Category: World

VALLETTA: Malta’s Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, under fire over his handling of the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, said on Sunday he would step down after his replacement is chosen in January. Muscat declined to make a link with Caruana Galizia’s 2017 murder, saying in a televised address that he was resigning “as this […]

About 700 people rallied on Sunday to show support for Myanmar leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, as she prepares to defend the country against charges of genocide at the United Nation’s (UN) highest court. Members of Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party swelled the ranks in front of the colonial-era City Hall in Yangon, […]

LONDON: Britain’s Boris Johnson said on Sunday the security services were stepping up monitoring of convicted terrorists released early from prison, as the London Bridge attack became embroiled in the election campaign. The prime minister revealed officials were scrutinising around 74 people with terrorist convictions who had been released early from prison like Usman Khan, […]

A legal fight over a New York City handgun ordinance, that could give the United States (US) Supreme Court’s conservative majority a chance to expand gun rights, goes before the nine justices on Monday in one of the most closely watched cases of their current term. The court is scheduled to hear arguments starting at […]

SEOUL: South Korean singer-songwriter Jung Joon-young was convicted on Friday of gang rape and distributing videos of the assaults and other sexual encounters, and was jailed for six years in a scandal that has rocked K-pop. Jung and Choi Jong-hoon, a former member of boy band FT Island, were found guilty of gang-raping two different […]

BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi announced his resignation on Friday after the country’s top cleric urged lawmakers to reconsider their support for a government rocked by weeks of deadly anti-establishment unrest. The move was the latest twist in an unprecedented crisis for war-weary Iraq, which has struggled to recover from decades of conflict, […]

Police in Paris partly evacuated Europe’s busiest train station, the Gare du Nord, on Friday after an inactive explosive shell was discovered in a passenger’s bag, sources said. The shell was found as part of a random check at the station, which serves as a stop for the Eurostar from London, the Thalys from Belgium, […]

KABUL: The Taliban said on Friday it was “way too early” to speak of resuming direct talks with Washington, a day after President Donald Trump suggested negotiations to end America’s longest war were back on track during a surprise visit to Afghanistan. The statement from Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid sounded a note of caution after […]

Metropolitan Police on Saturday identified the London Bridge attacker as British national Usman Khan, a 28-year-old male from Staffordshire. “We are now in a position to confirm the identity of the suspect as 28-year-old Usman Khan, who had been residing in the Staffordshire area. As a result, officers are, tonight, carrying out searches at an address […]

BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces shot dead at least 28 protesters on Thursday after demonstrators stormed and torched an Iranian consulate overnight, in what could mark a turning point in the uprising against the authorities. At least 24 people died when troops opened fire on demonstrators who blocked a bridge in the southern city of Nassiriya […]