Dissolution of parliament on Saturday open the way for the holding of a general election within the next 60 days. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has announced the dissolution of parliament, paving the way for a general election that will test his hold on power amid allegations of massive corruption in his government. Najib said […]

Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney defended the Trump administration’s plan to cut off aid to three Central American countries, saying El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras could do more to curb the flow of illegal immigrants into the United States. The State Department said in a statement on Saturday that it would end […]

Supreme Court decision is a renewed blow to nongovernmental organisations operating in the Mediterranean. Rome – Italy’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal against the seizure of an NGO rescue ship, the Iuventa, impounded in August 2017 following an investigation initiated by the Italian authorities into NGOs in the Mediterranean. Evidence collected as part of that […]

Dimitri Peskov, spokesperson for the Kremlin, warns of escalating ‘already’ fragile situation in war-torn Syria. A Kremlin spokesperson has said that Russia does not engage in Twitter diplomacy after US President Donald Trump used the social media platform to warn Moscow of imminent military action in Syria, the Interfax news agency reported. “We do not […]

A week after US missile attacks on Syria, the conflict between the US and Russia appears to have calmed, but rebel enclaves continue to fall to the Assad regime as the UN pushes for peace talks. Syrian rebels have reportedly agreed to withdraw from their last stronghold near the country’s capital. It is in the […]

The UN says more than 100,000 people have fled Ituri Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo this year. The United Nations says more than 100,000 people have fled Ituri Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo this year. Their villages have been at the centre of an ethnic conflict. Al Jazeera travelled to the […]

Copies of ‘Qatar: A Dangerous Alliance’ were distributed at a Hudson Institute event attended by Steve Bannon in 2017. A Dubai-based company hired a public relations executive to produce films defaming Qatar, a report by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism said. Charles Andreae, owner of Andreae and Associates, was paid $500,000 by UAE-based Lapis Communications […]

A Harlem charter-school teacher was busted last week for allegedly sexting four teenage girls, The Post has learned. Jeffery Bryant, 26, was arrested Tuesday night on charges he sent “sexually explicit” videos and photos to two 14-year-old girls and two 13-year-old girls over four months, police said. Bryant is a middle-school teacher at Democracy Prep […]

Frightening footage has been released of a Russian drone equipped with an automatic rifle which reportedly has the capability to shoot down a small aircraft. The video shows the as-yet unnamed device taking off on a patch of concrete before shooting a balloon and a toy plane down with absolute ease with its built-in weaponry. […]

A five-year-old who cries every night about her body was left heartbroken when she was told she wouldn't be able to 'grow a baby in her belly.' Lanu-Skylar, born biologically male, began showing an interest in wearing dresses when she was just two and a half and now her mum is raising her as a […]