International
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1.5KIndia, China to hold joint military drills in China by end of 2018
India and China are all set to hold joint army drills in China before this year’s end, China’s defence ministry stated Thursday,...
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2.2KEthiopia appoints its first woman President, Sahle-Work Zewde
Sahle-Work Zewde has been named as Ethiopia’s first woman president, as part of a unanimous vote Thursday during the second Special Joint Session...
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1.7KKhashoggi killing: Iranian President says ‘Saudi’s heinous crime impossible without US support’
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, at a cabinet meeting Wednesday, condemned the killing of Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi, saying perpetrating such a “heinous” crime...
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3.3KPalestinian protester’s image goes viral on Twitter, hailed as ‘iconic’
A photograph of a young, shirtless protester in Gaza holding a Palestinian flag with one hand and swinging a slingshot over his head...
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1.8KUN investigator says genocide against Rohingya ‘ongoing’
A UN investigator disclosed that the genocide against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar was ‘ongoing’, demonstrating that the government has no interest in establishing...
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2.0KKhashoggi killing: In first public comments, Saudi Crown Prince calls it ‘heinous crime’, promises justice
In the first public comment Wednesday following evidence of Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi‘s killing by top Saudi officials, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad...
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1.6K$6bn bailout package a ‘huge relief’, will act as mediator to Yemen conflict: Pak PM
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, while addressing the nation after returning from Saudi Arabia Wednesday stated that the $6 billion bailout package...
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1.5KTrump tells media to ‘stop hostility, false attacks’ following bomb sent to Barack Obama, CNN
Following a number of pipe bombs that were sent to former US President Barack Obama, top Democrats and news network CNN, US President...
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2.0KKhashoggi killing: US lawmakers introduce bill to curb arms sales to Saudi Arabia, FIFA announces no direct competition funding
A bill was introduced by a group of bipartisan US lawmakers in the House of Representatives to curb most US arms sales to...
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2.3K‘Yemen on the brink of widespread famine, 50 percent surviving on humanitarian aid alone’
The UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock Tuesday warned that Yemen is on the brink of widespread famine, with almost fifty percent...
