 deployment of a U.S.-led missile defence system in South Korea.
The chief executive of SM Entertainment, a leading K-pop agency will join Lee’s business delegation, according to local media.
(Additional reporting by Brenda Goh, Hyunjoo Jin, Heejin Kim, Writing by Ju-min Park; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan)
MOSCOW, Jan 1 (Reuters) – Ukrainian drones struck an oil refinery in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region, as well as an energy storage facility in the oil-rich Volga river region of Tatarstan, Russian authorities and Ukraine’s military said on Thursday.
Debris from a drone had hit the Ilskiy oil refinery in Krasnodar, causing no casualties but igniting a fire that was later extinguished, local authorities said.
In Tatarstan, Russian media cited the local governor’s press service as saying that an energy storage facility in the city of Almetyevsk had been hit, causing a blaze that was later put out.
Almetyevsk is located around 1,400 km (869 miles) from Ukraine.
The Ukrainian military said in a statement it had struck both facilities. Kyiv has been intensifying strikes against Russian energy infrastructure in recent months, aiming to cut off Moscow’s sources of financing for its military campaign in Ukraine.
(Reporting by Reuters, Writing by Felix LightEditing by Andrew Osborn)
Dec 31 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s advisers held talks on Wednesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and national security advisers from the UK, France and Germany to discuss the next steps in ending Russia’s war in Ukraine, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said.
“We focused on how to move the discussions forward in a practical way on behalf of @POTUS’ peace process, including strengthening security guarantees and developing effective deconfliction mechanisms to help end the war and ensure it does not restart,” Witkoff said in a social media post.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and Ukraine’s top negotiator Rustem Umerov also participated.
Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that national security advisers from Kyiv’s “Coalition of the Willing” backers would meet in Ukraine on Saturday, and then country leaders would gather in France on January 6.
The Coalition grouping led by Britain and France includes more than 30 nations, though it was not immediately clear which would be taking part in the meetings.
(Reporting by Ryan Patrick Jones and Bhargav Acharya in Toronto; Editing by Doina Chiacu)
LONDON, Dec 30 (Reuters) – The humanitarian situation in Gaza has worsened again and is of serious concern, Britain, Canada, France and others said in a joint statement on Tuesday that also called on Israel to take urgent action.
The statement, published online by the British Foreign Office, said Israel should allow non-governmental organisations to work in Israel in a sustained and predictable way, and ensure the U.N. could continue its work in the Palestinian enclave.
“(We) express serious concerns about the renewed deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Gaza which remains catastrophic,” read the statement from the foreign ministers of Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Japan, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
It also said Israel should lift what it called “unreasonable restrictions” on certain imports including medical and shelter equipment, and open border crossings to increase the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza.
Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire in October after two years of intense Israeli bombardment and military operations in Gaza that followed a deadly attack by Hamas-led fighters on Israeli communities in October 2023.
A global hunger monitor said on December 19 that there was no longer famine in Gaza after access for humanitarian and commercial food deliveries improved following the ceasefire.
But humanitarian agencies say far more aid needs to get into the small, crowded territory and that Israel is blocking needed items from entering. Israel says more than enough food gets in and that the problems are with distribution within Gaza.
(Reporting by William James; editing by Andrew Heavens and Mark Heinrich)
BEIJING, Dec 29 (Reuters) – China opposes any attempt to split territories in Somalia, the foreign ministry said on Monday, affirming Chinese support for the sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of the East African country.
“No country should encourage or support other countries’ internal separatist forces for its own selfish interests,” ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told reporters at a regular press conference, urging authorities in Somaliland to stop “separatist activities and collusion with external forces”.
Israel became the first country on Friday to formally recognise the self-declared Republic of Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state, seeking immediate cooperation with Somaliland in agriculture, health, technology and the economy.
(Reporting by Eduardo Baptista, Writing by Liz Lee; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)
Dec 27 (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Saturday announced an additional $2.5 billion of economic aid for Ukraine.
The assistance will help Ukraine unlock financing from the International Monetary Fund, Carney said during an appearance with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who also spoke briefly to reporters.
(Reporting by Jasper Ward in Washington; Editing by Sergio Non and Matthew Lewis)
CAIRO, Dec 27 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Saudi-led coalition said any military moves by the main southern separatist group STC in the eastern province of Hadramout contrary to de-escalation efforts will be dealt with to protect civilians, the Saudi state news agency reported on Saturday.
The statement from the coalition spokesperson, General Turki al-Malki, comes in response to a request from Yemen’s head of the Presidential Leadership Council, Rashad al-Alimi, to the coalition to take immediate measures to protect civilians in the Hadramout from “violations committed armed groups affiliated with the STC”.
(Reporting by Yomna Ehab; Editing by William Mallard)
