The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has pledged a contribution of $54 million to the Interpol Foundation for a Safer World to support seven projects designed to combat global crime and terrorism ahead of a security forum here. The first Unity for Security Forum is being held in partnership with the UAE government from Tuesday to […]
Police investigating the Westminster attack said on Monday that they have found no evidence that killer Khalid Masood had any links with radical Islamist groups such as ISIS or Al Qaeda. In a briefing at New Scotland Yard, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu, senior national coordinator for UK Counter Terrorism Policing, said there was also […]
Judge Neil Gorsuch, US President Donald Trumps Supreme Court nominee, may fall short of the votes needed for his Senate confirmation next week, a media report said. Gorsuch, 59, needs 60 votes to clear a procedural hurdle required of high-court confirmations in the Senate, but Republicans, who hold just 52 seats, may not have the […]
US President Donald Trump on Sunday blamed Republican lawmakers from the ultraconservative Freedom Caucus for the failure of a Republican healthcare plan to replace former President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act, after blaming Democrats for the loss on Friday. “Democrats are smiling in D.C. that the Freedom Caucus, with the help of Club For Growth […]
Russia’s main opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, was arrested at an anti-corruption protest he organised here on Sunday. Thousands of people joined rallies nationwide, calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev over corruption allegations, BBC reported. At least 500 other protesters were detained in the capital and across the country. In a tweet after […]
US-backed Syrian rebels have taken control of a key airbase held by the Islamic State group near its stronghold Raqqa. According to BBC, spokesman for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Talal Sello, on Sunday said they had seized Tabqa airport from militants. It comes as the Kurdish-led fighters advance on Raqqa, IS’s self-declared capital. Earlier […]
Spanish Defence Minister Maria Dolores de Cospedal has reaffirmed Madrid’s commitment to spend two per cent of its GDP on defence, but not before the 2024 deadline established by NATO. Cospedal on Thursday met US Defence Secretary James Mattis at the Pentagon here, Efe news reported. The Spanish official said at a press conference afterwards […]
The Republican leadership in the US House of Representatives postponed the vote that had been scheduled for later on Thursday on the new healthcare plan to replace Obamacare due to the lack of support among their own party, congressional officials confirmed to EFE new agency. The sources did not say when the vote will be […]
Police on Thursday identified Khalid Masood as the man who carried out the Westminster attack, as the death toll rose to five. Masood, 52, was born as Adrian Elms in Kent and was shot dead by police. He had not been the subject of any current police investigations, BBC reported. Three women and five men […]
The US will not attend a peace conference on Afghanistan organised by Russia on April 14 in Moscow, according to US State Department sources. The sources did not explain to EFE on Thursday the reasons why the US will not attend the conference. The conference will be attended by countries like India, Pakistan and Iran […]