Pakistan on Thursday strongly rejected US President Donald Trump’s accusation that Pakistan has been undermining the US’s so-called ‘war against terror’ despite receiving billions of dollars in aid. A high-level meeting of military and political leaders under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was held on Thursday to come up with a response […]
Iraqi security forces battling Islamic State (IS) terrorists on Thursday extended their grip in the city of Tal Afar as they seized four neighbourhoods from the group, the Iraqi military said. The army’s 9th Armored Division and the paramilitary Hashd Shaabi units freed al-Nour al-Thani neighbourhood in eastern the city after heavy clashes with IS […]
Amazon.com, now closing its acquisition of Whole Foods Market Inc., announced on Thursday its plan to make the latter’s natural and organic food “affordable for everyone.” As what the world’s largest internet-based retailer called “a down payment,” the grocery store chain featuring foods without artificial preservatives, colours, flavors, sweeteners and hydrogenated fats will offer lower […]
The Supreme Court of Thailand on Friday issued an arrest warrant against former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra after she failed to appear for the verdict in her trial over a rice subsidies scheme. The court scheduled the hearing for September 27 and issued the arrest warrant after her lawyer failed to provide documents proving her […]
After US President Donald Trump announced that Apple CEO Tim Cook has promised to build three new manufacturing plants in the country, the Cupertino-based tech giant has announced plans to build a $1.3 billion data centre in Waukee, Iowa. “Our new data centre in Iowa will help serve millions of people across North America who […]
Dutch police are investigating a threat in Rotterdam and arrested the driver of a Spanish van late on Wednesday. The van with a Spanish license plate was halted between 9 and 10 p.m. local time on the Mijnsherenlaan street, Xinhua news agency reported. The van was checked by the Dutch explosive ordnance disposal service. Around […]
Software upgrade for more than five million diesel cars in Germany is not enough for better air quality, German Environment Ministry and German Environment Agency said on Wednesday. Representatives from the German Transport Ministry, German Environment Ministry, automobile industry association and giant automakers gathered early August in Berlin to discuss the pollution issue of diesel […]
Iraqi security forces on Wednesday retook control of new areas from Islamic State (IS) terrorists on the outskirts of the city of Tal Afar in Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh, the Iraqi military said. The Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) forces completely freed the southern part of Kifah neighbourhood at the western edge of Tal Afar after […]
The job approval rating of US President Donald Trump has reached a new low, a Politico/Morning Consult poll showed on Wednesday. The survey said 39 per cent of respondents approve of Trump’s job performance, down from 44 per cent in the same poll a week ago, Xinhua news agency cited the poll findings as saying. […]
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak will visit the US in September to meet President Donald Trump, the Malaysian government said on Thursday. The Malaysian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Razak would undertake a working visit to Washington on September 12, Xinhua news agency reported. “The two leaders are expected to discuss areas of […]