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North Korea fires short-range ballistic missiles again
SEOUL: North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles early today, the South Korean military said, only days after it launched two other missiles intended to pressure South Korea and the US to stop upcoming military drills. The latest launches were
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50% Americans feel that President Trump is racist
WASHINGTON: Half of American voters think President Donald Trump is a racist, Anadolu Agency reported, quoting a new poll Tuesday. Fifty-one per cent of Americans said Trump is a racist, while 45 per cent said he is not, the poll
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Fears grow for India’s missing coffee king
BANGALORE: Indian police on Tuesday launched a major hunt for coffee tycoon V.G. Siddhartha, amid mounting fears for the billionaire who admitted in a letter before disappearing that he had “failed as an entrepreneur”. The founder of the Cafe Coffee
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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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