Category: World

China on Thursday criticised the United States for imposing new sanctions on Chinese entities and people suspected of transferring oil from Iran, accusing Washington of “bullying”. China’s cooperation with Iran is legitimate and legal, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said. The US Treasury Department said on Wednesday it was imposing sanctions on five Chinese […]

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said he bears responsibility for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi last year by Saudi operatives “because it happened under my watch”, according to a PBS documentary to be broadcast next week. Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom’s de facto ruler, has not spoken publicly about the killing inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. The CIA and […]

President Donald Trump pressed Ukraine’s president to investigate a political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, in coordination with the US attorney general and his personal lawyer, according to a summary of an explosive July phone call released by the Trump administration on Wednesday. Setting up a dramatic political showdown that threatens Trump’s presidency, House […]

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday demanded that Saudi Arabia end its offensive in Yemen after an attack in the oil-rich kingdom which Washington blamed on Tehran. “The security of Saudi Arabia will be guaranteed with the termination of aggression in Yemen, rather than by inviting foreigners,” he told the UN General Assembly. Saudi Arabia […]

A bomb attack hit a bus carrying police in the southern Turkish province of Adana on Wednesday morning and some people were wounded, security sources said. CNN Turk broadcast video of a badly damaged bus surrounded by debris and other damaged vehicles under a pedestrian overpass in the area of Yuregir in Adana. The sources said […]

Donald Trump described himself on Wednesday as the worst-treated president ever after Democrats announced a formal impeachment inquiry against him. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in announcing the probe on Tuesday afternoon that Trump had betrayed his oath of office by seeking help from Ukraine to hurt his Democratic rival Joe Biden. In the latest of a […]

Facebook will not fact-check the statements politicians post to the site, the social network announced on Tuesday ahead of the US 2020 elections, even as it works to discredit false information meant to manipulate public opinion. While the social network relies on third-party fact-checkers, including news organisations such as AFP, to help it discredit viral misinformation, […]

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivered an unconventional speech at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday that referenced “terrifying limbless chickens” and “pink-eyed terminators” but only mentioned Brexit once. During a late-night, 20-minute address that drew laughs and baffled looks from delegates, Johnson struck a light tone on a serious subject as he warned of […]

Google won a major case in the European Union on Tuesday, when the bloc’s top court ruled that the US internet giant doesn’t have to extend the EU’s “right to be forgotten” rules to its search engines globally. The European Court of Justice said there “is no obligation under EU law for a search engine operator” to […]