Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday warned that the country could pull out of a nuclear agreement signed with the world’s major powers within hours if the US imposes more sanctions. Rouhani delivered the warning during a live televised speech, reports Efe news. He added the new “rulers” of the US should know that the […]
North Korea must stand down its pursuit of nuclear weapons, US Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis said in a statement on Wednesday. “North Korea must choose to stop isolating itself and stand down its pursuit of nuclear weapons,” Mattis said, urging Pyongyang to “cease any consideration of actions that will lead to the end of […]
The US Treasury Department on Wednesday imposed sanctions on eight Venezuelan individuals involved in the creation of the controversial National Constituent Assembly (ANC). The designations consist of seven current and former officials of the Venezuelan government and one individual who has participated in actions or policies that “undermine democratic processes or institutions” in Venezuela, the […]
Five US active-duty transgender troops on Wednesday sued President Donald Trump in a Washington federal court over Trump’s tweets about a possible ban on transgender people from serving in the US military. They are arguing that the president’s related tweets have impinged on their constitutional rights, and, though there is no concrete new policy from […]
The Islamic State issued a video on Wednesday threatening new attacks in the Iranian capital Tehran, local media reported. A man wearing a black ski mask and holding an AK-47, seated alongside two others, made the threat in a video bearing the Islamic State’s Amaq news agency logo. The Islamic State, a Sunni Muslim group […]
A bomb ripped through a fruit truck parked on Lahores Band Road, leaving at least 34 people, mostly passers-by, injured late on Monday. “It was a bomb blast in a fruit truck,” Punjab government spokesman Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan said. The bombing came as ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif prepares to return to Lahore, the […]
The Arab League on Monday condemned the repeated incursions into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound by Israelis as an attempt to Judaize Jerusalem. Saed Abu Ali, AL assistant secretary general for Palestine and the occupied Arab territories affairs, said the unprecedented incidents in Jerusalem recently were a blatant violation of the rights of the Palestinians and […]
US President Donald Trump told his Mexican counterpart Enrique Peña Nieto to remain quiet about the border wall, according to a transcript of the conversation revealed on Thursday by The Washington Post. The transcript of Trump’s conversation with Mexico’s leader was one of two phone calls revealed on Thursday, which provide a rare glimpse into […]
The FBI has detained a computer expert who found a way to stop an outbreak of the “WannaCry” ransomware computer virus in May that had affected computers of key public services and businesses across the world. The 23-year-old Briton Marcus Hutchins, who runs a security blog called MalwareTech, was arrested late Wednesday in Las Vegas […]
After the Chamber of Deputies voted to dismiss charges against President Michel Temer for corruption, the government is focusing on social security reform, Brazil’s Chief of Staff Eliseu Padilha has said. Padilha on Thursday said the measure is necessary to ensure the security of Brazil’s accounts. “Brazil’s accounts cannot get completely out of hand. We […]