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4A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2018 WORLD IN BRIEF Associated Press South Korean leader says Trump ‘can take the Nobel’ SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean President Moon Jae-in has shaken off a sug- gestion that he receive the Nobel Peace Prize, saying that President Donald Trump “can take the Nobel prize” as long as the Koreas receive peace in return. Moon made the comment Monday in response to a suggestion that he receive the award by the widow of late South Korean Pres- ident Kim Dae-jung, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2000 after a summit with then North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. Moon held a summit with current leader Kim Jong Un last week in which Moon and Kim, the son of Kim Jong Il, walked together across the tense border and agreed to a raft of initiatives meant to ease animosity. Moon responded to the suggestion of Nobel glory by saying, “President Trump can take the Nobel prize. The only thing we need is peace,” according to the South’s presidential office. Double Kabul suicide bombing kills 25, including journalists KABUL, Afghanistan — A coordinated double suicide bombing by the Islamic State group hit central Kabul on Monday morning, killing at least 25 people, including eight jour- nalists, officials said. An AFP photographer and a cameraman for a local TV station were among the fatalities, the police said. At least 45 people were wounded in the twin attacks, according to Kabul police spokesman, Hashmat Stanekzai, who also added that four policemen were among those killed. The attack was the latest in a relentless string of deadly large-scale bombings and assaults that have struck Kabul and elsewhere in Afghanistan so far this year. And as the Afghan capital reeled from Monday’s assault, a suicide car bombing a few hours later in the southern province of Kandahar killed 11 chil- dren, a police spokesman said. In a statement posted on an IS-affili- ated website, the Islamic State group said two of its martyrdom seekers carried out the double Kabul bombings, targeting the head- quarters of the “renegade” Afghan intelli- gence services. The blasts took place in the central Shash Darak area, home to NATO headquar- ters and a number of embassies and foreign offices — as well as the Afghan intelligence service. Missile attack in Syria kills 26, mostly Iranians BEIRUT — A missile attack targeting gov- ernment outposts in Syria’s northern region killed 26 pro-government fighters, mostly Irani- ans, a Syria war monitoring group said Monday. Iranian media gave conflicting reports about the overnight incident amid speculation it was carried out by neighboring Israel. The attack came hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talked to Pres- ident Donald Trump on the phone. The White House said the two leaders discussed the con- tinuing threats and challenges facing the Middle East, “especially the problems posed by the Ira- nian regime’s destabilizing activities.” The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the late Sunday night attack appears to have been carried out by Israel and targeted an arms depot for surface-to-surface missiles at a base in northern Syria known as Brigade 47. The Observatory said four Syrians were also among casualties. It said the death toll could rise as the attack also wounded 60 fighters and there were several others are still missing. US says border crossing didn’t have room for asylum seekers South Korea to remove propaganda loudspeakers at border The two Koreas had been engaged in Cold War-era psychological warfare since the North’s fourth nuclear test in early 2016. Seoul began blaring anti-Pyongyang broadcasts and K-Pop songs via border loudspeakers, and Pyongyang quickly matched the South’s action with its own border broadcasts and launches of balloons carrying anti-South leaflets. SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea will remove propaganda-broadcasting loudspeak- ers from the border with North Korea this week, officials said Monday, as the rivals move to follow through with their leaders’ summit declaration that produced reconciliation steps without a breakthrough in the nuclear standoff. During their historic meeting Friday at a Korean border village, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in agreed to end hostile acts against each other along their tense border, establish a liaison office and resume reunions of sepa- rated families. They also agreed to achieve a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula, but failed to produce specific time frames and disarmament steps. Seoul’s Defense Ministry said it would pull back dozens of its front-line loudspeak- ers on Tuesday before media cameras. Min- istry spokeswoman Choi Hyunsoo said Seoul expected Pyongyang to do the same. South Korea had already turned off its loudspeakers ahead of Friday’s summit talks, and North Korea responded by halting its own broadcasts. TIJUANA, Mexico — After traveling through Mexico with great fanfare for a month under the Trump administration’s watchful eye, nearly 200 Central American migrants attempt- ing to seek asylum in the United States were stopped in their tracks when border inspectors said that a crossing facility didn’t have enough space to accommodate them. Trump vowed last week to “stop” the car- avan while Cabinet members said they would deliver a swift response. The asylum seekers held firm, setting up a possible showdown. In an anticlimactic twist, about 50 asylum seekers were allowed past a gate controlled by Mexican officials to walk across a long bridge but were stopped at the entrance to the U.S. inspection facility at the other end. They were allowed to wait outside the building, technically on Mexican soil, without word of when U.S. officials would let them claim asylum. Another 50 or so camped on blankets and backpacks in Tijuana outside the Mexican side of the crossing, prohibited from even getting close to the U.S. inspection building. The asylum-seekers began the day with anticipation, traveling in red-and-white school buses under police escort to a beachfront rally in Tijuana, where a steel fence juts out into the Pacific Ocean. They sang the Honduran national anthem, and supporters on the San Diego side of the fence waved a Honduran flag. Pompeo says Israel, Palestinian peace still a US priority AMMAN, Jordan — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict remains a prior- ity for the Trump administration, despite its rec- ognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and its planned move of the U.S. Embassy to the holy city over Palestinian protests. Pompeo also said the U.S. is “fully support- ive” of Israel’s right to defend itself and declined to criticize the Israeli military for its use of live fire against Palestinian protesters along the Gaza border. He spoke in the Jordanian capital of Amman as he wrapped up the Middle East leg of his first overseas trip as America’s top diplomat. Pompeo called on the Palestinians to return to long-stalled peace talks with Israel. Graduation To honor and congratulate the Class of 2018 The Daily Astorian is creating a graduation publication for our local high schools that will publish on Wednesday, May 30th. 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