* US President Donald Trump on November 1 vowed to step up efforts to crack down on illegal immigrants. * Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina held a dialogue with the leaders of a newly formed opposition alliance on Thursday night over the general election slated for December. * The Moroccan King Mohammed VI launched Thursday the construction of Mohammed VI Tower with a height of 250 meters, which set to become Africa’s tallest skyscraper, according to the project holder BMCE bank. The tower will consist of 55 floors with a luxury hotel, offices and apartments. * US President Donald Trump slapped new sanctions targeting Venezuela’s gold exports on Thursday, as his National Security Adviser John Bolton unveiled a hard-line policy toward Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua. * The Republic of Korea (ROK) and the United States have signed guidelines on their combined defense after the planned transfer of wartime operational control (OPCON) from Washington to Seoul, paving way for the transfer and setting guiding principles for their future defense cooperation. * The Philippines can expect one to two tropical cyclones to enter in its area of responsibility in November, the Philippine state weather bureau said on November 2. * Yutu, the 26th typhoon of the year, forced more than 10,000 residents of eastern China’s Fujian Province to be evacuated on Monday (November 5), local authorities said. * Parliament Speaker of the Maldives Abdulla Maseeh Mohamed on Thursday resigned hours before a no-confidence vote was to be taken against him, local media… [Read full story]
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