MOSCOW -- Russia and Britain have reached in principle an agreement to gradually restore diplomatic staff starting January, Russian Ambassador to London Alexander Yakovenko said Friday.

"I'm not sure that we will manage to restore all employee numbers, but at least half of the embassy will be there," Yakovenko said in an interview with the Russia 24 TV channel.(Russia-Britain-Diplomacy)

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DAMASCUS -- The Syrian army declared Friday entering the northern city of Manbij and raising the Syrian flag in it, following the withdrawal of Kurdish militia, according to the state TV.

"Out of the commitment of the Syrian army to handle its responsibilities, and upon the calls of the people of Manbij, the general command of the Syrian army declares entering Manbij and hosting the Syrian flag in it," the Syrian army said in a statement Friday.(Syria-Manbij)

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SEOUL -- South Korean Defense Ministry on Friday expressed deep concern and regret over Japan's release of footage filmed by a Japanese surveillance aircraft on which Tokyo claimed a South Korean navy destroyer locked a fire-control radar.

Choi Hyun-soo, spokesperson of South Korea's defense ministry, told a press briefing that the destroyer was in the normal operation at the time to rescue a fishing boat of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in the East Sea.(South Korea-Japan-Concern)

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JAKARTA -- Massive evacuations have been ordered from the coast along Indonesia's Sunda Strait after warning of a possible second tsunami triggered by eruption of Anak Krakatau volcano whose alert level has been upgraded.

The Indonesian disaster agency on Friday put the total number of evacuees from danger zones at 40,386 people in the provinces of Banten and Lampung, from some 20,000 in the previous day, spokesman of the National Disaster Management Agency Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said.(Indonesia-Tsunami-Displacement) Enditem

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