FBI Director Christopher Wray defended his agency on Thursday amid sharp criticism from US President Donald Trump. “There is no finer institution than the FBI,” Wray told a House Judiciary Committee hearing in response to questions over Trump’s attacks on the agency, Xinhua reported. The director’s comments came days after Trump slammed the agency as […]
Hezbollah’s Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah slammed Thursday US President Donald Trump’s declaration on Jerusalem as a “new Balfour Declaration”, urging Arab states to sever “public and secret” ties with Israel. In a televised address, Nasrallah warned that “Trump’s decision on Jerusalem is a new Balfour Declaration and we will soon hear Arab voices trying […]
The Governor-General of Australia Peter Cosgrove on Friday signed the law to legalise same-sex marriages, which are now allowed to take place from January 9, 2018, onwards. Following Parliament’s approval of the legislation on Thursday, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Attorney General George Brandis on Friday presented the law before the representative of Queen […]
The US Congress has approved a stopgap budget that averts, for now, a partial government shutdown, which had been a strong possibility due to the failure of Republican and Democratic lawmakers to agree on a more comprehensive bill. The approval came after President Donald Trump met Democratic and Republican congressional leaders on Thursday to negotiate […]
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet on Friday formally approved April 30, 2019, as the abdication date for Emperor Akihito. The Cabinet’s approval comes a week after a meeting of the Imperial House Council involving Abe, politicians, the judiciary and members of the Imperial family, agreed upon the date for the 83-year-old to step down […]
The death toll in a boat capsize off the coast of Pakistan’s Thatta district has increased to 21 with several others still reported missing, police said on Friday. According to district officials, there were about 70 people on-board when then accident took place on Thursday evening, reports Dawn news. Thatta Deputy Commissioner (DC) Nasir Baig […]
Senior White House advisor Jared Kushner has said peace between Israel and Palestine was “achievable”, although he added that the agreement should come from the countries of the region and not something imposed by the US. “We do think it’s achievable,” Kushner said on Sunday, referring to an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal. Looking relaxed and upbeat, […]
The US and South Korea began a major air combat exercise on Monday, which appears to be another show of strength following North Korea’s latest missile test late last month. The US-South Korea air combat drills, named “Vigilant Ace”, seek to improve the all-weather, day and night combined operational capacity of the two countries, a […]
After the US and Britain, Australia will now probe the impact of key digital platforms like Facebook, Google and Twitter on media, journalism and advertising, including the spread of fake news, in the country. According to a report in The Sydney Morning Herald on Monday, the government has asked the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission […]
British Prime Minister Theresa May will meet key European Union (EU) figures on Monday here for talks on Brexit which could determine whether the UK is able to move on to negotiations on trade. The Prime Minister, accompanied by the Brexit Secretary David Davis, will meet European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker, with Downing Street saying […]