MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Wednesday the failed launch of a 2.6 billion-rouble ($44.95 million) satellite last month was due to an embarrassing programming error. Russian space agency Roscosmos said last month it had lost contact with the newly-launched weather satellite – the ... Read More »
ISLAMABAD: China hosted the foreign ministers of Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday, in a bid to improve the neighbors’ historically fractious relationship. Foreign Minister Wang Yi of China, Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani of Afghanistan and Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif led delegations from their respective countries. According to a joint ... Read More »
The U.S. government says it has negotiated a significant cut in the United Nations budget. The U.S. Mission to the United Nations said on Sunday that the U.N.’s 2018-2019 budget would be slashed by over $285 million. The mission said reductions would also be made to the U.N.’s management and ... Read More »
Myanmar state counsellor refused to engage in substantive talks about alleged violence against the Muslim minority, says envoy Aung San Suu Kyi avoided discussing reports of Rohingya women and girls being raped by Myanmar troops and police when she met a senior UN official, according to an internal memo ... Read More »
‘The winds of war are blowing in our world’, the Pope said Pope Francis has taken another swipe at President Donald Trump, appearing to rebuke the US leader’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. In his traditional Christmas message, the Pope called for a two-state solution ... Read More »
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 »
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 »
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