International News

September 5, 2018

Ex-British colony challenges UK claim to islands at ICJ

Former British colony Mauritius has challenged at the World Court the legality of the United Kingdom’s claim to its Chagos Islands, which now host the key […]
September 5, 2018

Saudi Arabia declares online satire punishable offence

Saudi Arabia will punish online satire that “disrupts public order” with up to five years in prison, the public prosecutor said Tuesday, as the kingdom cracks […]
September 5, 2018

India convicts two over 2007 blasts that killed 44

NEW DELHI: An Indian court on Tuesday convicted two members of a banned Islamist militant group over bomb blasts in August 2007 in Hyderabad city that […]
September 5, 2018

UN brings Libyan factions to the table, brokers truce

TRIPOLI: A ceasefire has been reached between armed factions fighting over the Libyan capital for more than a week, the United Nations said on Tuesday, but […]
September 4, 2018

Trump Supreme Court nominee Kanavaugh faces key hearing

President Donald Trump’s nominee for the vacant Supreme Court seat is set to face the first of four days of Senate hearings on Tuesday. Brett Kavanaugh, […]
September 4, 2018

UK’s Labour Party to vote on anti-Semitism definitions

Britain’s Labour Party is set to vote on the internationally-recognised definitions of anti-Semitism, following a protracted debate that has dogged the party and sparked criticism of […]
September 4, 2018

Trump attacks Attorney General Sessions over Republican prosecutions

US President Donald Trump has accused Attorney General Jeff Sessions of damaging the midterm re-election chances of two Republican members of Congress by prosecuting them. The […]
September 3, 2018

Women entering politics in record numbers could mean trouble for Trump

Novi, US – At the Michigan State Fair in Novi, about a 35-minute drive northwest of Detroit, ask any woman what she thinks of US President […]