US top aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co. (Boeing) on Tuesday called as “a landmark decision” a ruling by the World Trade Organization (WTO) determining that the European Union (EU) has provided billions of US dollars in subsidies to European aircraft maker Airbus. Boeing said the WTO has found that the EU has failed to honour multiple […]
In view of recent “provocative” acts such as the South Korea-US joint military exercises, North Korea has no choice but to suspend high-level talks with Seoul, KCNA news agency said on Wednesday. It also said the US should think twice about the fate of the planned North Korea-US summit, reports Xinhua. Shortly after the report, […]
Apart from the rising number of female foeticide cases in India, more than 200,000 girls under the age of five die each year in the country, finds a Lancet study led by an Indian-origin researcher. The study, published in the journal Lancet Global Health, has found that there is on an average 239,000 excess deaths […]
A family of six, who carried out three church bombings in Indonesia killing 13 persons, had returned from Syria, police said. The Islamic State (IS) terror group has claimed responsibility for the attacks that took place on Sunday, the BBC reported. A mother and two daughters blew themselves up at a church, while the father […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday called on world leaders to follow the US and relocate their embassies to Jerusalem. Speaking during a reception of a US diplomatic delegation in Jerusalem, Netanyahu thanked the US for the relocation, which will take place on Monday. “There is no greater supporter of Israel on the earth,” […]
A review of the sexual consent provisions in the Crimes Act will determine if the law needs to be amended to protect victims better, Attorney General Mark Speakman and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Pru Goward announced today. Mr Speakman, in consultation with Ms Goward, last week asked the NSW Law Reform […]
Moscow hopes that Iran and Israel will exercise restraint after alleged mutual missile attacks, the Kremlin said Thursday. “Moscow is concerned about the growing tensions and hopes that all parties will show restraint and resort exclusively to political and diplomatic means to solve all existing problems,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a daily briefing, Xinhua […]
US Department of the Treasury said on Thursday that it has imposed sanctions against nine Iranian individuals and entities it accused of transferring millions of dollars to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force. The decision came on the heels of US President Donald Trump’s announcement to withdraw from the historic Iran nuclear deal, Xinhua reported. […]
President Donald Trump on Thursday hailed the fact that five of the “most wanted” Islamic State leaders have been captured recently, including Abu Zeid al-Iraqi, one of the main collaborators of the organisation’s chief, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. “Five Most Wanted leaders of ISIS just captured!” Trump tweeted, referring to a coordinated operation to arrest the […]
Democrats from the US House Intelligence Committee have released thousands of advertisements that were run on Facebook by the Russia-based Internet Research Agency (IRA) to influence the 2016 US Presidential election. The Democrats on Thursday released 3,519 such ads purchased by the IRA during the 2014-2016 period. “More than 11.4 million American users were exposed […]