Russia sets up crisis response center, Houthi attacks US aircraft carrier, Germany sanctions former Syrian President

The World and Vietnam Newspaper highlights some notable world news this morning, January 13.

Asia

SCMP. China's Coast Guard and Indonesia's Coast Guard held their first high-level talks on promoting maritime security cooperation.

In recent years, China has stepped up efforts to cooperate with Indonesia on economic and security fronts amid growing strategic competition with the US. (Source: SCMP)

KYODO. Japan, the United States, Australia and India are arranging to hold a foreign ministers' meeting in the United States on January 21, right after President Donald Trump's inauguration.

NHK. 46 businesses and organizations in Japan were targeted by distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks between December 27, 2024 and January 9, 2025.

YONHAP. ​​Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will not attend his first impeachment hearing next week due to safety concerns.

WSJ. Iran is shipping nearly 3 million barrels of oil from storage in China to raise funds to support Tehran's allies in the Middle East.

AHRAM ONLINE. Yemen's Houthi forces launched a new 9-hour missile and drone attack on the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier in the northern Red Sea.

AL JAZEERA. Abu Dhabi announced plans to reopen its embassy in Beirut during a phone call between UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and his Lebanese counterpart Joseph Aoun.

BANGKOK POST. Thailand’s major retail groups are rolling out Lunar New Year campaigns with support from the Bangkok government ’s latest “Easy e-Invoicing 2.0” tax incentive program.

Europe

SKY NEWS. In order to improve the protection of important infrastructure and military facilities, Berlin will establish a new territorial defense division , directly under the German army.

Currently, the German army has 3 divisions, each with about 20,000 soldiers. (Source: Euronews)

AFP. Portugal has condemned a petrol bomb attack on the Venezuelan consulate in Lisbon, amid controversy over President Nicolas Maduro's swearing-in for a new term.

DW. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said sanctions must be maintained against allies of former President Bashar al-Assad for "committing serious crimes" in the Syrian civil war.

EURONEWS. Croatian voters cast their ballots in the second round of the presidential election , with around 3.8 million people eligible to take part.

FRANCE 24. France hands over its second military base in Chad as part of an agreement with the N'Djamena government to withdraw all troops stationed there.

BARRON'S. The websites of a number of Italian banks and companies have been hit by a wave of serious cyber attacks carried out by a group of foreign hackers.

SPUTNIK. The Russian Emergencies Ministry has created a federal crisis response center to deal with the oil spill in Kerch Bay.

BARRON'S. Six people were killed and eight others injured in an explosion and fire at a restaurant in the city of Most, near the capital Prague, Czech Republic.

America

FOX NEWS. President Joe Biden criticized Meta for removing third-party fact-checking programs on social networks Facebook and Instagram in the US.

President Biden opposed Meta's decision, saying the move was "completely antithetical to what America stands for." (Source: Getty Images)

AFP. The Brazilian government has condemned the arrest of opposition members in Venezuela and called on political forces to engage in dialogue.

CNN. Apple's board of directors is recommending that shareholders vote against a proposal to end its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs.

REUTERS. Venezuela's Bolivarian National Armed Forces reaffirmed their loyalty and obedience to President Nicolás Maduro and pledged to defend the country from all threats.

AP. Coral reefs off Brazil's Atlantic coast and on islands in the Atlantic Ocean are under serious threat from global warming.

Africa

REUTERS. Chad's ruling Patriotic Defense Movement (PSM) party won two-thirds of the seats in last month's parliamentary elections .

This is Chad's first election in more than a decade. (Source: France 24)

AFP. Mozambican opposition leader Venancio Mondlane - who has just returned from exile - has called for three days of protests next week.

FRANCE 24. Algeria has rejected Paris' accusations of escalating tensions, condemning a "disinformation campaign" after Algiers refused to accept and deported an influential Algerian back to France.

AP. Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and his Eritrean counterpart Osman Saleh Mohammed reaffirmed their opposition to any unilateral interference in Somalia's internal affairs.

AFRICAN NEWS. Somalia and Ethiopia have announced the restoration of full diplomatic relations following a visit by Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to Addis Ababa.

Oceania

ABC. Emergency Management Minister Jenny McAllister said Australia was ready to help the US government control the bushfires.

9NEWS. A man in Queensland (Australia) has been charged with torture, murder and kidnapping in connection with the death of a 52-year-old victim.

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