Friend or foe? Assad quietly aids Syrian Kurds against Turkey Syria’s U.S.-backed Kurds are getting indirect help from an unlikely source in their war against Turkey in the northwestern region of Afrin: President Bashar al-Assad. Pro-government forces and Kurdish-led forces have fought each other elsewhere in Syria and Damascus opposes […]
Philippines says more than 2,200 citizens in Kuwait want to go home More than 2,200 Filipinos are ready to take up President Rodrigo Duterte’s offer to repatriate workers from Kuwait due to reports of abuse, the Philippine labor minister said on Sunday. Duterte asked Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific on […]
Oxfam International boss says Haiti scandal ‘breaks my heart’ The executive director of Oxfam International said on Sunday she was heartbroken by a sexual misconduct scandal in Haiti involving aid workers that prompted Britain’s government to threaten to cut off aid funding to charities. Oxfam, one of Britain’s biggest charities, […]
Iran displays missile, Rouhani says U.S. regional policy a failure: TV Hundreds of thousands of Iranians rallied on Sunday to mark the anniversary of Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution, denouncing the United States and Israel as oppressors. President Hassan Rouhani, addressing flag-waving crowds on central Tehran’s Azadi (Freedom) Square, made no […]
Russian passenger plane crashes near Moscow; 71 dead A Russian passenger plane crashed near Moscow soon after take-off on Sunday, killing all 71 people on board, and investigators said they were looking at all possible causes. Temperatures were around minus 5 degrees Celsius with periodic snowfall when the short-haul AN-148 […]
Pence raises prospect of U.S. talks with North Korea: Washington Post The United States and South Korea have agreed on terms for further diplomatic engagement with North Korea, first with Seoul and then possibly leading to direct talks with Washington without pre-conditions, Vice President Mike Pence said in a newspaper […]
Harvard University names new president Harvard University’s new president is a Michigan-born economist and attorney who led neighboring Tufts University for a decade. Harvard on Sunday said Lawrence S. Bacow will succeed Drew Gilpin Faust, who is expected to retire in June after 11 years in the post. Faust, the […]
Grand Canyon helicopter crash victims identified, were from the U.K. A day after a tour helicopter crashed in the Grand Canyon, killing three and wounding four, the sky above the gorge was unusually quiet. Air tours were suspended as officials tried to piece together what caused the Papillon Airways helicopter […]
Trump To Unveil Long-Awaited $1.5 Trillion Infrastructure Plan President Trump will finally be unveiling his long-awaited $1.5 trillion plan to repair and rebuild the nation’s crumbling highways, bridges, railroads, airports, seaports and water systems Monday. But, the proposal will not be one that offers large sums of federal funding to […]
Hadas: Brexit trial could go worse than expected The infighting and reality-dodging that surrounds Britain’s exit from the European Union can seem like a grim comedy. However, it is no laughing matter that members of the government consider it their patriotic duty to criticise and ignore advice which doesn’t validate […]
