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Lift sanctions then we talk, Iran tells a sceptical US
DUBAI/PARIS: Iran is ready to hold talks with the US if Washington lifts sanctions and returns to the 2015 nuclear deal it quit last year, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a televised speech on Sunday. US President Donald Trump’s
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Trade war bites on China’s second-quarter GDP growth
BEIJING: China is expected to report today that economic growth slowed to its weakest pace in at least 27 years in the second quarter, reinforcing the case for more stimulus as a bruising trade war with the US drags on.
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Dead foreign student wasn’t assaulted, claims Immigration
KUALA LUMPUR: Immigration Department director general Datuk Khairul Dzaimee Daud has maintained that Thomas Orhions Ewansiha was not physically assaulted even though the post-mortem report from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Hospital (HUKM) has not confirmed the Nigerian’s student’s death. “As explained
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Agong departs for Malaysia after visiting Saudi Arabia
JEDDAH: The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah departs for home after a successful three-day special visit to Saudi Arabia. His Majesty was received by the Governor of Jeddah, Prince Mashel bin Majed bin AbdulAziz at the
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6.5 magnitude earthquake hits West Australia
A 6.5 magnitude earthquake has hit off the West Australian coast, shaking items off shelves and stunning local residents who have never experienced earth tremors before. The undersea earthquake occurred at 3.39pm AEST on Sunday off the shore between Port
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Suspect behind leaked envoy memos identified
LONDON: The suspect behind the leak of confidential memos from Britain’s Washington ambassador, which sparked a major diplomatic rift with the United States, has been identified, the Sunday Times newspaper reported. Last week, Britain’s Mail on Sunday newspaper published memos
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Final death toll in boat migrant accident off Tunisia rises to 82
TUNIS: The number of bodies recovered by Tunisia after a ship packed with migrants sank off its coast last week has risen to 82, in one of the worst disasters in recent years, the Tunisian Red Crescent said on Saturday.
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Nigerian diaspora calls for their gov’t to intervene in Ewansiha’s death
PUCHONG: The Nigerian Diaspora Commission (NDC) urged the Nigerian government to investigate the death of doctorate student Orhions Ewansiha Thomas at the hands of the Malaysian Immigration Department. In a statement, NDC director general Abike Dabiri Erwa urged the Nigerian
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Johnson admits being part of the reason of envoy’s departure
LONDON: Boris Johnson, frontrunner to be Britain’s next prime minister, denied he was responsible for the resignation of the ambassador to Washington but admitted his comments had been a factor in the shock departure of one of the country’s most
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Cargill’s animal-feed mills in China closes due to swine fever
CHICAGO: Cargill Inc shuttered animal-feed mills in China in recent months partly because the rapid spread of a fatal hog disease has reduced demand, a company executive said yesterday. The closures highlight the pain for global agriculture companies from the
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