Asia Pacific
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Feb- 2020 -27 February
US and South Korea postpone joint military exercises over coronavirus concerns
The US and South Korean militaries postponed forthcoming joint exercises as the Asian country announced its biggest increase in coronavirus cases to date
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26 February
First US soldier stationed in South Korea tests positive for coronavirus
An US soldier stationed in South Korea has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, commanders said
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25 February
Taliban attacks down as Afghanistan ‘reduction in violence’ deal holds
A partial, week-long truce between the Taliban, American and Afghan forces held tenuously for a fourth day, despite several insurgent attacks and the US hitting ISIS targets
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21 February
US and Taliban agree to week-long ‘reduction in violence’ across Afghanistan
A week-long "reduction in violence" between the Taliban, the US, and Afghan security forces will commence shortly ahead of the possible signing of a deal
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12 February
Indonesia says it won’t repatriate nearly 700 ISIS fighters from Syria
Indonesia has said it will not bring home nearly 700 hundred nationals who joined ISIS over security fears, but added it would still consider repatriating young children
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11 February
Suicide attack targets top Afghanistan military academy in Kabul
A suicide attack targeting a military academy in the Afghan capital killed at least five people, the first major assault in the city in months
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10 February
US approves $1.9 billion sale to India of Integrated Air Defense Weapon System
The US Department of State approved a possible sale to India of a medium-range Integrated Air Defense Weapon System (IADWS) for $1.9 billion
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Jan- 2020 -28 January
US personnel killed in Afghanistan E-11A crash recovered
US forces recovered the bodies of two personnel killed when their E-11A aircraft crashed in Ghazni province, eastern Afghanistan
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27 January
US Air Force E-11A aircraft crashes in Ghazni province, Afghanistan
A E-11A aircraft bearing US Air Force markings crashed in a Taliban-held area of Ghazni province in Afghanistan
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23 January
International Court of Justice orders Myanmar to prevent Rohingya genocide
The U.N.’s top court said Thursday it has the authority to rule in an urgent case in which Myanmar is accused of genocide against Rohingya Muslims and ordered emergency measures to prevent further violence. “The court concludes that it has prima facie jurisdiction to rule in the case,” International Court of Justice presiding judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf said in The Hague. The court ordered Myanmar to take “all measures within its power” to prevent genocide against Rohingya. Yusuf said that “the court was of the opinion that the Rohingya in Myanmar remain extremely vulnerable” and needed to be protected from further bloodshed. The court ordered Myanmar to report back within four months, and then every six months after that. It also told Myanmar to prevent the destruction of any evidence of crimes against the Rohingya. The January 23 ruling comes days after a Myanmar commission concluded that some soldiers likely committed war crimes against the minority group but that the military was not guilty of genocide. Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi traveled to The Hague in December to personally defend her Buddhist-majority country against the allegations over the bloody 2017 crackdown against the Rohingya. The mainly Muslim African …
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