Category: World

The United States Congress has voted to end American involvement in the Yemen war, rebuffing the Trump administration’s support for the military campaign led by Saudi Arabia. The bill now heads to President Donald Trump, who’s expected to veto it. The White House says the bill raises “serious constitutional concerns”. It’s the first time Congress […]

The man accused of attacking two mosques in Christchurch last month will face 50 murder charges when he appears in court on Friday, said New Zealand police on Thursday. Australian Brenton Tarrant was previously charged with one murder as a holding measure, but police said that all the deaths and injuries in the March 15 attacks will be reflected […]

The crew of the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed last month, killing 157 people, repeatedly followed procedures recommended by Boeing but were unable to regain control of the jet, according the investigators’ report released on Thursday. The initial report, unveiled by Ethiopian Transport Minister Dagmawit Moges, cast further doubt on the system controlling the Boeing 737 […]

Iraq says Saudi Arabia has opened a consulate in Baghdad for the first time in nearly 30 years in a sign of improving ties. The consulate, which will issue visas to Iraqis, was opened during a two-day visit by a delegation headed by the Saudi minister of commerce and investment, Majid bin Abdullah al-Qasabi. Riyadh […]

Police on Thursday said that Maoist rebels had ambushed and killed four Indian paramilitary soldiers and wounded another two in the insurgency-wracked Chhattisgarh state. Police officer D.M. Awasthi said that the rebels fired on the soldiers, who were on a patrol today in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh state. Other details were not immediately available. The […]

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi filed his papers on Thursday to run for parliament from a southern constituency, aiming to strengthen his Congress party’s prospects in a region where the ruling Hindu nationalists have a limited presence. Although surveys show Congress is trailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the elections that begin next […]

A top Democrat formally requested on Wednesday that the US tax agency provide Congress with President Donald Trump’s tax returns, setting up a likely legal battle with the White House. Richard Neal, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee which writes tax law, wrote the Internal Revenue Service seeking six years of Trump’s returns, […]

WASHINGTON: The United States vowed on Wednesday to utilise “all available avenues” to ensure Masood Azhar was held accountable but China warned Washington that this attitude could complicate an already tense situation in South Asia. “We can confirm that we circulated a draft UNSC resolution with UK and French support,” said a US State Department […]

Millions of Hindus will wake up at the crack of dawn this Saturday, five days before the start of India’s general election, and march to nearby temples to chant a sacred hymn and renew a pledge to build a temple on the ruins of a 16th-century mosque. Hardline Hindu allies of Indian Prime Minister Narendra […]

Malaysia’s disgraced ex-leader Najib Razak pleaded not guilty to all charges against him as he went on trial on Wednesday over a multi-billion-dollar fraud, almost a year after his shock election loss. The 65-year-old faced the first of several trials over his alleged involvement in the looting of sovereign wealth fund 1MDB, a state investment […]