Thousands of Haitians protest corruption, rising living costs
Thousands of people took to the streets across Haiti, protesting against rampant inflation and demanding the resignation of President Jovenel Moise on the two-year anniversary of his inauguration. "For two years, Jovenel has promised to fill our plates. But I can't eat lies," protester Josue Louis-Jeune said in the capital Port-au-Prince,...
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Australian court rejects coal mine on climate grounds
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Thai Princess makes unprecedented move into politics with run for PM
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May, Juncker hold ‘robust' Brexit meet, agree new talks
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UN expert: Saudis held another hearing in Khashoggi probe
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Saudi Crown Prince told aide he would use ‘a bullet' on Khashoggi: Report
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Will present all evidence in ICJ on Feb 19: Pak FM
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Russian official: Another nuclear pact with US in trouble
Another US-Russian nuclear pact is in danger following the US move to withdraw from a Cold War-era arms control treaty, a senior Russian diplomat said on Thursday. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov charged that the US refusal to negotiate an extension to the New Start treaty signals Washington’s intention to...
ISIS terror group will lose remaining territory within week, says Trump
The Islamic State (ISIS) will be “100 per cent” defeated in Iraq and Syria by next week, US President Donald Trump has claimed as he boasted his administration’s new approach for directly confronting the terror outfit’s “wicked” ideology. The ISIS currently holds only about 1 per cent of land in Iraq...
UK economy ‘not prepared’ for no-deal Brexit, syas BoE chief
Britain’s economy is “not yet prepared” for a disorderly no-deal departure from the European Union next month, Bank of England governor Mark Carney warned on Thursday. “Although many companies are stepping up their contingency planning, the economy as a whole is still not yet prepared for a no-deal no-transition exit,” Carney...
May, Juncker hold ‘robust’ Brexit meet, agree new talks
Britain and the EU agreed Thursday to hold more talks to try to avoid a no-deal Brexit, after a “robust” meeting between Prime Minister Theresa May and European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker. A joint statement issued after the talks in Brussels said Juncker had again warned that November’s withdrawal agreement could...
Democrats launch new probe of Trump’s finances, Russia ties
The House intelligence committee will launch a broad new investigation looking at Russian interference in the 2016 election and President Donald Trump’s foreign financial interests, Chairman Adam Schiff announced Wednesday, moving ahead with the aggressive oversight that Democrats have promised now that they are in the majority. Schiff said the investigation...
Bangladesh seals off border with Myanmar
Bangladesh has sealed off its border with Myanmar to stop further influx of refugees fleeing the troubled Rakhine state, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said and claimed that the country’s military is now targeting the majority Buddhists and Hindus after cracking down on minority Rohingya Muslims. Over 7,00,000 Rohingya Muslims...
My UAE trip wrote new page in Christian-Islam history, says Pope
Pope Francis says his pilgrimage this week to the United Arab Emirates wrote a “new page in history of the dialogue between Christianity and Islam” and in promoting world peace based on brotherhood. Telling pilgrims at the Vatican on Wednesday about making the first-ever papal trip to the Arabian Peninsula.
