International

January 9, 2018 7:25 AM

EU calls Iran Foreign Minister to hold talks in Brussels

The EU has called Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif for talks in Brussels on Thursday along with the foreign ministers of France, Britain and Germany in efforts to preserve the hard-fought deal to curb Tehran's nuclear ambitions.<br/><br/>The meeting between Zarif and th...

January 9, 2018 7:16 AM

US conveys concrete steps Pakistan must take to resume security aid flow

The United States has told Pakistan what it must do if it wants Washington to resume paying out hundreds of millions of dollars in security aid, the Pentagon said yesterday. <br/><br/>Pentagon spokesman Colonel Rob Manning told reporters that U.S. expectations are straightforward that Ta...

January 9, 2018 6:47 AM

64 migrants believed dead off coast of Libya

Sixty-four migrants are presumed dead after the rubber dinghy they were traveling in sank off the coast of Libya over the weekend, humanitarian groups said yesterday. <br/><br/>Flavio Di Giacomo, an International Organization for Migration spokesman, said on Twitter that there were 150 m...

January 9, 2018 6:15 AM

29 killed, 80,000 affected by Madagascar cyclone AVA

Twenty-nine people died and more than 80,000 were affected after tropical cyclone Ava tore through Madagascar over the last weekend. <br/><br/>Authorities said seventeen people died yesterday, after a house crumbled following a mudslide in the Ivory suburb, south-east of the capital Anta...

January 9, 2018 3:41 AM

UK PM Theresa May names new northern Ireland minister

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday appointed a new Northern Ireland minister after James Brokenshire resigned due to ill health, posing a new challenge in efforts to resolve a political crisis in the UK province.<br/><br/>Karen Bradley, 47, was given the job, moving from her r...

January 9, 2018 12:58 AM

Turkey to extend state of emergency for sixth time

Turkey to extend the state of emergency imposed after the 2016 failed coup for the sixth time, despite criticism that it is used to target Ankara's critics.<br/><br/>Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag said the state of emergency will be "extended one more time" for three m...

January 9, 2018 12:58 AM

Boat capsizes off Libya coast: 10 migrants dead, dozens missing

Ten migrants perished over the weekend and dozens are missing, including children, after their boat sank off the Libyan coast.<br/><br/>According to aid groups an inflatable boat loaded with 140 to 150 men, women and children left Garabulli, 50 kilometres east of Tripoli, on Friday night...

Most Read

View All arrow-right

No posts found.