North Korea fires missile days before resuming US talks
AP, Seoul :North Korea fired a ballistic missile from the sea on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, a suggestion that it may have tested an...
International
Rights groups demand justice on Khashoggi murder anniversary
AFP, Dubai :International human rights groups demanded justice Wednesday for slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, saying that a year after his brutal murder, Saudi authorities...
Israel begins Netanyahu’s pre-indictment corruption hearing
AP, Jerusalem :Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s long-awaited pre-indictment hearing on corruption charges began Wednesday in Jerusalem, as a jittery political world eagerly sought clarity...
Xi warns ‘no force can shake great nation’
The Guardian :China has celebrated 70 years of Communist party rule and its rise to global superpower status with a military parade showcasing the country’s...
1,600 die in India’s heaviest monsoon season for 25 yrs
Reuters : The heaviest monsoon rains to lash India in 25 years have killed more than 1,600 people since June, government data showed on Tuesday,...
Peru in turmoil after President Vizcarra dissolves Congress
Peru has been thrown into political crisis after President Martín Vizcarra made good on a threat to dissolve Congress unless lawmakers backed his anti-corruption reforms.Opposition...
Finland Kuopio school attack leaves one dead
One person has died and 10 have been wounded in a violent attack at a vocational college in the Finnish city of Kuopio, police say.A...
Saudi prince seeks to dodge blame for Khashoggi killing
Reuters, Geneva : Saudi Arabia’s crown prince is trying to repair damage to his image done by Jamal Khashoggi’s murder by insisting “layers and layers”...
UK says to table Brexit plan ‘shortly’
AFP : Britain will give the EU new proposals for a Brexit deal “shortly”, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Tuesday, but rejected reports it would...
Hong Kong police shoot teen protester as violence escalates
Reuters, Hong Kong : Hong Kong police fired tear gas and water cannon at petrol-bomb throwing protesters and shot a teenage demonstrator, as pro-democracy activists...
World leaders pay final tribute to France’s Chirac
AFP, Paris :Dozens of world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, on Monday paid their final respects to France’s ex-president Jacques Chirac as the country...
Xi Jingping pays respect to Mao ahead of 70-year celebrations
AP, Beijing :Chinese Communist Party leader and President Xi Jinping led other top officials Monday in paying respects to the founder of the Communist state,...