Malaysia Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysia’s 92-year-old former strongman, will be sworn in as the country’s new Prime Minister after leading a coalition of former political enemies to an historic and stunning election victory that has toppled from power after 61 years the party he once ruled with an iron fist. The victory, which few had predicted […]
Beijing Chinese President Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un met in northeast China today in an unannounced visit by the North Korean leader ahead of an expected summit with US President Donald Trump. Shortly after the meeting was made public, Trump tweeted that he would speak to his “friend” Xi about North Korea later today. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV showed Xi […]
Moscow Vladimir Putin was sworn in for another six years as Russian president on Monday, buoyed by popular support but weighed down too by a costly confrontation with the West, a fragile economy and uncertainty about what happens when his term ends. Standing in the ornately-decorated Andreyevsky Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace, with his hand […]
Hawaii A magnitude 6.9 earthquake shook Hawaii’s Big Island on Friday, prompting fresh eruptions of a volcano that has been spewing lava near residential areas, forcing hundreds of people to flee. The US Geological Survey said the quake struck at 12.32 pm (2232 GMT) and was centered on the south flank of the Kilauea volcano, […]
North Haven- Connecticut A house in Connecticut has exploded while police and a SWAT team were outside, responding to a report of a barricaded person. The explosion happened Wednesday night in North Haven. Authorities say six responding officers suffered minor injuries. Residents near the home reported on the police department’s Facebook page that they heard […]
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, addressing the nation Monday night, April 30, revealed that proofs of Iran’s deceit were provided by Israeli intelligence which, in an amazing feat, got hold of Iran’s secret Atomic Archive. Revealing their content for the first time in public, Netanyahu said the Archive contained 100,000 incriminating Iranian documents, charts, presentations, photos and […]
Kabul A coordinated double suicide bombing by the Islamic State group hit central Kabul this morning, killing at least 25 people, including eight journalists, officials said. An AFP photographer and a cameraman for a local TV station were among the fatalities, the police said. At least 45 people were wounded in the twin attacks, according to Kabul police spokesman, Hashmat Stanekzai, who […]
Two blasts shook Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Monday morning. Officiaos have said 25 have been killed in the blasts and 45 injured, which happened at the same spot. The second blast claimed more lives and caused more injuries as it happened about 20 minutes after the first one. Many of those who were injured or […]
Goyang (South Korea) North Korea’s Kim Jong Un has laid the foundations for a meeting with President Donald Trump as soon as next month, signaling a willingness to discuss denuclearization and trying to dispel the idea that he’s an unreliable “little rocket man.” In an astonishing turn of events, a beaming Kim on Friday stepped across the […]
Facebook Inc shares rose on Wednesday after the social network reported a surprisingly strong 63 per cent rise in profit and an increase in users, with no sign that business was hurt by a scandal over the mishandling of personal data. After easily beating Wall Street expectations, shares traded up 7.1 per cent after the bell […]