Trump axes McMaster, names Bolton as national security advisor
US President Donald Trump replaced his embattled national security advisor HR McMaster with hardline Fox News pundit and former UN…
Category: WORLD
Maldives president lifts 45-day state of emergency
Abdulla Yameen lifts emergency a day after an ex-president and two top judges were put on trial on terrorism charges.…
Whales in mass stranding on Western Australia beach
About 150 whales have become stranded on a beach in Australia, prompting a major rescue effort. The animals were spotted…
UK to ask EU leaders to expel Russian spies from own countries
Theresa May to make request at summit, with aim of closing down Kremlin networks in Europe. Britain will encourage European…
Nicolas Sarkozy: French ex-president under formal investigation
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been placed under formal investigation over allegations he received campaign funding from late Libyan…
Lawsuit after Malaysian flag reported as ‘IS symbol’ in US
A US employee association is being sued after restricting a Muslim man’s membership over a row about a flag. Munir…
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski: Under fire Peru president resigns
Peru’s President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has quit over a vote-buying scandal. He has denied wrongdoing but said on Wednesday that…
Facebook’s Zuckerberg ‘sorry’ over Cambridge Analytica ‘breach’
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has admitted that the social network “made mistakes” that led to millions of Facebook users having…
Suicide bomber kills at least 26 near shrine in Afghan capital
A suicide bomber blew himself up near a Shi’ite shrine in Kabul on Wednesday, killing at least 26 people and…
Israel goes public on 2007 destruction of suspected Syrian reactor, warns region
Israel for the first time confirmed that it bombed a suspected Syrian nuclear reactor in 2007, saying on Wednesday that…
