The US has not declared war on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the White House said on Monday, in response to remarks of the DPRK’s top diplomat. “Last weekend, Trump claimed that our leadership wouldn’t be around much longer. He declared a war on our country,” Ri Yong-ho, the DPRK foreign minister, was […]
Instant messaging service WhatsApp has been largely blocked in China, the media reported. The Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI), a global observation network for detecting censorship, surveillance and traffic manipulation, suggested on Monday night that Chinese internet service providers started blocking access to WhatsApp on September 23, reports CNN. Public reports on Twitter indicated […]
US President Donald Trump on Monday ordered the Education Department to invest at least $200 million annually in grants funding schools in the country so they can expand their teaching in the areas of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). “Greater access to STEM and computer science programs will ensure that our children can develop […]
The US Supreme Court has said that it would not hear oral arguments on President Donald Trump’s travel ban as scheduled for October 10, the media reported. According to Monday’s order, the court wants to hear from both sides if the issue is moot after Trump issued a proclamation on Sunday restricting the entry for […]
As twitteratis wondered why the micro-blogging platform did not remove US President Donald Trump’s latest controversial tweet on North Korea that clearly violated its guidelines, Twitter has given a confusing reply. Trump tweeted last weekend: “Just heard Foreign Minister of North Korea speak at UN. If he echoes thoughts of Little Rocket Man, they won’t […]
A North Korean committee has sent an open letter to several international parliaments condemning the belligerent attitude of US President Donald Trump, a state-media report said on Monday. The letter sent on Sunday, whose recipients were not disclosed, by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Supreme People’s Assembly (North Korean Parliament) condemned the “ignorant” comments […]
At least one person died and seven others were wounded on Sunday in a mass shooting at a church in Tennessee, US, local police said. The incident took place about midday at the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ in Antioch, about 15 km southeast of Nashville, Efe reported. On its Twitter account, the Nashville Police […]
A Russian lieutenant general was killed in a shelling launched by Islamic State (IS) militants in northeastern Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday. “As a result of the sudden IS mortar shelling, Lt. Gen. Valery Asapov sustained a fatal injury,” Xinhua cited a ministry statement as saying. According to the document, Asapov was […]
The US has sent large shipments of military gears to the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to help them in the battle against the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria’s, the SDF said on Sunday. The large quantities of weapons aim to help the SDF in their fight to completely clear Raqqa from IS, said […]
An overwhelming majority of US citizens oppose a preemptive strike on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and trust US military leaders instead of President Donald Trump to handle the nuclear crisis responsibly, a poll revealed on Sunday. According to the Washington Post-ABC News poll, 67 per cent of US citizens believe that the […]