DPA, 16th JANUARY, 2019- All the terrorists involved in an attack on a hotel in Nairobi have been killed, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Wednesday, while 14 “innocent” people have died.  

Prime Minister Theresa May faced the prospect of a historic defeat in a vote on her Brexit deal in parliament on Tuesday potentially leaving Britain in limbo about the biggest political and economic change for the country in decades.  

The United States and North Korea plan to hold high-level talks in Washington this week to discuss a second summit of their leaders, following a prolonged stalemate in nuclear talks, South Korean media said on Tuesday.     

US President Donald Trump travelled Thursday to Texas for a visit to the US-Mexico border as he intensifies his push for a wall, a demand that the opposition Democrats in Congress 

REUTERS, 11th JANUARY, 2019-  A Myanmar court on Friday rejected the appeal of two Reuters reporters sentenced to seven years in jail on charges of breaking the Official Secrets Act, saying the defence had not provided sufficient evidence to sho

REUTERS, 11th JANUARY, 2019- Despite more than a year of international engagement and promises of economic reform by North Korea’s leaders, the human rights situation in the isolated country remains dire, a top U.N. rights official said on Frid

DAILY MAIL, 11th JANUARY, 2019- A Saudi teenager who fled to Thailand fearing her family would kill her for renouncing Islam has claimed to have been granted asylum in Australia, saying: ‘I am so happy, I will start a new life.’ Rahaf Moh

A White House meeting between US President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats on Wednesday ended in acrimony after Trump walked out when he failed to receive assurances he would get funding for a border wall.     

US, (Daily Mail), 10 Janusry 2019 -  Jeff Bezos and his wife MacKenzie did not have a prenuptial agreement and she will therefore be entitled to half of his massive $140billion fortune, according to TMZ.    

Sana’a (dpa) - Several senior commanders in the Yemeni army were injured Thursday in a drone attack by Houthi rebels in the south of the war-torn country, a military source said.    

Australia, (Dailt Mail), 10 January 2019 - Australia looks set to offer asylum to a Saudi teenager who fled to Thailand after the foreign minister travelled to Bangkok to discuss her case.     

Germany, (dpa international), 19 Jan 2019 - Berlin (dpa) - Security staff at Cologne-Bonn and Duesseldorf airports launched a strike action early Thursday, trade union representatives confirmed, leading to more flight delays and cancellations for Ger

President Donald Trump delivered a forceful and fact-challenged televised plea to the nation Tuesday night for his long-promised border wall, declaring “a growing humanitarian and security crisis” at the southern border and blaming congre

Tel Aviv (dpa), Jan 9, 2019- Former Israeli minister Gonen Segev has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for spying for an enemy state, the Israeli Justice Ministry said on Wednesday.     

SYDNEY (Reuters), JANUARY 9, 2019  - The United Nations has asked Australia to consider refugee resettlement for an 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled to Thailand saying she feared her family would kill her, the Australian government said on Wedne

HONG KONG - A young Saudi woman who fled her family in fear for her life was admitted into Thailand on Monday night while the United Nations’ refugee agency assesses her asylum claim.     

A     Saudi woman barricaded herself inside a Bangkok hotel room to avoid being returned to her family who she says will kill her after she renounced Islam and tried to flee to Australia.     

 (c) 2019, The Washington Post · Ruth Eglash Jan 06, 2019 -JERUSALEM - Several Jewish teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of carrying out “serious terror offences,” including the killing of a Palestinian woman three mont

Madhya Pradesh, (Hindustan Times), Jan 07, 2019 -A tribal child in Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam district reportedly consumed insecticide out of hunger, prompting the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) to set up an inquiry int

Democratic lawmakers in the House of Representatives on Thursday passed a package of bills to reopen parts of the US government in a move the White House has already rejected as it does not include funding for a border wall with Mexico.   

NEW DELHI (Reuters), JANUARY 4, 2019 -India’s ruling and opposition parties condemned U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments this week mocking New Delhi’s role in war-torn Afghanistan, where the South Asian country has invested bill

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM AFP Jan4, 2019 - Police in southern India said Friday that a third woman has entered a flashpoint temple, stoking tensions after two days of clashes involving Hindu hardliners and police.   The Sabarimala temple in Kerala

BANGKOK (Reuters), JANUARY 4, 2019  - Thailand’s first tropical storm in three decades, packing winds of up to 80 kph, is expected to make landfall on Friday evening, sending thousands of people flocking to shelter inland and shutting down

PARIS (Reuters), JANUARY 4, 2019  - Three-quarters of French people are unhappy with the way President Emmanuel Macron and his government are running the country, with a majority keen to see more measures to boost household incomes, a poll showe

A Chinese spacecraft has made the first-ever landing on the far side of the moon as it transmitted a never-before-seen image of the unexplored surface.     

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM AFP Jan3, 2019 - Clashes broke out in southern India for a second day Thursday as Hindu hardliners went on the rampage, seeking to enforce a general shutdown in protest at two women entering one of the country’s holiest templ

SEOUL AFP Jan3, 2019 - North Korea’s top diplomat in Italy has sought asylum and gone into hiding, Seoul lawmakers told reporters after a closed-door meeting with South Korean intelligence officials on Thursday.   

China reserves the right to use force to bring Taiwan under its control but will strive to achieve peaceful “reunification” with the self-ruled island that has a bright future under any future Chinese rule, President Xi Jinping said on We

REUTERS, 02nd JANUARY, 2019 -In his New Year address on Tuesday, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned he might take a “new path” if Washington maintains sanctions amid his country’s push for economic development, but experts say i

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM AFP Jan2, 2019   - Two women on Wednesday entered one of Hinduism’s holiest shrines in south India becoming the first to go into Sabarimala temple since the Supreme Court ordered the end of a longstanding ban on wom