Venezuelan authorities have assigned two prosecutors to probe alleged acts of treason by citizens who supported the US’ latest round of economic sanctions against the South American nation. “We’ve assigned two prosecutors who are going to investigate these actions,” Attorney General Tarek Saab said on Thursday. Speaking two days after the National Constituent Assembly (ANC) […]
US President Donald Trump has said that “talking is not the answer” in dealing with North Korea’s military operations. “The US has been talking to North Korea, and paying them extortion money, for 25 years,” he wrote on Twitter, BBC reported on Wednesday. But US Defence Secretary James Mattis, insisted on Wednesday that there was […]
The catastrophic hurricane Harvey has weakened to a tropical depression with its centre now located in southwest Louisiana, but continues to cause heavy rains, the US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) announced. In the public advisory released late Wednesday night, the NHC indicated that Harvey has maximum winds of 55 km/h and is located 15 km […]
US President Donald Trump has urged Saudi King Salman bin Abdel Aziz in a call to find a diplomatic resolution to end the Qatar crisis, the media reported. The US President spoke to the Saudi King on Wednesday, Xinhua news agency reported. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt had cut off diplomatic […]
Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court (STF) dismissed a motion to remove General Prosecutor Rodrigo Janot from heading investigations into President Michel Temer’s alleged corruption. STF Judge Edson Fachin said on Wednesday there was no evidence that Janot was politically motivated or biased, as Temer’s defense team claimed, Xinhua news agency reported. Janot’s initial investigation into charges […]
North Korea halved the real range of their ballistic missile in its latest test earlier this week, which fell into the waters of the Pacific Ocean after passing over Japan, the South Korean Defence Ministry said on Thursday. The North Korean regime’s intermediate-range ballistic missile Hwasong-12, launched on Tuesday, was fired at a “normal” angle […]
Qatar has introduced a visa-on-arrival facility for Pakistani passport holders, the media reported on Thursday. According to flag carrier Qatar Airways, Pakistani nationals can obtain a visa on arrival for a maximum stay of 30 days under the new rules, reports Dawn news. They can also apply to extend their stay by another 30 days. […]
The UN Security Council on Tuesday strongly condemned the latest missile launch by North Korea, demanding it immediately cease such actions. In a statement, the council stressed that those actions are not just a threat to the region, but to all UN member states, Xinhua reported. “The Security Council expresses its grave concern that N. […]
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday urged Saudi Arabia to give up what he called the kingdom’s “interference” in Yemen’s internal affairs. “Saudi Arabia should leave the Yemen’s affairs to its people,” Rouhani said in a live broadcast from the state IRIB TV. If the Saudi officials stop their intervention in Yemen and give up […]
Iranians and Qataris are among the more than 1.7 million Muslims gathered in the holy city of Mecca for the Hajj pilgrimage, even though the governments in Tehran and Doha are at odds with Saudi Arabia. Despite closing the border with Qatar on June 5 as part of the Gulf countries’ economic and diplomatic offensive […]