US to update Saudi artillery for USD 1.31 billion
Washington, Apr 6: The United States today approved a contract to sell Saudi Arabia 180 self-propelled artillery systems for USD 1.31 billion, in the latest stage of perhaps the world’s biggest arms deal. When US President Donald Trump visited Riyadh last year he boasted that the desert kingdom would spend $110 billion on US equipment […]
S Korea’s Park jailed for 24 years over corruption
Seoul, Apr 6 : South Korea’s disgraced former president Park Geun-hye was jailed for 24 years today for corruption, closing out a dramatic fall from grace for the country’s first woman leader who became a figure of public fury and ridicule. The sentence followed a trial lasting more than 10 months which ended with Park […]
Trump breaks silence, claims no knowledge of porn star payment
Washington, Apr 6: US President Donald Trump broke a two month silence today about allegations he slept with a porn star, insisting that he did not pay her USD 130,000 hush money. Trump offered a flat “no” when asked if he knew about the payment that was made by his lawyer shortly before the […]
US imposes sanctions on Putins oligarch allies
Washington, Apr 6 : The United States today imposed sanctions on seven Russian oligarchs accused of supporting and profiting from President Vladimir Putins efforts to undermine western democracies. Senior US officials described the wealthy international businessmen as members of Putins “inner circle”. “The United States is taking these actions in response to the totality of […]
China launches WTO challenge against US intellectual property tariffs
Geneva, Apr 5 : China has launched a World Trade Organisation challenge against Washington’s proposal to slap USD 50 billion in tariffs on Chinese imports over Beijing’s alleged theft of intellectual property and technology, documents published today showed. In the text released by the WTO, China’s delegation requested “consultations” with Washington “concerning the proposed tariffs […]
Expelled diplomats leave US embassy in Moscow
Moscow, Apr 5 : The first of a group of 60 US diplomats who have been expelled from Russia in the wake of the poisoned spy row departed from Washington’s embassy in Moscow today, an AFP reporter on the scene said. Dozens of US diplomats and their families left the embassy compound on three buses […]
Russia accuses Britain and US over ‘grotesque’ spy poisoning
Moscow, Apr 4 : Russia today accused British and US secret services of being behind the poisoning of a Russian former double agent as the world’s chemical weapons watchdog held a closed-door meeting on the incident at Moscow’s request. Russian foreign intelligence chief Sergei Naryshkin in a speech in Moscow said the poisoning of ex-spy […]
OPCW to meet over Britain-Russia spy
The Hague, Apr 3 : The world’s chemical watchdog will meet tomorrow to discuss Britain’s allegations against Russia that it had a hand in the poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal, documents said today. “The chairperson of the Executive Council… has received a request by the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation… to convene a […]
‘Air raid kills 16 near Yemen port of Hodeida’
Aden, Apr 2 : An air strike near the Yemeni port of Hodeida today killed 16 people in a building where Huthi rebels were gathering, security sources said. There were conflicting reports on the number of rebels versus civilians killed in the strike which was believed to have been carried out by the Saudi-led coalition. […]
Lavrov says spy poisoning could be ‘in interests’ of UK govt
Moscow, Ap 2: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov today suggested that the poisoning of a former double agent could benefit the British government by distracting attention from problems around Brexit. The March 4 attack on Skripal and his daughter in the English city of Salisbury has triggered a wave of tit-for-tat expulsions of diplomats between […]
