Saudi slams ‘genocidal’ Israel, welcomes Trump
AFP : A senior Saudi royal termed Israel “genocidal” and an “apartheid” state on Saturday, as he called on incoming US President-elect Donald Trump to...
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S Korea president close to averting impeachment
AFP : A motion to impeach South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was on the brink of failing on Saturday, after lawmakers from his ruling...
Yoon apologises for imposing martial law
Agency : South Korea’s president apologized Saturday for public anxiety caused by his short-lived attempt to impose martial law earlier this week hours ahead of...
US, Japan, Philippine forces patrol China Sea
Agency : The United States sent a reconnaissance aircraft while Japan and the Philippines deployed naval ships for a joint patrol in the contested South...
A couple forced to sell house
BBC : A Muslim couple in India have been hounded out of their newly-purchased home by their Hindu neighbours who said they would not allow...
Guardian sells The Observer to Tortoise Media
Reuters : Britain’s Guardian said on Friday it had agreed to sell The Observer to startup Tortoise Media, which sought to overcome staff opposition by...
Israel committed genocide in Gaza: Amnesty
Reuters : Amnesty International accused the state of Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza war in a report published on Thursday, an...
Imran Khan threatens civil disobedience movement
Reuters : Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan has called on his supporters to hold a rally next week and threatened to start a...
Defiant Macron seeks new French PM
AFP : President Emmanuel Macron on Friday was to hold talks with political factions as he seeks to name a new prime minister and find...
HK court rejects challenge to nat’l security law
Al Jazeera : A Hong Kong court has dismissed a jailed protester’s bid for early release in the first legal challenge to the Chinese territory’s...
5 dead in Indonesia landslides
AFP : Flash floods and landslides struck Indonesia’s main Java island earlier this week, killing at least five people, the national disaster agency said Friday,...
US urges release of Mohammadi
Reuters : The United States on Thursday urged Iran’s unconditional release of Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi after she was allowed medical leave, saying she never...