US, China escalate media spat

China yesterday ordered three reporters from American newspaper the Wall Street Journal to leave the country over what Beijing deemed a racist headline, in one of the harshest moves against foreign media in years.
19 February 2020

Netanyahu’s trial to start March 17

Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial will open on March 17, just two weeks after the embattled leader tries to secure re-
19 February 2020

Sierra Leone gangster leaves streets for life of poetry

Yousef Kamara, a former gangster, hopes his journey to acclaim as a poet can offer an example to other wayward youths in Freetown.
19 February 2020

Use 5G from Huawei’s competitors: US urges EU

Washington wants its allies to ban Huawei, arguing the use of its kit creates the potential for espionage by China - a claim denied by Huawei and Beijing.
19 February 2020

Myanmar set to be placed on global money laundering watchlist: sources

Myanmar is set to be placed on a watchlist by a global finance watchdog, amid concerns of money-laundering by transnational drug traffickers and weak regulation of its financial system, two sources familiar with deliberations say.
19 February 2020

First stills of Chris Hemsworth movie set in Dhaka released

The first stills from Chris Hemsworth's Netflix film “Extraction” were released today. The movie follows Tyler Rake (Hemsworth), a mercenary-for-hire who is tasked with rescuing the kidnapped son (Rudhraksh Jaiswal) of an international crime lord.
19 February 2020

Not treated very well by India: Trump

As the Industry analysts were keeping a close watch on whether the trade disputes between the two world’s largest democracies would be resolved during US President Donald Trump’s visit to India on February 24 and 25, he has said he is “saving the big deal” with India for later..
19 February 2020

Points-based immigration system: UK seeks to attract high-skilled workers

Britain will prioritise access for high-skilled workers from around the world in its post-Brexit, points-based immigration system, the government says, setting out its plans to put an end to a reliance on "cheap labour from Europe".
19 February 2020

Every child under 'immediate threat' from climate, poor diet: UN

The world is failing to protect children from the health dangers posed by climate change and poor diet, a landmark UN report has said, warning that every child is under "immediate threat".
19 February 2020

Bushfire crisis hit 75pc of Australians: survey

Three in four Australians -- almost 18 million people -- were affected by the country’s deadly bushfire crisis, according to a survey
18 February 2020

Turkey ramps up Gulen crackdown

Turkish prosecutors yesterday ordered the arrest of nearly 700 people, including military and justice ministry personnel, state media
18 February 2020

Gunman kills ex-wife at Bangkok shopping mall

A man killed his ex-wife and wounded another person at a shopping centre in Bangkok yesterday, police said, just 10 days after a
18 February 2020

Ghani wins Afghan polls

Ashraf Ghani has secured a second term as president of Afghanistan, according to final results of the September 28, 2019 poll
18 February 2020

Bezos launches $10b fund to combat climate change

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has pledged $10 billion to a new fund to tackle climate change but activists have urged the world’s richest
18 February 2020

India’s Trump fans gear up for his arrival

Bussa Krishna first began worshipping Donald Trump four years ago when the US president appeared to him a dream.
18 February 2020

Voting in Iran’s election ‘a religious duty’: Khamenei

Voting in a parliamentary election this week is “a religious duty” for Iranians, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said yesterday, days before the vote seen as a referendum on the clerical establishment’s popularity.
18 February 2020

Coronavirus: Latest Developments

Nearly 1,900 dead. More than 500 infected on a cruise ship. An activist arrested for criticising the handling of the epidemic. Here are the latest developments in China’s coronavirus crisis:
18 February 2020

Why China detains Uighurs?

Chinese authorities are monitoring the Uighur population’s everyday movements and behaviour and sending people to internment camps over facial hair and having too many babies, leaked documents have revealed.
18 February 2020

Pak cop killed as blast hits polio vaccine team

A policeman was killed and two others wounded yesterday by a roadside bomb aimed at polio vaccination workers in Pakistan’s
18 February 2020

Gunman kills ex-wife at Bangkok shopping mall

A man killed his ex-wife and wounded another person at a shopping centre in Bangkok today, police said, 10 days after a mass shooting at another mall in Thailand's northeast.
18 February 2020