At least 100 inmates escaped on Monday from a maximum-security prison in Brazil’s Paraiba state, officials said. A total of 33 of the 105 prisoners who escaped early on Monday were captured, the Paraiba Prison Administration Secretariat said. Some 20 men armed with rifles and explosives arrived at the prison in four vehicles and opened […]
The Iraqi Ministry of Health has said 15 people have been killed and 190 others wounded since violent protests against worsening living conditions broke out in Basra several days ago. “The casualties come from both demonstrators and security forces,” the Health Ministry Spokesman Sayf Bader said in a statement on Saturday, Xinhua news agency reported. […]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday welcomed the visit by foreign ministers of Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia to Djibouti, hailing it as “another important step” in the rapprochement among the countries in the Horn of Africa region. In a statement through his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric, Guterres said the agreement reached among the four ministers to […]
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday highlighted the importance of strategic relations with the US. His remark came during a meeting with Chairman of the US Central Command Joseph Votel in the egyptian capital Cairo, Xinhua news agency reported. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Bassam Radi said Sisi reviewed with Votel efforts for fighting […]
White House aides have narrowed down their search for the anonymous author of the New York Times op-ed that alleged an internal resistance to President Donald Trump in his own administration, an informed sources told CNN. Trump is still “obsessed” with finding the person, though he is being counselLed by White House Chief of Staff […]
) After Apple hinted at increasing the price of its products owing to tariffs on China, US President Donald Trump has once again asked the iPhone maker to shift manufacturing from Beijing to Washington. Apple has written a letter to the Trump administration, saying the proposed $200 billion tariffs on China-made products will make the […]
Key trade and defence issues, including Indias proposed purchase of S-400 defence system from Russia and oil imports from Iran against the backdrop of sanctions on these countries, are expected to be at the centre of strategic talks between India and the US on Thursday. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defence Secretary Jim Mattis […]
The Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) on Wednesday commenced normal operations after a two-week closure due to floods in Kerala. It was shut on August 15 after the airport was flooded, causing widespread damage to infrastructure. The first aircraft, a domestic flight, touched down at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, airport officials said. CIAL authorities said […]
Iran’s parliament on Sunday voted to impeach the Minister of Economy and Finance for failing to manage the country’s ongoing economic crisis. Masoud Karbasian’s firing comes in the wake of the latest round of US sanctions against Tehran imposed earlier this month following Washington’s withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear agreement, which has put pressure on […]
The President of Zimbabwe took the oath of office on Sunday, calling for unity following a disputed election that the opposition claimed was marred by fraud. Emmerson Mnangagwa, 75, won the July 30 election with 50.6 per cent of the vote, after ascending to the presidency in November 2017 following a military coup that ousted […]