The Pakistani Government has ordered at least 18 International Aid Groups to wind up their operations and leave the country within two months, Officials said on Friday. ActionAid, Open Society Foundation, Save the Children and Plan International are among the organisations that have been asked to leave Pakistan, officials at the Interior Ministry said, seeking […] …
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India allegedly seals missile deal with Russia despite U.S. warning
India agreed a deal with Russia to buy S-400 surface to air missile systems on Friday. The Kremlin said, as New Delhi disregarded U.S. warnings, that such a purchase could trigger sanctions under U.S. law. Although there was no public signing, the deal was sealed during President Vladimir Putin’s ongoing visit to New Delhi for […] …
Court jails ex-South Korea president for 15 years over corruption
Former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak was jailed for 15 years for corruption on Friday, becoming the latest of the country’s ex-leaders to be sent to prison. The 76-year-old CEO-turned-president, who served from 2008 to 2013, was found guilty on charges including bribery and embezzlement and ordered to pay a fine of 13 billion ($11.5 million) […] …
13 killed in bus collision
Thirteen people died and two more were injured when two buses collided Friday on a highway northwest of Moscow, regional authorities said. The accident happened when a mini-bus veered out of its lane into oncoming traffic and hit a bigger bus outside the city of Tver, a spokesman for the regional interior ministry, Vadim Levshin, […] …
Pence paints China as enemy in US election
Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday accused China of military aggression, commercial theft and rising human rights violations as he cast the Asian power as a villain bent on interfering in upcoming US elections. In a blistering speech that expands on complaints aired by President Donald Trump at the United Nations last week, Pence […] …
WTO chief has never talked to Trump, but agrees trade reforms needed
The head of the World Trade Organization talks frequently to world leaders, including those from France, Germany, Japan and Britain, but he has never spoken to President Donald Trump, despite the intense US focus on trade. Even so, WTO Director General Roberto Azevedo said he agrees that the global trading system needs reforms, and soon. […] …
Six soldiers killed in Burkina Faso blast
Six soldiers were killed Thursday and several others seriously injured when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device (IED) in eastern Burkina Faso in the latest attack in the jihadist-hit country, security sources said. “On Thursday morning, a military vehicle hit a homemade explosive device between Gayeri and Foutouri. Six soldiers were killed and several […] …
Peru annuls ex-president Fujimori’s pardon, orders arrest
A Peruvian court on Wednesday annulled ex-president Alberto Fujimori’s pardon for crimes against humanity and ordered the 80-year-old’s immediate arrest, officials said. The South American country’s justice department said in a statement that the Supreme Court had “issued the arrest and detention orders against former president Fujimori so that he may be re-integrated into the […] …
Police kill nine escaped inmates, hunt others
Police in Brazil have killed nine escaped inmates and are hunting 19 others after a jailbreak in the central north of the country during which prisoners took a teacher and guards hostage, authorities said. A total of 28 convicts fled the Barra de Grota prison in the town of Araguaina late Tuesday, running away to […] …
Man who shot at six Africans in racist attack jailed for 12 years
A far-right sympathiser who injured six Africans during a violent revenge attack in the central Italian town of Macerata was on Wednesday sentenced to 12 years in jail, media reports said. Luca Traini, 28, embarked on his shooting spree on February 4, following the sordid murder of a young Italian woman allegedly at the hands […] …