Category: World

Insurgents killed seven policemen and three civilians in attacks across Afghanistan on Saturday, provincial officials said. In eastern Ghazni province on Saturday, Taliban killed three policemen and wounded seven others in attacks on security checkpoints, said a spokesman for the provincial police chief, Ahmad Khan Serat. The group claimed responsibility. In the northern Sari Pul […]

India insisted on Saturday that debris from its anti-satellite missile test was not a danger to the International Space Station (ISS), in a rebuff to criticism from the United States space agency. India has been on the defensive following the March 27 test that Nasa branded a “terrible thing” that had created new dangers for […]

The United States will designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organisation, an unprecedented move that would ramp up pressure on the elite force, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The newspaper, quoting unnamed officials, said President Donald Trump’s administration would announce the long-mulled decision as soon as Monday and that concerned defence officials were bracing for […]

US President Donald Trump visited the Mexican border on Friday to deliver a message to would-be illegal immigrants and asylum seekers: don’t bother coming. “The system is full and we can’t take you anymore… Our country is full,” he said at a meeting with border patrol officers and other officials in Calexico, California. “So turn […]

Britain’s opposition Labour Party said on Friday that talks with the government on a last-ditch Brexit deal had made no progress, as EU leaders said Prime Minister Theresa May had not convinced them that they should let Britain delay its departure next week. May wrote to Brussels asking European Union leaders to postpone Britain’s exit from next […]

Boeing announced on Friday it would cut the production schedule of its 737 aircraft line following the two recent crashes that have seen the 737 MAX grounded worldwide. The aerospace giant plans to trim production to 42 planes per month, down from 52 per month, starting in mid-April. Boeing shares tumbled after the disclosure, which […]

WASHINGTON: Americans are fearful about the impact of social media firms such as Facebook and Twitter, with many saying they spread misinformation and divide the country, even though most people still use these networks, a new poll showed on Friday. The NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found 57 per cent of Americans believe social media sites do […]

WASHINGTON: The head UN nuclear inspector said on Friday that his agency is asking Saudi Arabia to agree to safeguards on nuclear material for its first atomic reactor that could arrive by the end of the year. Satellite imagery recently emerged of the project on the outskirts of Riyadh, which comes amid controversy in Washington […]

United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May asked the European Union on Friday to delay Britain’s departure until June 30 while the bloc itself suggested that it might be best to postpone the split for up to a year. The competing visions of how to unwind Britain’s 46-year involvementin the European project will be hashed out again at a […]

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday accused the US and Europe of “meddling” in Turkey’s affairs after statements from Western allies following his ruling party’s challenge to local election results. Erdogan and his AKP suffered an upset in Sunday’s ballot when results showed the party lost the capital Ankara and was narrowly defeated in Istanbul, the country’s largest city […]