Nigerian gunmen abduct 30 students in college raid
KANO: Gunmen raided a college in northwestern Nigeria and kidnapped at least 30 students, government officials and parents said on Friday, in the latest mass abduction targeting a school. The kidnap gang stormed the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Mando, Kaduna state, around 9:30pm on Thursday, shooting indiscriminately before taking students. The Kaduna college […]
Myanmar junta spurns UN appeal, kills more protesters
MANDALAY: Spurning an appeal by the United Nations to stop using lethal force against peaceful demonstrators, security forces in Myanmar on Thursday fatally shot at least 10 people protesting against last month’s military coup. The military also lodged a new allegation against Aung San Suu Kyi, the elected leader it ousted on Feb 1. It […]
In message to China, Biden to meet Australia, India, Japan PMs
US President Joe Biden will hold first-ever joint talks on Friday with the leaders of Australia, India and Japan, boosting an emerging four-way alliance often cast as a bulwark against China. It will be one of the first summits, albeit in virtual format, for Biden, who has vowed to revive US alliances in the wake […]
US presents warring Afghan sides with draft peace agreement
Frustrated by a stalled peace process and escalating violence, the US has presented an eight-page draft peace agreement to Afghanistan’s warring sides for review. The US told the parties to come to Turkey in the coming weeks ready to move on it, according to Afghans on both sides of the table. The draft was obtained […]
Pakistan PM Imran Khan Wins Trust Vote Amid Opposition’s Boycott Call
Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan on Saturday won a trust vote in the National Assembly by securing 178 votes in the 342-member lower house of Parliament amid a boycott call by the Opposition parties. The trust vote has further strengthened his government’s legitimacy after an embarrassing defeat of the finance minister in the hotly-contested […]
IS Claims Responsibility Of Killing 3 Women Media Workers In Afghanistan
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the killing of three women working for a local radio and TV station in eastern Afghanistan, the latest in a spike in targeted killings across the war-torn country. Dozens of people gathered Wednesday for the funerals of the three media workers. The women were gunned down on […]
Trump ‘Gutted’ US Immigration System: Homeland Security Secretary
“We are working hard to replace the cruelty of the Trump administration”, said New Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Monday and allegedly accused ex-US president Donald Trump for dismantling the country’s immigration system. He also said it will require time to “rebuild it from scratch”. The previous US government implemented rigid immigration rules on […]
Khashoggi’s fiancée says Saudi crown prince should be punished ‘without delay’
The fiancée of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi called on Monday for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to be punished after a US intelligence report found he had approved the killing. Khashoggi, a US resident who wrote opinion columns for the Washington Post criticising Saudi policies, was killed and dismembered by a team linked to […]
Saudi de facto ruler approved operation that led to Khashoggi’s death: US
Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler approved an operation to capture or kill murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, according to United States intelligence released on Friday as the United States imposed sanctions on some of those involved but spared the crown prince himself in an effort to preserve relations with the kingdom. Khashoggi, a US […]
Biden To Call Saudi King Before Releasing Report On Khashoggi Murder
The United States has pledged to tell the world its conclusions on what role Saudi Arabia’s crown prince played in the brutal killing and carving up of a US-based journalist, but as important is what comes next — what the Biden administration plans to do about it. Ahead of the release of the declassified US […]
