S Korean lawmakers pass law on independent probe of Park
AP, Seoul :South Korea’s parliament on Thursday passed a law that would allow a special prosecutor to investigate a corruption scandal threatening the presidency of...
International
Merkel to run for fourth term next year
Reuters, Berlin :German Chancellor Angela Merkel will run for a fourth term next year, a lawmaker in her conservative party said, though her spokesman brushed...
Trump a natural ally if he fights `terror`: Assad
AFP, Damascus :Syria’s Bashar al-Assad said in an interview aired on Tuesday that Donald Trump will be a “natural ally” if the US president-elect fulfils...
Iraqi forces attack IS in east Mosul neighbourhood
AP, MOSUL, Iraq : Iraqi special forces pushed deeper into the northern city of Mosul on Wednesday, backed by airstrikes but under attack by rockets and...
GOP senator declares US ‘reset’ with Russia unacceptable
AP, Washington :A leading Republican voice on national security matters has declared as “unacceptable” any attempt by the incoming Trump administration to reset relations with...
News in brief
US House of Republicans keep Paul Ryan as Speaker AFP, Washington Republican members of the US House of Representatives on Tuesday unanimously chose Paul Ryan...
Israeli bid to turn down mosque prayer calls blocked
AFP, Jerusalem :A government-backed Israeli bill to limit the volume of calls to prayer at mosques has been blocked by an unlikely source-the country’s ultra-Orthodox...
News In Brief
Xi, Trump agree to meet ‘at an early date’AFP, BeijingChinese President Xi Jinping and US president-elect Donald Trump agreed Monday to meet “at an early...
US may have committed war crimes in Afghanistan: ICC prosecutor
AFP, The Hague :US forces may have committed war crimes in Afghanistan from 2003-2004 by torturing prisoners in what appeared to be a deliberate policy,...
Britain has no Brexit plan, leaked memo claims
The British government has no overarching plan for Brexit and may take another six months to agree a negotiating strategy, according to a leaked memo...
South Korea endgame could see Park exiting presidency in disgrace
Reuters, Seoul :South Korean President Park Geun-hye faces mounting calls to step down over a political scandal amid indications that parliament, including members from her...
Chinese media praise Trump’s ‘experience and ideology’
AFP, Beijing :Chinese state-run media lauded Donald Trump Tuesday after a phone call between him and President Xi Jinping, saying that the president-elect’s emergence could...