Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cautioned Iran not to threaten Israel after Tehran said it launched missiles at Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria. “One message to Iran: Don’t threaten Israel,” Netanyahu said on Monday during a weekly meeting of his Likud faction. Netanyahu, who has repeatedly claimed that Iran is threatening Israel, said Israel […]
South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday condoled the death of a US student who was released by North Korea less than a week ago. Moon sent a consolation letter to the family of Otto Warmbier, 22, who passed away within days of his release, Xinhua news agency reported. Moon’s spokesman Park Soo-hyun told the […]
Otto Warmbier, a US college student who was released by the North Korea less than a week ago, died on Monday, his parents said. “It is our sad duty to report that our son, Otto Warmbier, has completed his journey home. Surrounded by his loving family, Otto died today at 2.20 p.m. (local time),” his […]
It’s possible for the European Union (EU) and Britain to strike a fair Brexit deal which is “far better than no deal”, an EU official said. “Both for the EU and the UK, a fair deal is possible, and far better than no deal, that is what I say to David today, that is why […]
The death toll in the wildfire that devastated central Portugal has risen to 64, according to the latest assessment by the authorities. They also said on Monday that 70 per cent of the fire that was raging since Saturday has been controlled, Efe news reported. The official death toll was updated by a lieutenant of […]
Two naval personnel were killed and three others injured when militants attacked their vehicle in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, the media reported. The incident took place on Monday evening when four militants on two motorbikes ambushed the vehicle in Gwadar district’s Jiwani city and opened fire, senior security officials told Dawn news. One victim died on […]
A Brazilian businessman said in an interview that President Michel Temer heads the country’s biggest and most dangerous criminal organisation. Temer “is the head of the criminal organisation that operates in the Chamber (of Deputies),” Brazil’s lower house of Congress, Joesley Batista, one of the owners of multinational meatpacking giant JBS, said in the interview […]
China on Friday expressed grave concern over the reported killing of two Chinese nationals kidnapped in Pakistan late last month. “We have taken note of relevant reports and we express our grave concern. We have been trying to rescue the two kidnapped hostages over the past days,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said in response […]
British Prime Minister Theresa May is on course to lose her overall majority in the British general election, according to an exit poll released as soon as voting finished Thursday night. The poll, commissioned by Britain’s main broadcasters, showed May’s Conservatives would have 314 seats, losing 17 seats and the overall majority she had before […]
The Labour Party is ready to form a minority government if it is confirmed that no party has won an absolute majority in the June 8 elections in the UK, the Labour Foreign Secretary has said. “It looks tonight like we could form the next government,” Emily Thornberry told the BBC on Thursday night. According […]