North Korea on Sunday called the latest round of punishing United Nations sanctions an “act of war,” and reminded the United States that the North’s rapid development of missiles and atomic bombs meant it posed a “substantial nuclear threat to the U.S. mainland.” In a statement released by ... Read More »
Speaking from Brussels, separatist leader says result is victory of the ‘Catalan republic’ over the Spanish state Catalonia’s independence movement claimed victory in the region’s election with parties seeking secession set to gain an overall majority in parliament; a dramatic and unexpected result that will have huge impact not just on ... Read More »
Angry countries at the United Nations on Thursday defied White House threats to cut off foreign aid, as they voted overwhelmingly against President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. At an emergency special session of the U.N. General Assembly, 128 U.N. members voted in favor of ... Read More »
The UN’s investigator into human rights in Myanmar has been barred from entering the country. Yanghee Lee had been due to visit in January to review Myanmar’s human rights, including alleged attacks on Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state. The government said it had banned her because she was “not ... Read More »
The tech company says it takes the measures to prevent sudden shutdown of some devices Apple has admitted that it takes some measures to slow down the performance of older phones. Primate Labs, a company that makes an app for measuring the speed of an iPhone’s processor, published data ... Read More »
Teenager has long history of confronting Israeli occupation soldiers Occupied Jerusalem: Israelis call her “Shirley Temper” but to Palestinians she is a national hero for fearlessly standing up to Israeli occupation soldiers who raid and terrorise her village. Her real name is Ahed Tamimi. And a video of her ... Read More »
Quake comes five weeks after a major earthquake in the country killed at least 600 people A large earthquake of magnitude 5.2 has struck Iran’s capital Tehran, according to state television. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The report said the quake hit just before 11.30pm Wednesday ... Read More »
News agency says arrests are attack on press freedom and US embassy says it is deeply concerned The news agency Reuters has said it is “outraged” by the arrest of two of its journalists in Myanmar and accused officials of an attack against press freedoms. Wa Lone, 31, and ... Read More »
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin exhibited his growing diplomatic clout with a lightning tour through the Middle East on Monday, surprising Russian troops with his first visit to a Russian air base in Syria before skipping across the region to discuss bilateral ties in Cairo and Ankara. Along ... Read More »
NASA is set to reveal a major breakthrough in its search for planets that can support alien life. Few details of the event have been released but NASA said the news will focus on a discovery made using artificial intelligence from Google. The Kepler space telescope is used by ... Read More »
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