US President Donald Trump was hit with new accusations of racism Saturday after he attacked a prominent African-American lawmaker and branded the majority black city of Baltimore an “infested mess.”

Police arrested more than 800 people as they gathered in Moscow on Saturday to demand fair local elections, a protest monitor said, following the latest in a wave of demonstrations after authorities blocked opposition candidates from the ballot paper

HONG KONG (AFP), 26 July, 2019 - Hundreds of Hong Kong protesters, including flight attendants, held a rally in the airport’s arrival hall on Friday in a bid to “educate” visitors about the unprecedented demonstrations currently roiling the int

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said two missiles fired under his supervision were newly designed tactical weapons that sent a “solemn warning” to the South over plans to hold military drills with the United States.

Turkey, (rt.com) 25 July 2019 - The first shipment of Russian S-400 defence systems to Ankara has been completed, Turkish military officials said on Thursday. They added that a second shipment is now being planned, Reuters reports.

Britain’s new premier, Boris Johnson said he was determined to honour his ‘do or die’ promise to secure Brexit by the end of October. Johnson warned that the Irish border backstop must be scrapped altogether, saying ‘a time limit is not enoug

KABUL AFP July25, 2019-At least 10 people -- including several women and a child -- were killed and scores more wounded by a series of blasts that rocked the Afghan capital Thursday ahead of the election season.

DPA, 23rd JULY, 2019 - Tens of thousands of people marched on Monday to demand the resignation of Puerto Rico’s governor, Ricardo Rossello, following a scandal over remarks he made in a private chat.

A no-deal Brexit will send Britain into a recession and leave a £30billion hole in the public finances, the UK’s budget watchdog warned today.

NEW DELHI AFP July18, 2019-India on Thursday demanded that Pakistan release an alleged spy after the International Court of Justice called for a review of a death sentence against him.

Iran, (Daily Mail), 18 July 2019 - Iran has seized a foreign tanker with 12 crew smuggling fuel in the Gulf, state television quoted Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as saying on Thursday.

Italian police seized an air-to-air missile, machine guns and rocket launchers during raids sparked by an investigation into far-right extremist groups on Monday, a huge haul of weapons that authorities said was almost without precedent.

SEOUL (AFP), 16 July, 2019-North Korea on Tuesday said looming US-South Korea military drills could impact the proposed resumption of nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington, and hinted that it could reconsider its moratorium on nuclear testin

REUTERS, 16th JULY, 2019 - Civil disobedience group Extinction Rebellion staged protests in five British cities on Monday, aiming to renew pressure on the government to take bolder action to tackle climate change and slow the worldwide loss of plant

China, (Daily Mail), 12 July 2019 - Four Britons have been arrested in an eastern China province, the British embassy said today, two days after Chinese police announced a drug bust there involving 16 foreigners.

US President Donald Trump has backed down from his demand for a question about citizenship on the upcoming national census, but is issuing an executive order to enable data sharing among federal agencies to get a count of non-citizens.

Three Iranian ships tried to “impede the passage” of a British commercial vessel as it travelled through the Strait of Hormuz, the Defence Ministry in London said on Thursday.

Paris (dpa)11 July 2019 - French lawmakers on Thursday approved a 3-per-cent tax on the domestic turnover of tech giants, despite a US warning that the plan could lead to retaliatory measures.

The US aims to form a coalition to guarantee freedom of navigation in strategic Gulf waters amid fraught relations between Washington and Tehran, a top general told media on Tuesday.

Beijing (AFP), 10 July, 2019 - China demanded Tuesday that the United States “immediately cancel” a potential sale of $2.2 billion in arms to self-ruled Taiwan, including battle tanks and anti-aircraft missiles, adding fuel to tensions between t

Hindustan Times, 9 July, 2019- US President Donald Trump complained about Indian tariffs once again on Tuesday, raising the issue barely two weeks after discussions with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Japan’s Os

US President Donald Trump attacked Prime Minister Theresa May and her Ambassador to Washington who called Trump’s administration “dysfunctional” and “inept.”

Berlin, (Hindustan Times), 9 July 2019 - The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Monday published a study on homicides which states that people killed in homicides across the world are five times higher than those killed in armed confli

The British ambassador to Washington has called the Trump administration “clumsy” and “inept” and said the US president radiated “insecurity” in a series of memos leaked to the Mail on Sunday newspaper.

DOHA (AFP), 7 July, 2019- Dozens of powerful Afghans including bitter rivals will meet with the Taliban in Doha Sunday, amid separate talks between the US and the insurgents seeking to end 18 years of war.

China will not buy American agriculture products if the United States “flip-flops” again in future trade negotiations, Chinese state media said on Friday.

Daily Mail, 5 July, 2019 - California could be hit by another, even more powerful earthquake within days after southern California was rocked by its worst tremor in 20 years on Thursday, experts believe.

The European Parliament elected Italian socialist EU lawmaker David-Maria Sassoli as its new president on Wednesday.

The Hindustan Times, 3 July, 2019- Pakistan’s foreign office has issued a release agreeing to India’s proposal for a joint secretary level meeting between the two countries between July 11 and July 14 at Wagah to finalize the Kartarpur corridor

Donald Trump stepped onto North Korean soil Sunday as he met Pyongyang’s leader Kim Jong Un in the Demilitarized Zone dividing the peninsula, in a symbolic diplomatic spectacle and a first for any American president.