The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees still needs $200 million to be able to cover its costs for the current year, UNRWA Commissioner General Pierre Krahenbuhl said on Monday. At a press conference held in Egypt’s capital after a meeting with Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Krahenbuhl reiterated that UNRWA […]
White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders has said that President Donald Trump was open to another meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un despite National Security Adviser John Bolton’s assertion that Washington is still waiting for Pyongyang to take steps toward denuclearization. Trump has received another letter from Kim, which Sanders described on Monday as “very […]
US National Security Adviser John Bolton has announced that the US will use “any means necessary” to protect its citizens and allies from prosecution by the International Criminal Court (ICC). “The US will use any means necessary to protect our citizens and those of our allies from unjust prosecution by this illegitimate court including tariffs […]
At least 100 inmates escaped on Monday from a maximum-security prison in Brazil’s Paraiba state, officials said. A total of 33 of the 105 prisoners who escaped early on Monday were captured, the Paraiba Prison Administration Secretariat said. Some 20 men armed with rifles and explosives arrived at the prison in four vehicles and opened […]
The Iraqi Ministry of Health has said 15 people have been killed and 190 others wounded since violent protests against worsening living conditions broke out in Basra several days ago. “The casualties come from both demonstrators and security forces,” the Health Ministry Spokesman Sayf Bader said in a statement on Saturday, Xinhua news agency reported. […]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday welcomed the visit by foreign ministers of Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia to Djibouti, hailing it as “another important step” in the rapprochement among the countries in the Horn of Africa region. In a statement through his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric, Guterres said the agreement reached among the four ministers to […]
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday highlighted the importance of strategic relations with the US. His remark came during a meeting with Chairman of the US Central Command Joseph Votel in the egyptian capital Cairo, Xinhua news agency reported. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Bassam Radi said Sisi reviewed with Votel efforts for fighting […]
White House aides have narrowed down their search for the anonymous author of the New York Times op-ed that alleged an internal resistance to President Donald Trump in his own administration, an informed sources told CNN. Trump is still “obsessed” with finding the person, though he is being counselLed by White House Chief of Staff […]
) After Apple hinted at increasing the price of its products owing to tariffs on China, US President Donald Trump has once again asked the iPhone maker to shift manufacturing from Beijing to Washington. Apple has written a letter to the Trump administration, saying the proposed $200 billion tariffs on China-made products will make the […]
Key trade and defence issues, including Indias proposed purchase of S-400 defence system from Russia and oil imports from Iran against the backdrop of sanctions on these countries, are expected to be at the centre of strategic talks between India and the US on Thursday. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defence Secretary Jim Mattis […]