US Department of the Treasury said on Thursday that it has imposed sanctions against nine Iranian individuals and entities it accused of transferring millions of dollars to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force. The decision came on the heels of US President Donald Trump’s announcement to withdraw from the historic Iran nuclear deal, Xinhua reported. […]
President Donald Trump on Thursday hailed the fact that five of the “most wanted” Islamic State leaders have been captured recently, including Abu Zeid al-Iraqi, one of the main collaborators of the organisation’s chief, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. “Five Most Wanted leaders of ISIS just captured!” Trump tweeted, referring to a coordinated operation to arrest the […]
Democrats from the US House Intelligence Committee have released thousands of advertisements that were run on Facebook by the Russia-based Internet Research Agency (IRA) to influence the 2016 US Presidential election. The Democrats on Thursday released 3,519 such ads purchased by the IRA during the 2014-2016 period. “More than 11.4 million American users were exposed […]
Pakistan is set to appoint a new ambassador in Washington as the US has announced travel restrictions on Pakistani diplomats across the country starting from Friday, the media reported on Thursday. Pakistan’s top envoy to the US Aizaz Chaudhry has announced to leave the post following the announcement of the restrictions. On Wednesday, Chaudhary said […]
Vote tally released by the Malaysian Election Commission on Thursday showed that the opposition alliance Pakatan Harapan (PH), led by former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, obtained a simple majority, 113 seats out of the 222 seats of the parliament’s lower house, enough for them to form the federal government. Meanwhile, seats retained by the multi-racial […]
US stocks ended higher on Wednesday as Wall Street continued to digest US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 182.33 points, or 0.75 per cent, to 24,542.54. The S&P 500 was up 25.87 points, or 0.97 per cent, to 2,697.79. The Nasdaq Composite […]
US President Donald Trump suggested on Wednesday that he might take away the White House credentials from news outlets whose reporting he deems unfair. “Why do we work so hard in working with the media when it is corrupt? Take away credentials?” the President said on Twitter. “The Fake News is working overtime. Just reported […]
Following the eruption of the Kilauea volcano, residents of Hawaii’s Big Island will now have to deal with steam-driven explosions, hazardous volcanic smog and acid rain, the US Geological Survey (USGS) has warned. The USGS’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory on Wednesday warned of possible explosive eruptions in the coming weeks because as the lava continues to […]
Making the competition in Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered assistants space tougher, Google on Tuesday announced that people will soon have a choice of choosing from six voices, including one of musician John Legend, to talk to “Google Assistant”. At its annual developer conference Google I/O, the company said these six options, which feature both male and […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) reaffirmed on Wednesday that India will be the fastest growing major economy in 2018, with a growth rate of 7.4 per cent that rises to 7.8 per cent in 2019 with medium-term prospects remaining positive. The IMF’s Asia and Pacific Regional Economic Outlook report said that India was recovering from […]