South African Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs said on Tuesday it will institute a full-scale inquiry into the Indian Gupta family’s citizenship. Terms of reference for an inquiry will be drawn up once all information has been gathered from the Home Affairs Department and Parliament, said Acting Committee Chairperson Donald Gumede, Xinhua reported. “The […]
Members of the European Parliament on Tuesday continued their fact-finding trip to the occupied West Bank a day after their visit to the city of Hebron coincided with the takeover of two Palestinian homes there by Israeli settlers. The socialist MEP delegation, headed by Elena Valenciano of Spain, is attempting to gauge the Israeli occupation’s […]
Cyber attacks are now the most serious threat facing the Swiss financial system, the CEO of the country’s Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) said Tuesday. “The risks connected with these attacks are growing with the pace of global digitalization,” Xinhua quoted the Chief Executive Mark Branson as saying. “Cyber attacks are now the most serious […]
After a lull of ten days, Indian and Pakistan army traded fire on the line of control (LoC) in Poonch district on late Tuesday. A Defence Ministry official said the Pakistan army started shelling and firing at Indian positions in Khari Karmara area of the LoC in Poonch district. “Pakistan firing started at 8.30 p.m. […]
After keeping it under wraps and the world guessing, China on Wednesday announced North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was indeed in Beijing, and met Chinese President Xi Jinping. An arrival of a special North Korean train and heightened security in Beijing had led the media to believe Kim was in town but neither Beijing nor […]
Mass protests broke out across Spain’s Catelonia region after its former separatist leader Carles Puigdemont was arrested in Germany, media reports said. The former Catalonian regional president’s lawyer said he was being held at a police station in Neumunster, Germany and was arrested on Sunday as he was returning from Finland to Belgium, the country […]
The Saudi Arabian Air Defence forces on Monday intercepted seven ballistic missiles launched by Yemeni Houthi rebels, according to authorities. According to Turki al-Malki, the spokesperson for the Saudi Arabia-led Arab coalition who blamed Iran for the attack, three of the projectiles were heading towards Riyadh, one to Khamis Mushait in the province of Asir, […]
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his wife and son will be questioned by the police on Monday as part of an ongoing corruption investigation, the police confirmed on Sunday. Shaul Elovitch, former chairman of Israel’s largest telecom company Bezeq, and his wife, Iris Elovitch, will be questioned too, Xinhua quoted a police spokesperson as saying. […]
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday accused the Congress of sharing users’ date to a Singapore-based firm. The accusation comes a day after Congress President Rahul Gandhi referred to a media report in which a French vigilante hacker in a series of tweets alleged that the personal data including email IDs, photos, gender and […]
At least 37 people including children were killed and 69 others reported missing after a massive blaze broke out at a shopping mall in the Russian city of Kemerovo, authorities said on Monday. The first reports of the fire at the Winter Cherry mall started coming in on Sunday afternoon, reports Sputnik news. The police […]