Boris Johnson to be UK’s new prime minister
Boris Johnson will be the next prime minister of the UK after he won the contest to be the leader of the Conservative Party. Around 160,000 Conservative Party members could vote for who they wanted to win in the race to replace Theresa May. Theresa May announced she was standing down as Conservative Party leader on […]
President Trump likely to restore $1.3 billion aid to Pakistan
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump hinted at the possibility of restoring $1.3 billion aid to its strategic ally Pakistan, which was suspended last year. The US president spoke about the possibility of restoring aid during after he met with PM Imran Khan at the White House. President Trump said that the aid was suspended because […]
Modi, Trump never discussed Kashmir
NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi never asked U.S. President Donald Trump to help mediate with Pakistan in their dispute over the Kashmir region, the government said on Tuesday, after Trump’s comments set off a storm of criticism. Trump told reporters on Monday that Modi had asked him during a meeting in Japan […]
Death Toll Continues to Rise in Nepal, Bangladesh & Northern India Floods
DHAKA: Severe flooding has killed at least 61 people, displaced nearly 800,000 and inundated thousands of homes across a third of Bangladesh, government officials said on Tuesday, after two weeks of heavy monsoon rains. Nearly 3 million people are struggling with flooding, the worst in two years, according to the disaster management and relief ministry. […]
Turkey: Belarusian diplomat shot and wounded by neighbor
ANKARA: A Belarusian diplomat was seriously injured late Wednesday after being shot by an unidentified attacker in the Turkish capital, international media reported. According to the reports, the undersecretary at the Belarusian Embassy in Turkey, Alexander Poganshev, was shot while taking a walk with his 13-year-old child near the embassy. Some reports indicated that the […]
Metals worth millions stolen in Brazil at cargo terminal
SAO PAULO: Armed men stole $40 million of gold and other precious metals on Thursday from a Sao Paulo cargo terminal at South America’s busiest airport, taking two hostages, police said. Several of the suspects arrived at the Guarulhos airport in a black pickup truck with livery resembling Brazil’s federal police, according to security footage […]
US to resume federal executions after 16-year break
WASHINGTON: The US federal government will resume its use of capital punishment after a 16-year hiatus and have set execution dates for five convicted murderers, US Attorney General Bill Barr announced Thursday. Acting on President Donald Trump’s call for tougher penalties on violent crimes, Barr directed the Federal Bureau of Prisons to adopt a new […]
WhatsApp to launch digital payments service in India
NEW DELHI: Messaging giant WhatsApp plans to launch its first payment service this year in India, its biggest market with 400 million users, the company said Friday. The Facebook-owned firm has tested the service with about one million people over the past year. But a commercial launch has been on hold while it waits for […]
Earthquake of 6.3 M strikes near south coast of Japan’s Honshu
An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck near the south coast of Japan’s island of Honshu early on Sunday, the European earthquake monitoring service EMSC reported. An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck near the south coast of Japan’s island of Honshu early on Sunday, the European earthquake monitoring service EMSC reported The estimated population of the […]
Massive manhunt in wilderness for teen murder suspects
MONTREAL • Two teen triple-murder suspects on the run in the central Canadian wilderness – perhaps holed up in thick, insect-infested forest inhabited by wolves and bears – were staying one step ahead of a massive police manhunt last Friday. Since last Tuesday, the village of Gillam, near Hudson Bay, has been on the alert […]
