Chinese navy ships to be deployed at Pak Port
PTI, Karachi
China would deploy its naval ships along with Pakistan navy to safeguard the strategic Gwadar port and trade routes under the $46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, a Pakistani official in Karachi has said.
China and Pakistan are currently building the nearly 3,000-km-long economic corridor linking Pakistan’s Gwadar port on the Arabian Sea with Xinjiang to improve connectivity between the two countries.
Colombia rebel leader hopes Trump will back peace effort
AP, Bogota
The top commander of Latin America’s oldest rebel army said Friday he hopes that President-elect Donald Trump will continue strong U.S support for ending Colombia’s half-century conflict that past administrations helped fuel.
Rodrigo Londono spoke to foreign journalists a day after signing an accord for the second time in two months to end fighting between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
Norway’s SC refuses to grant Snowden safe travel
AP, Stockholm
Norway’s Supreme Court has rejected Edward Snowden’s request for a legal guarantee that would allow him to collect an award in the Scandinavian country without risk of being extradited to the United States.
In its ruling Friday, the Supreme Court upheld decisions by lower courts that also refused the request.
