International News

March 21, 2017

G20 fails to agree on free trade endorsement

Trump’s anti-globalisation agenda wins against the bloc’s decade-old tradition of rejecting protectionism. Finance ministers from 20 world powers have failed to reach an agreement to endorse […]
March 21, 2017

Britain’s Theresa May to trigger Brexit on March 29

Theresa May to begin two years of formal negotiations on Britain leaving the European Union at the end of the month. Britain’s government will begin the […]
March 21, 2017

Duterte: International Criminal Court ‘cannot stop me’

Philippine president vows anti-drug war campaign will continue and will be ‘brutal’ as death toll passes 8,000 mark. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he would […]
March 21, 2017

Laptops, tablets to be banned on Middle East-US flights

Devices larger than cell phones to be banned from carry-on luggage on flights from eight Muslim-majority countries. The US is barring passengers on flights originating in […]
March 21, 2017

UN report decries Israeli settlements’ ‘alarming pace’

US boycotts UN rights council as special rapporteur accuses Israel of ‘the subjugation’ of Palestinians’ ‘humanity’. The UN’s special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories has […]
March 19, 2017

Yanghee Lee: High-level UN probe needed for Rohingya

UN special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar calls for international probe into abuses against Rohingya Muslims. Myanmar “may be trying to expel” all ethnic Rohingya […]
March 19, 2017

Francois Fillon charged over fake jobs scandal

France’s right-wing presidential candidate Francois Fillon has been charged with several offences over a fake jobs scandal that has seriously damaged his chances of winning April’s […]
March 19, 2017

Employers allowed to ban the hijab: EU court

Employers are entitled to ban staff from wearing visible religious symbols, the European Union’s top law court ruled on Tuesday, a decision Muslims said was a […]