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-- 2019-02-02 11:48:27
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has apologised after his 1984 medical yearbook page emerged, showing a photo featuring men in racist costumes. "I am deeply sorry for the decision I made to appear a...
-- 2019-02-02 10:28:44
Once-in-a-century flooding in part of the eastern Australian state of Queensland looks set to worsen as the nation’s weather bureau on Saturday warned of more heavy rain in the area. Some resid...
-- 2019-02-02 10:24:41
European Union governments will move to recognise Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s interim president from next week, but using cautious language for fear of setting a precedent for political crises, t...
-- 2019-02-02 09:55:01
The European Parliament recognised Venezuela’s self-declared interim president Juan Guaido as de facto head of state on Thursday, heightening international pressure on the OPEC member’s so...
-- 2019-02-01 21:59:38
North Korea has pledged to destroy all its nuclear material enrichment facilities, according to the US special envoy for the country, Stephen Biegun, reports BBC. He said the promise had been made to...
-- 2019-02-01 20:57:59
His image is on bank notes and in school textbooks in Iran, often as a black-and-white embodiment of the 1979 Islamic Revolution that swept aside the country’s shah and forever changed the natio...
-- 2019-02-01 20:46:58
The United States will announce plans to suspend compliance with a landmark nuclear pact with Russia, a move triggering a six-month clock that could lead to its withdrawal from the arms control accord...
-- 2019-02-01 19:12:40
Hundreds of schools across Wales and southern parts of England are closed due to snow and icy conditions. More than 500 schools are shut in Wales, with about 200 in Berkshire, 250 in Wiltshire and 30...
-- 2019-02-01 17:59:52
The European Union (EU) has agreed to give British citizens visa-free travel to member states, even if there is a no-deal Brexit, reports The Independent UK. A proposed new regulation, which sparked...
-- 2019-02-01 17:23:44
Lawyers for two Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar for breaking a colonial-era official secrets law appealed to the Supreme Court on Friday against their conviction, as a rights group said the govern...
-- 2019-02-01 16:46:13
Two Indian Air Force (IAF) pilots were killed on Friday after a Mirage 2000 trainer fighter aircraft on a test sortie crashed at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) airport in Bengaluru. An enquiry in...
-- 2019-02-01 14:31:54
At least five people have died in Morocco after contracting the H1N1 virus, the country’s Health Minister Anas Doukkali said Thursday. In a statement to Morocco's official MAP news agency, D...
-- 2019-02-01 14:26:24
The Swedish government has announced that it would invest an extra 2.1 billion SEK (232 million US dollars) annually to increase security for pensioners who "have it the toughest". "We want to give a...
Reuters 2019-02-01 14:21:38
China has punished 3,021 people in a crackdown on organised crime and the local “protective umbrellas” that allow it to operate, Xinhua reported on Friday, citing a government anti-crime t...
-- 2019-02-01 14:13:42
The Mongolian parliament on Friday elected Gombojav Zandanshatar as its new speaker through a vote of 95.2 per cent in the country's 76-seat parliament. The former head of the cabinet secretariat rep...
-- 2019-02-01 13:54:47
Lawyers for two Reuters reporters jailed for seven years in Myanmar lodged an appeal on Friday at the Supreme Court against their conviction on charges of breaking the Official Secrets Act. The appea...
Reuters 2019-02-01 10:53:58
The United States said on Thursday it was imposing visa restrictions on Ghana, accusing the African country of not cooperating in accepting its citizens ordered removed from the United States. US Sec...
-- 2019-02-01 10:44:21
Global jostling intensified on Thursday between countries that want Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in power and those trying to force him to resign, as opposition leader Juan Guaido made overture...
-- 2019-01-31 19:46:43
France's National Assembly has approved a law banning the wearing of masks at protests, and another to ban specific people from taking part in rallies. Wearing a mask could now result in a one-year p...
-- 2019-01-31 15:36:28
Russia and the United States failed to bridge their differences over a landmark Cold War-era arms treaty at last-ditch talks in Beijing, Russia’s deputy foreign minister was quoted as saying by...
-- 2019-01-31 13:13:52
Saudi Arabia has ended a sweeping crackdown on corruption ordered by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that it said had recovered more than $106 billion through settlements with scores of senior prince...
-- 2019-01-31 11:40:54
Nigerian opposition presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar said on Wednesday he would consider an amnesty for corruption suspects in order to help recover billions of dollars stashed abroad by the coun...
-- 2019-01-31 11:28:13
Three days after proclaiming himself Venezuela’s head of state, Juan Guaido wrote to the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres asking for help in tackling the country’s urgent...
-- 2019-01-31 10:56:33
Cities are all but shutting down across the US Midwest as the region shivers in a deadly cold snap known as a polar vortex. At least seven people have been killed in several states as a result of the...
-- 2019-01-31 09:40:04
US lawmakers on Wednesday introduced legislation to limit the president’s power to levy import tariffs for national security reasons. The bills face an uncertain future but underscore bipartisa...
-- 2019-01-30 21:02:49
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Wednesday the 'keys to war are in Islamabad, Quetta, Rawalpindi', accusing Pakistan of being a safe haven for cross-border militant activities. He was speaking a...
-- 2019-01-30 19:46:51
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the acquittal of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman who spent years on death row after being convicted of blasphemy, dismissing a petition filed by Islamists...
-- 2019-01-30 18:02:28
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that negotiations in Afghanistan are going well. Talks “are proceeding well,” Trump wrote on Twitter, reports Reuters. Earlier, US officials h...
-- 2019-01-30 14:20:24
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said calls to hold early presidential elections amounted to blackmail and that the countries calling for them must wait until 2025, Russia’s RIA news agency r...
-- 2019-01-30 13:50:27
Mongolia’s parliamentary speaker, Enkhbold Myegombo, has been ousted following weeks of public protests against him over accusations he was involved in the corrupt sale of government positions....
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