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US to renew sanctions waivers for five Iran nuclear programmes
WASHINGTON: The US is set to announce this week it will renew sanctions waivers for five Iran nuclear programmes that allow Russia, China and European countries to continue civilian nuclear cooperation with Iran, the Washington Post reported yesterday. President Donald
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India’s Parliament votes to outlaw ‘triple talaq’
NEW DELHI: India’s Parliament approved a Bill on yesterday outlawing the centuries-old right of a Muslim man to instantly divorce his wife, drawing accusations of government interference in a community matter. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist administration has been
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Mexico unveils $25 billion stimulus package to boost economy
MEXICO CITY: Mexico unveiled on Monday a stimulus package of over $25 billion to boost the country’s infrastructure, investment and private consumption as Latin America’s second-largest economy teeters on the brink of a recession. The announcement by Finance Minister Arturo
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57 dead, 16 decapitated in Brazil prison massacre
SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO: A bloody clash between two prison gangs on Monday left at least 57 inmates dead with 16 of them decapitated, authorities in the state of Para said, the latest deadly clash as Brazil’s government struggles to
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Japan’s Abe unlikely to meet South Korea’s Moon at UN
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is unlikely to meet South Korean President Moon Jae-in during the United Nations general assembly in September, the Sankei newspaper reported, the latest sign of worsening relations between the key US allies. Abe will
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Dozens of mourners ‘killed by Boko Haram’ at a funeral
At least 65 people have lost their lives after suspected Boko Haram militants opened fire on a funeral in Nigeria’s north-eastern state of Borno. Gunmen arrived on motorcycles and in vans at the village near the state capital, Maiduguri, on
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Protesters clash in Hong Kong as cycle of violence intensifies
HONG KONG: Hong Kong police clashed with thousands of protesters on Sunday, as they sought to defend China’s main representative office from crowds seething over what many see as an increasing cycle of violence against them. Protests over the past
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Foreign athlete arrested for sexual harassment
SEOUL: South Korean police have arrested a foreign athlete competing at the World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju for suspected sexual harassment at a nightclub, a South Korean police official said on Sunday. An official at the Gwangju Seobu Police Station
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New South Wales – last Aussie state to decriminalise abortion
SYDNEY: Abortion could soon be decriminalised across Australia, with the last holdout state – New South Wales – set to consider a new law this week that would remove terminations from the criminal code. Under legislation dating back to 1900,
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1000 arrested in Russian opposition crackdown
Russian police rounded up more than 1,000 people in Moscow on Saturday in one of the biggest crackdowns of recent times against an increasingly defiant opposition decrying President Vladimir Putin’s tight grip on power. The detentions came around a protest
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