Latest militia attack in Ethiopia kills 14 civilians
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia): A security official in Ethiopia’s Western Benishangul-Gumuz region says an attack this week killed 14 civilians and security forces killed 14 militia members. This is the latest deadly militia attack in the region. Two earlier attacks in recent weeks reportedly killed several dozen people. The head of security for the region, Gashu […]
Iran foreign minister on China visit following US sanctions
Beijing: China says Iran’s foreign minister will visit the country from Friday to Saturday, a day after the Trump administration blacklisted virtually all of Iran’s financial sector in the latest step aimed at the oil-rich country’s economy. In a brief announcement, China’s foreign ministry said only that Foreign Minister Javad Zarif was visiting at the […]
UN ‘outraged’ by attack on food aid convoy in South Sudan
Johannesburg: The U.N. World Food Program says it is “outraged” by an attack on a convoy carrying food aid in South Sudan that left one crew member missing and three with gunshot wounds. A statement says the attack occurred Monday as the WFP convoy of boats was carrying food aid to Melut and Malakal in […]
IMF head says global economy facing long climb to recovery
Washington: The head of the International Monetary Fund says that the global economy has started on a long climb to stronger growth with prospects looking a little better than four months ago. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said Tuesday that global economic activity suffered an unprecedented fall in the spring when 85 per cent of […]
US, Australia, India, Japan discuss China’s growing power
Tokyo: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday that China’s increasingly assertive actions across the region make it more critical then ever for the four Indo-Pacific nations known as the Quad to cooperate to protect their partners and their people from Chinese “exploitation, corruption and coercion.” Pompeo made the remark at a meeting […]
EU says that no-deal Brexit becoming ever more likely
Brussels: A top European Union official dealing with the United Kingdom said Tuesday that a cliff-edge rupture between the two without even a basic trade deal by the end of the year is becoming more likely by the day. European Vice President Maros Sefcovic told the European Parliament that “time is short” to reach a […]
Trump’s virus hospitalization rocks final stage of campaign
Washington: An election year already defined by a cascade of national crises descended further into chaos Friday, with President Donald Trump quarantined at a military hospital with the coronavirus after consistently playing down the threat. Democratic challenger Joe Biden took down his attack ads and pressed a bipartisan message in battleground Michigan after he and […]
Suicide attack kills 13 in eastern Afghanistan
Kabul: A suicide truck bomb attack on Saturday killed at least 13 people in eastern Afghanistan, government officials said. Interior Ministry spokesman Tariq Arian says that at least 38 people were wounded in the blast in Nangarhar province’s Ghanikhail district, when it hit near a mosque as locals were gathering for the afternoon prayers. Provincial […]
Farm budget increased 11-folds to Rs 1.34 lakh cr from FY10: Gangwar
New Delhi: Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar on Saturday said budget of the agriculture ministry has been increased 11-folds to Rs 1.34 lakh crore from Rs 12,000 crore in 2009-10 during the UPA regime, which reflects Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s commitment for welfare of farmers. The government has been under attack for bringing in new farm […]
Armenia ready to talk cease-fire amid Azerbaijan clashes
Yerevan: Officials in Armenia said Friday the country is ready to discuss a cease-fire in the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, where heavy fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces has continued for six straight days, killing dozens and leaving scores wounded. This week’s fighting is the biggest escalation in years in the decades-long dispute over the […]
