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After signing nuclear deal Iran ‘brazenly lying’, says Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu

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 […]

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Kabul Double suicide bombing kills 25, including eight journalists

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 […]

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Blasts rock Kabul: Second blast hits same spot as first, as victims were getting help; 25 killed, 45 injured

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 […]

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“Kim Jong’s Charm Offensive”: Korean Leaders Set Denuclearisation Goal

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 […]

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Facebook profits rise as users show resilience after Cambridge Analytica leaks

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 […]

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To make French President ‘perfect’, Donald Trump brushes dandruff off Emmanuel Macron’s jacket

US President Donald Trump and French counterpart Emmanuel Macron called for a “new” deal with Iran Tuesday, looking beyond disagreements over a landmark nuclear accord that still hangs in the balance. Trump laid transatlantic divisions bare during a visit by the French president, pillorying a three-year-old agreement designed to curb Iran`s nuclear program. The US […]

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Former US President George H W Bush hospitalized with blood infection

Former President George H.W. Bush has been hospitalized in Houston with an infection, just after attending the funeral of his wife, Barbara, a spokesman said Monday. Jim McGrath said on Twitter that the 93-year-old Bush is “responding to treatments and appears to be recovering.” He was admitted Sunday morning to Houston Methodist Hospital after an […]

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Paris attacks suspect Abdeslam sentenced to 20 years over Brussels shootout

A Belgian court on Monday found Salah Abdeslam, the last surviving suspect in the Paris attacks, guilty of terrorism-related attempted murder over a shootout with police in Brussels days before his capture in 2016, and sentenced him to 20 years in jail. In its judgment, the court in the Belgian capital said “there can be […]

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More than 700 million workers living in poverty in emerging and developing countries: ILO

There were more than 700 million workers living in poverty in emerging and developing countries who were unable to lift themselves above the USD 3.10 per person daily threshold in 2017, the International Labor Organization has said. The rate of progress has slowed, and many developing countries are failing to keep pace with the growing […]

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More than 300 sentenced to death in Iraq for Islamic State links

BAGHDAD: Iraqi courts have sentenced to death a total of more than 300 people, including dozens of foreigners, for belonging to the Islamic State group, judicial sources said Wednesday. The suspects are being tried by two courts, one near the former jihadist stronghold of Mosul in northern Iraq and another in Baghdad which is dealing […]