REUTERS, 04th SEPTEMBER, 2018-U.S. Senate Democrats on Tuesday complained about Republicans blocking access to documents stemming from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s previous work in the White House under President George W. Bush as th

A massive fire raced through Brazil’s 200-year-old National Museum in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, probably destroying its collection of more than 20 million items, ranging from archaeological finds to historical memorabilia.  

YANGON AFP, Sept3, 2018  -Two Reuters journalists accused of breaching Myanmar’s state secrets law during their reporting of a massacre of Rohingya Muslims were jailed for seven years Monday, drawing outrage over the attack on media freedo

SARDAR DAM AFP, Sept3 2018 -  The world’s biggest statue is rising in a remote corner of India to honour an independence hero but it could quickly be outdone by a monument to a Hindu warrior king in the sea off Mumbai.   

DPA, 03rd SEPTEMBER, 2018- The risk of dying in the central Mediterranean Sea has jumped to one in 18 for migrants this year as non-governmental rescue ships are facing difficulties on this key route to Europe, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said Mond

KUALA TERENGGANU AFP, Sept 3, 2018-  Two Malaysian women were caned Monday for having lesbian sex in violation of strict Islamic laws, sparking outrage from activists at the “inhuman and degrading” punishment.  The women, dresse

The U.S. military said it has made a final decision to cancel $300 million in aid to Pakistan that had been suspended over Islamabad’s perceived failure to take decisive action against militants, in a new blow to deteriorating ties.   

LONDON REUTERS Sept 1  - British Prime Minister Theresa May said she would not compromise with Brussels over her plans for Brexit as a media report said rivals in her party were set to publish their own proposal calling for a cleaner break with

AFP, 02nd SEPTEMBER, 2018-A suicide car bomb killed three security guards and injured several more people in the heart of the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday, authorities said.

India, (rt.com), 2 September 2018 -Budget carrier SpiceJet has successfully tested India’s first flight powered by biojet fuel. The flight from Dehradun to the nation’s capital lasted almost 45 minutes, and was made using a Bombardier Q40

REUTERS, 02nd SEPTEMBER, 2018-Former U.S. presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, once rivals of the late Senator John McCain, praised him in eulogies on Saturday and joined his daughter at a memorial service in subtle and not-so-subtle rebukes o

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened in an interview with Bloomberg News to withdraw from the World Trade Organization if ‘they don’t shape up,’ in his latest criticism of the institution.

SYDNEY AFP Aug31, 2018- A robot submarine able to hunt and kill the predatory crown-of-thorns starfish devastating the Great Barrier Reef was unveiled by Australian researchers on Friday.  

Brussels (dpa), Aug 31, 2018- The European Union would abolish its tariffs on cars and industrial products if the United States was willing to reciprocate, EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said. While the move appeared to be in line with deman

China attacked Donald Trump claiming the US is ‘first in the world when it comes to twisting the truth’ after the president accused Beijing of failing to rein in North Korea.  

The pope is facing mounting pressure to quit as ultra-conservative members of the Catholic Church hierarchy continue to accuse him of covering for a cardinal in a sex abuse scandal.  

Russia, (rt.com), 30 August 2018 -Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned the US against using a possible chemical weapons provocation to justify a new strike against Syrian forces. He said Moscow warned the West not to play with fire in

(Kenya, (Daily Mail), 30 August 2018 -  The Kenyan president appeared to forget Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson’s name during a press conference with Theresa May and refered to him as ‘the bicycle guy.’  

BANGKOK AFP Aug30, 2018 -  Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi should have resigned as Myanmar’s de facto leader over last year’s brutal army campaign against the Rohingya, the outgoing UN human rights chief has told the BBC.   

Air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen’s war have caused heavy civilian casualties at marketplaces, weddings and on fishing boats, some of which may amount to war crimes, United Nations human rights experts said on Tuesday.

REUTERS, 28th AUGUST, 2018- Russia will next month hold its biggest war games in nearly four decades, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday, a massive military exercise that will also involve the Chinese and Mongolian armies.

BERLIN (Reuters), AUGUST 27, 2018 -  German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. President Donald Trump shared concerns about developments in Syria, especially the humanitarian situation in the region around Idlib, their offices said on Monday afte

DPA, 28th AUGUST, 2018- Police in the eastern German state of Saxony came under fire on Tuesday for failing to contain rival far-right and left-wing protests the night before that culminated in violent clashes.

REUTERS, 28th AUGUST, 2018 - North Korean officials have warned in a letter to the United States that denuclearization talks were “again at stake and may fall apart”, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.&n

An investigation into a deadly plane crash at Nepal’s international airport has blamed the captain who wept and suffered an emotional breakdown during the flight after his skills had been questioned, according to a draft of the report leaked Mo

(Reuters), AUGUST 27, 2018- Iran and Syria signed a deal for military cooperation in a meeting between the defense ministers of the two countries in Damascus, the Tasnim news agency reported on Monday.   

Myanmar’s military carried out mass killings and gang rapes of Muslim Rohingya with “genocidal intent” and the commander-in-chief and five generals should be prosecuted for orchestrating the gravest crimes under law, U.N. investigat

REUTERS, 27th AUGUST, 2018-President Emmanuel Macron on Monday said preserving European Union unity was more important than forging a close relationship with post-Brexit Britain, and hit out at what he called U.S. President Donald Trump’s &ldqu

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters), AUGUST 27, 2018  - Pope Francis said he would not respond to explosive accusations by a former top Vatican official that the pontiff had covered up sexual abuse, saying dismissively that the document containing

‘Maverick’ Senator John McCain has died aged 81 following a battle with cancer. McCain died following a year long fight against brain cancer on Saturday, surrounded by his wife Cindy and their family.