Threat of nuke weapons use growing: UN

A top UN official yesterday denounced growing rhetoric claiming that nuclear arms are necessary and warned that the risk of such
23 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Paris attacks suspect sentenced to 20 years

A Belgian court yesterday sentenced the sole surviving suspect in the Paris attacks, Salah Abdeslam, to 20 years in prison on terror
23 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Throw out genocide conviction: Karadzic

Once-feared Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic yesterday urged UN judges to overturn his conviction for war crimes during the
23 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Trump to visit Britain mid-year: reports

US President Donald Trump will visit Britain midway through 2018, possibly in July, British newspapers reported yesterday, citing
21 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Dog save kid lost in the wild, honoured

A deaf and partially blind dog that kept a lost three-year-old girl safe in Australian bushland overnight was awarded police honours
21 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II celebrates 92nd birthday

Queen Elizabeth II marked her 92nd birthday yesterday with traditional gun salutes and a Commonwealth-themed charity concert
21 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Queen puts forward son as next head of C'wealth

Queen Elizabeth II, the Head of the Commonwealth, opened the Commonwealth summit for what may be the last time yesterday voicing hope that her son would be allowed to carry on her role.
19 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Russia's RT channel faces 7 probes in UK

Britain's broadcasting watchdog on Wednesday opened seven impartiality probes concerning Russia's RT news channel, noting "a
19 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Pak 'can't afford any crisis'

Pressure from Pakistan's judiciary won't influence the outcome of upcoming general elections this year, Pakistan's Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal said on Wednesday, adding he hoped the election would be free and fair.
19 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Opponents unite against Macron

President Emmanuel Macron yesterday faced mass protests as trade unionists seek to galvanise angry students, public sector workers and striking train drivers into a joint movement against his multi-pronged drive to overhaul the French economy.
19 April 2018, 18:00 PM

FB rolling out privacy choices under EU rules

Facebook announced yesterday it would begin rolling out changes to how it handles private data this week to comply with forthcoming
18 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Erdogan calls Turkey snap polls for June 24

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday called snap elections in Turkey for June 24, bringing the polls forward by over a year-and-a-
18 April 2018, 18:00 PM

No new EU sanctions on Iran for now

EU foreign ministers on Monday discussed how they could persuade the US not to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal, but stopped short of
17 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Canada to pull out diplomats' families

Canada announced Monday it was sending home the families of its diplomats in Cuba, after a year-long investigation into a
17 April 2018, 18:00 PM

US, Britain point finger at Russia

The US and Britain on Monday accused Russia of launching cyber attacks on computer routers, firewalls and other networking
17 April 2018, 18:00 PM

May says sorry to Caribbean countries

Prime Minister Theresa May personally apologised to Caribbean leaders yesterday after her government threatened to deport people who
17 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Maldives rejects UN body's call to let Nasheed fight election

The Maldives yesterday rejected a demand by a UN human rights watchdog that former president Mohamed Nasheed be allowed to
16 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Tens of thousands of Hungarians protest against Orban landslide

Tens of thousands of Hungarians protested in Budapest against what organisers say was an unfair election system that gave Prime Minister Viktor Orban a landslide victory at the polls after a "hate campaign" against immigrants.
15 April 2018, 06:30 AM

Russian court rules to block Telegram

A Moscow court yesterday ruled to block the popular messaging app Telegram in Russia, after it refused to give state security services
13 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Russia UN envoy 'cannot exclude' war between Russia, US

Russia's UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia urges the United States and its allies on Thursday to refrain from military action against Syria over a suspected chemical weapons attack and says he "cannot exclude" war between Washington and Moscow.
13 April 2018, 06:34 AM