TOKYO, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday revamped his cabinet and the executive lineup of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) as public support for the government is waning.

The second cabinet reshuffle by Kishida since last year included changes to 13 out of 19 ministers, with 11 of them entering the cabinet for the first time.

HAVANA, Sept 13 (NNN-XINHUA) — Delegations from different countries arrived in Havana on Tuesday for the upcoming Group of 77 and China Summit (G77+China Summit) to be held on Sept 15-16.

The G77+China Summit is expected to gather heads of state and high-level government officials from around the world, as well as receive more than 100 delegations of the bloc’s member countries and representatives of international organizations.

HELSINKI, Sept 13 (Reuters) - A luxury cruise ship carrying 206 people remained stuck in a remote Greenland location on Wednesday after running aground earlier this week, the vessel's operator and rescue services said.

The Danish military's Joint Arctic Command (JAC) said Tuesday's tide had failed to lift the 104-metre (341-foot) Ocean Explorer enough to free it.

"The tide that came in during the day, local time, did not provide the desired help to sail on," the JAC said in a statement.

13 September 2023; MEMO: A Palestinian political analyst and specialist in Jerusalem affairs, Jamal Amro, warned on Tuesday of the area around Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied city being turned into an army base during Jewish holidays, Shehab news agency has reported. Amro made his observation following the Israeli cabinet’s decision to raise the security level across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem during the upcoming holiday season.

RAMALLAH, Sept 13 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestine, yesterday condemned “ongoing Israeli threats” to sever ties with the Palestinian Authority (PA), if Israel is hauled to the international courts.

In a press statement, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said, “Israel warned us, all the time, not to file war crime charges against Israel’s leaders and settlers.”

12 September 2023; MEMO: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed on Monday to expand trade and security ties between the two nations, Anadolu news agency has reported.

BANGKOK (AP) — The younger son of ousted Myanmar leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi says he has always avoided talking to the media, but this time is different. He’s increasingly worried about his imprisoned 78-year-old mother’s health and about Myanmar’s violent political crisis, which he calls desperate.

“I’d just really like to have some form of contact with her so that I know that she’s OK, because at the moment she has no access to her legal counsel,” Kim Aris said Wednesday in a video interview with The Associated Press from his home in London.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 13 (NNN-Bernama) — Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim shared his vision for Malaysia to regain the status it achieved in the 1990s and become a stellar country in this region – economically, politically, with good governance, and as a showcase of a multiracial society.

Speaking at the Milken Institute Asia Summit 2023 in Singapore on Wednesday, Anwar said given the present scenario and the team, he is optimistic that the goals could be achieved.

12 September 2023; MEMO: Algeria said, Tuesday, it will airlift emergency humanitarian aid to Libya following a deadly storm and floods that killed hundreds, Anadolu Agency reports.

In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said eight aircraft loaded with foodstuff, medical supplies, clothes and tents will be dispatched to the flood-hit country.

The statement, however, did not specify a date for sending the aid.

13 September 2023; MEMO: Iran’s judiciary yesterday confirmed the detention of Swedish diplomat working for the EU for “committing crimes” during his stay in the country, Iranian and international agencies reported.

This came a week after Stockholm and Brussels revealed the latest known case of a foreign national being held by Tehran.

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin asserted Tuesday that the criminal cases against former U.S. President Donald Trump are political revenge that show the fundamental corruption of the United States.

“As for the prosecution of Trump, for us what is happening in today’s conditions, in my opinion, is good because it shows the rottenness of the American political system, which cannot pretend to teach others democracy,” Putin said at an Eastern Economic Forum gathering in Russia’s Pacific Coast city of Vladivostok.

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is a man who stays in motion — enthusiastically greeting tourists at the Capitol, dashing overseas to the G7 summit of industrial world leaders, and raising funds back home to elect fellow Republicans to the House majority.

But beneath the whirlwind of activity is a stubborn standstill, an imbalance of power between the far-right Republicans who hoisted McCarthy to the speaker’s role yet threaten his own ability to lead the House.