Category: World

Iran’s president says the US should “put warmongers aside” as tensions roil the Persian Gul amid an escalating crisis between Washington and Tehran in the wake of the collapsing nuclear deal with world powers. Hassan Rouhani’s remarks signalled approval of President Donald Trump’s abrupt dismissal of John Bolton as national security adviser. Bolton had been hawkish on […]

Britain’s government on Wednesday announced new post-Brexit immigration plans that will allow international students to work in the country for two years after graduating. Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom said the change was aimed at attracting the “brightest and the best from around the world” and a sign of “the UK’s ambition once we have left […]

China on Wednesday said it would spare a number of US products from punitive tariffs in what is seen as an olive branch by Beijing in the protracted trade war ahead of high-level talks next month. However, the goods do not include big-ticket agricultural items that could be crucial to the ultimate success of any […]

Russia said on Wednesday it has “no expectation” of any improvement in relations with Washington after the dismissal of United States President Donald Trump’s national security adviser John Bolton. “We have observed several times in the past that changes in the US administration bring no improvement. That’s why we have no expectation,” Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov […]

Two of Donald Trump’s top lieutenants said on Tuesday he is ready to meet his Iranian counterpart without preconditions after the US president sacked his hawkish national security adviser, while insisting there will be no easing of pressure on Tehran. Even as the removal of national security hardliner John Bolton triggered speculation that Trump might […]

The acting head of the UN nuclear watchdog on Monday called on Iran to “respond promptly” to the agency’s questions regarding Tehran’s nuclear programme. Cornel Feruta was addressing the quarterly board meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) a day after meeting high-level Iranian officials in Tehran. He said that in his meetings he […]

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday, in response to the statement of the United Nations human rights chief, told the global community that “the time to act [against Indian oppression in occupied Kashmir] is now”. The prime minister took to Twitter and welcomed the growing concern expressed by the global community over the situation in […]

The United Nations human rights chief on Monday said she was “deeply concerned about the impact of recent actions” by the Indian government on the human rights of Kashmiris. In her introductory address for the start of the Human Rights Council’s latest session, Michelle Bachelet aired concerns over India’s actions against Kashmiris as well as unlawful killings […]

Hong Kong visitor arrivals plunged nearly 40% in August from a year earlier, deepening from July’s 5 per cent fall, the finance secretary said as sometimes violent anti-government protests take a rising toll on the city’s tourism, retail and hotel businesses. Hotels in some locations had seen occupancy rates drop to about half, while room […]

Kuwait’s 90-year-old ruling emir has cancelled a visit on Thursday with President Donald Trump at the White House after being admitted to a US hospital following an earlier health scare last month. Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah will undergo unspecified tests during his hospitalisation, the state-run Kuwait News Agency (Kuna) reported late Sunday, without elaborating. It […]