September 18, 2018

Saudi-UAE attack hits children in Yemen

Al Jazeera News :After sifting through a home turned to rubble, rescue workers finally found the bodies of three-year-old Nabil and new-born baby girl Sumood.Just...

Pascal Dauriac, who has admitted to organising Helene Pastor's killing, on his way to questioning in 2015.

International

September 18, 2018

Ten on trial over mafia-style killing of Monaco heiress

AFP :The imprisoned son-in-law of a murdered Monaco billionaire goes on trial Monday with nine other people suspected in the brazen daylight killing of the...

North and South Carolina have so far experienced the worst of Florence's slow-crawling path of destruction, where the storm has claimed at least 15 lives.

International

September 18, 2018

Floodwaters rise as killer storm stalks southeastern US

AFP :Catastrophic floods raised the threat of landslides and dam failures across the southeastern United States on Monday, prolonging the agony caused by a killer...

China and Taiwan frequently trade accusations of spying.

International

September 17, 2018

China tells Taiwan to halt all mainland spying, sabotage activities

Reuters, Beijing :China on Sunday accused Taiwan’s spy agencies of stepping up efforts to steal intelligence with the aim of “infiltration” and “sabotage”, and warned...

International

September 17, 2018

NASA blasts off space laser satellite to track ice loss

AFP, Los Angeles :NASA’s most advanced space laser satellite blasted off Saturday on a mission to track ice loss around the world and improve forecasts...

Anwar Sadat (left) and Menachem Begin (right) signing the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty in Washington in the presence of Jimmy Carter (centre) on March 26, 1979. AP file photo

International

September 17, 2018

Mideast peace hopes at Camp David 40 years ago

AFP, Paris :Four decades ago the leaders of Israel and Egypt reached a deal at an epic summit that led to the first peace treaty...

Philippine soldiers help a family with a sick child to a government vehicle after their ambulance failed to make it through fallen debris from Super Typhoon Mangkhut in Baggao town.

International

September 17, 2018

China, HK brace for Typhoon Mangkhut, as toll rises to 36 in Philippines

Al Jazeera News :Hong Kong and southern China braced on Sunday as strong winds and heavy rain from Typhoon Mangkhut lashed the densely populated coast,...

Moon said that he's pushing for "irrevocable progress"" on efforts to rid North Korea of its nukes by the end of this year as he prepares for his third summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un."

International

September 17, 2018

Moon seeks to break nuclear deadlock at Pyongyang summit

AFP, Seoul :South Korean President Moon Jae-in travels to Pyongyang this week for his third summit with Kim Jong Un, looking to break the deadlock...

International

September 17, 2018

News in brief

Palestinian teen dies from woundsAFP, Gaza City A Palestinian teenager has died after being shot by Israeli forces last month during protests and clashes along the...

International

September 16, 2018

News in brief

Army influence on Brazilian elections causes a stirAFP, Rio de Janeiro With an ex-army captain leading polls, a reserve general picked as his running mate,...

Thousands of persons march to demand that Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado scrap a proposed fiscal reform before congress that includes new taxes, in the streets of San Jose, Costa Rica.

International

September 16, 2018

Costa Rica shaken by rare and unruly unrest, labour strike

AP, San Jose :Thousands marching in the streets. Flaming barricades. Clashes between demonstrators and riot police in darkened streets. A semi-truck hollowed out by fire.Costa...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in raise their hands after signing a joint statement at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. AP file photo

International

September 16, 2018

Moon faces toughest challenge yet in 3rd summit with Kim

AP, Seoul :The first inter-Korean summit of 2018, a sunny spectacle in late April, reduced war fears on the peninsula. The second, an emergency one...