Biden to call Saudi King Salman before release of intelligence report on Khashoggi murder
Washington DC, USA: President Joe Biden is expected to call Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud on Wednesday, ahead of the scheduled release of...
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Independent commission to investigate Capitol riots
WASHINGTON DC, USA: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said Congress would establish an “outside, independent” commission to investigate the January 6 attack on the...
Thousands take to streets as police join protests in Myanmar
YANGON, Myanmar: Thousands of protesters gathered across Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, for the seventh consecutive day on Friday as mass demonstrations against the military coup....
Democrats warn of possible storming of Capitol again if Trump not convicted
WASHINGTON DC, USA: Democrats have concluded their arguments that Donald Trump incited the 6 January Capitol riot, warning “he can do this again” if he...
Three Turkish soldiers killed in northern Iraq
ANKARA, Turkey: At least three Turkish soldiers have been killed during a new offensive against Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq, according to the Turkish defence...
US sells 1.2 million barrels of Iranian oil seized under sanctions
WASHINGTON DC, USA: The United States has sold more than a million barrels of Iranian fuel seized under its sanctions programme last year, a Department...
Senate paves way for Trump’s speedy impeachment trial
WASHINGTON DC, USA: The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump begins on Tuesday as Senate leaders agreed on a rapid timetable. The former president is...
Police use water cannon thousands join nationwide strike against Myanmar coup
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar: Police have used water canon in the capital city as thousands of workers across Myanmar have gone on a nationwide strike, as protests...
Over 400 Myanmar legislators remain held in ‘open-air detention centre’
NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar: Hundreds of members of Myanmar’s Parliament remained confined in “an open-air detention centre” in the country’s capital on Tuesday, a day after the...
Myanmar leader Kyi detained in military coup
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar: Myanmar’s military has taken power and declared a state of emergency after detaining civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior government...