‘Hero’ Malian who saved child to get French citizenship
Paris, May 28 : A Malian migrant who saved a four-year-oldchild hanging from a fourth-floor Paris balcony after scaling the building with his bare hands was honoured by French President Emmanuel Macron today and offered citizenship. Two days after his daring Spiderman-style rescue — viewed millions of times online — Mamoudou Gassama was received by Macron […]
Italy’s president set to appoint technocrat PM amid political chaos
Rome, May 28 : Italy’s president was set to appoint a pro-austerity economist as prime minister today as the country lurched into fresh political chaos after a bid by two populist parties to form a government collapsed. Carlo Cottarelli, an economist formerly with the International Monetary Fund, arrived at the presidential Quirinal palace on Monday morning, […]
China to host Iran leader amid nuclear deal upheaval
Beijing, May 28 : Iran’s president will attend a summit with his Chinese and Russian counterparts next month, officials in Beijing said today, as they try to salvage the nuclear deal thrown into upheaval by Donald Trump. China, Russia and European powers, all of which signed the 2015 Iran nuclear accord, are scrambling to save the […]
‘26 Syria regime, 9 Russia fighters killed in IS attack’
Beirut, May 27: At least 26 Syrian regime forces and nine Russian fighters were killed in an Islamic State group attack earlier this week in Syria’s eastern desert, a monitor said today. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the jihadists had targeted a group of Syrian and allied Russian fighters near the town of Mayadeen […]
S Korea welcomes prospect of ‘reignited’ US-North Korea talks
Seoul, May 26 : South Korea today welcomed the renewed prospect of a summit between the United States and North Korea after President Trump cancelled talks with Kim Jong Un only to suggest they might still take place. “We find it fortunate that the embers of the North Korea-US talks are reignited. We are watching developments […]
N Korea open to US talks ‘any time’ despite Trump axing summit
Seoul, May 25 : North Korea said today it is willing to talk to the United States “at any time” after President Donald Trump abruptly cancelled a summit, a decision that once more casts a pall of uncertainty over the the turbulent Korean peninsula. Trump blamed “open hostility” from the North Korean regime for his decision […]
Sri Lanka cricketer Silva quits tour after father’s murder
Colombo, May 25 : The father of Sri Lankan cricket allrounder Dhananjaya de Silva was shot dead by unidentified gunmen on the eve of the national team’s departure to the West Indies, police said. The player’s father Ranjan, a local politician, was gunned down in Ratmalana, a suburb of the capital Colombo, close to midnight […]
Death toll in Bangladesh ‘anti-drugs’ crackdown rises above 50
Dhaka, May 24 : Shootouts across Bangladesh left nine alleged drug dealers dead today, police said, as authorities stepped up a crackdown that now has claimed at least 52 lives in 10 days and drawn criticism from rights groups. The campaign comes as Bangladesh struggles to contain a surging drugs trade, particularly in methamphetamine pills known […]
N Korea preps nuclear site demolition despite US summit doubts
Seoul, May 23 : Invited foreign journalists began a long journey up North Korea’s east coast Wednesday to witness the slated destruction of the reclusive regime’s nuclear test site, a high profile gesture on the road to a summit with the US that Donald Trump now says might not happen. In a surprise announcement Pyongyang […]
MH370 search to end next week: Malaysian minister
Kuala Lumpur, May 23: The search for flight MH370 will end next week, Malaysia’s transport minister said today, more than four years after the plane disappeared and triggered one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries. The Malaysia Airlines jet vanished in March 2014 with 239 people — mostly from China — on board, en route from […]
