Moon-Kim to meet on April 27

Moon-Kim to meet on April 27

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will meet on April 27 for the first time since 2007, the two countries announced on Thursday after high-level talks. The two leaders will meet at the Peace House on the southern side of the border village of Panmunjom, Yonhap News Agency quoted an […]

Abbas blames Israel, US for Mideast peace deadlock

Abbas blames Israel, US for Mideast peace deadlock

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday held both Israel and the US responsible for the deadlock in the Middle East peace process, Palestinian media reported. Abbas’ remarks were made in a meeting with Foreign Minister of Morocco Nasser Bourita in the West Bank city of Ramallah, saying that the Israeli measures and the unfair US […]

S. Africa to investigate Indian family’s citizenship

S. Africa to investigate Indian family’s citizenship

South African Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs said on Tuesday it will institute a full-scale inquiry into the Indian Gupta family’s citizenship. Terms of reference for an inquiry will be drawn up once all information has been gathered from the Home Affairs Department and Parliament, said Acting Committee Chairperson Donald Gumede, Xinhua reported. “The […]

EU lawmakers continue fact-finding trip to West Bank

EU lawmakers continue fact-finding trip to West Bank

Members of the European Parliament on Tuesday continued their fact-finding trip to the occupied West Bank a day after their visit to the city of Hebron coincided with the takeover of two Palestinian homes there by Israeli settlers. The socialist MEP delegation, headed by Elena Valenciano of Spain, is attempting to gauge the Israeli occupation’s […]

Cyber attacks pose serious threat to financial system: FINMA

Cyber attacks pose serious threat to financial system: FINMA

Cyber attacks are now the most serious threat facing the Swiss financial system, the CEO of the country’s Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) said Tuesday. “The risks connected with these attacks are growing with the pace of global digitalization,” Xinhua quoted the Chief Executive Mark Branson as saying. “Cyber attacks are now the most serious […]

Pakistan violates ceasefire along LoC in J&K

Pakistan violates ceasefire along LoC in J&K

After a lull of ten days, Indian and Pakistan army traded fire on the line of control (LoC) in Poonch district on late Tuesday. A Defence Ministry official said the Pakistan army started shelling and firing at Indian positions in Khari Karmara area of the LoC in Poonch district. “Pakistan firing started at 8.30 p.m. […]

Kim Jong-un secretly visits Beijing, meets Xi

Kim Jong-un secretly visits Beijing, meets Xi

After keeping it under wraps and the world guessing, China on Wednesday announced North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was indeed in Beijing, and met Chinese President Xi Jinping. An arrival of a special North Korean train and heightened security in Beijing had led the media to believe Kim was in town but neither Beijing nor […]

Mass protests across Catelonia after ex-leader’s arrest

Mass protests across Catelonia after ex-leader’s arrest

Mass protests broke out across Spain’s Catelonia region after its former separatist leader Carles Puigdemont was arrested in Germany, media reports said. The former Catalonian regional president’s lawyer said he was being held at a police station in Neumunster, Germany and was arrested on Sunday as he was returning from Finland to Belgium, the country […]

Saudi Arabia intercepts seven Houthi missiles

Saudi Arabia intercepts seven Houthi missiles

 The Saudi Arabian Air Defence forces on Monday intercepted seven ballistic missiles launched by Yemeni Houthi rebels, according to authorities. According to Turki al-Malki, the spokesperson for the Saudi Arabia-led Arab coalition who blamed Iran for the attack, three of the projectiles were heading towards Riyadh, one to Khamis Mushait in the province of Asir, […]

Israeli police to investigate Netanyahu in ‘case 4000’

Israeli police to investigate Netanyahu in ‘case 4000’

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his wife and son will be questioned by the police on Monday as part of an ongoing corruption investigation, the police confirmed on Sunday. Shaul Elovitch, former chairman of Israel’s largest telecom company Bezeq, and his wife, Iris Elovitch, will be questioned too, Xinhua quoted a police spokesperson as saying. […]