Wife of ex-Malaysian leader charged with money laundering
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 4 : Rosmah Mansor, the luxury-loving wife of Malaysia’s former prime minister, was Thursday charged with money laundering linked to a multi-billion-dollar scandal that helped bring down his government. The 66-year-old pleaded not guilty to 17 charges of money laundering at a court complex where her husband Najib Razak was also making a […]
US ordered to halt ‘humanitarian’ Iran sanctions in blow for Trump
The Hague, Oct 3 : The UN’s top court ordered the United States Wednesday to suspend sanctions on “humanitarian” goods for Iran in a stunning setback for US President Donald Trump. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) handed down the bombshell judgement after Iran asked it to halt economic measures that Trump reimposed after pulling […]
Canada revokes Myanmar leader Suu Kyi’s honorary citizenship
Ottawa, Oct 3: Canada’s Parliament has formally stripped Aung San Suu Kyi of her honorary Canadian citizenship for complicity in the atrocities committed against Myanmar’s Rohingya people. The Senate voted unanimously to strip Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s civilian leader, of the symbolic honor bestowed on her in 2007. The upper house’s move follows a similar unanimous vote in […]
‘Trump admin unlikely to change policy on suspension of aid to Pakistan’
Washington, Oct 3 : The US is unlikely to revoke the suspension of aid to Pakistan until it sees substantial progress against “terrorists and their safe havens”, the Trump administration has told Islamabad as top officials of the two countries met here to try to reset their strained ties. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and […]
Chinese destroyer extremely close to US warship: US
Washington, Oct 2: A Chinese warship sailed within yards of an American destroyer — forcing it to change course — in an “unsafe and unprofessional” encounter as the US vessel was in contested waters in the South China Sea, an official said Monday. The USS Decatur guided-missile destroyer was conducting what the military calls a […]
Move to posthumously award US Congressional Gold Medal to Mahatma Gandhi
Washington, Oct 2: Half a dozen influential US lawmakers, including four Indian Americans, have moved a resolution in the US House of Representatives to posthumously award the prestigious Congressional Gold Medal to Mahatma Gandhi in recognition of his promotion of peace and non-violence. Introduced in the US House of Representatives by Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney from […]
India releases commemorative stamps to mark Gandhi’s birth anniversary at Netherlands
The Hague, Oct 2: India on Tuesday released special commemorative stamps to mark the beginning of the year-long celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary in the Netherlands. The stamps, issued by the Indian postal department, were presented by India’s Ambassador to the Netherlands Venu Rajamony to former foreign minister and Chairman of Carnegie Foundation […]
5.9-magnitude quake hits off Indonesian island of Sumba: USGS
Jakarta, Oct 2: A shallow 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the southern coast of Indonesia’s Sumba island on Tuesday morning, the US Geological Survey said. The quake hit at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres around 40 kilometres off Sumba, an island of some 750,000 people. Sumba lies some 1,600 kilometres to the south of Sulawesi […]
Church yields bodies as Indonesia toll expected to rise
Palu, Oct 2: The bodies of dozens of students have been pulled from their landslide-swamped church in Sulawesi, officials said Tuesday, as an international effort to help nearly 200,000 Indonesia quake-tsunami victims ground into gear. The discovery adds to the already-high death toll from Friday’s disaster, when a powerful earthquake sent a devastating tsunami smashing […]
At least seven dead in suicide attack on Afghan election rally: official
Jalalabad (Afghanistan), Oct 2: At least seven people were killed in a suicide attack on an Afghan election campaign rally on Tuesday, an official said, in the latest violence to strike the country. Another 25 people were wounded when the militant blew himself up at the rally of parliamentary candidate Abdul Nasir Mohmmand in the […]
