UN Adopts Resolution for Humanitarian Pause in Gaza
New York: The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution, urging the implementation of immediate and extended humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout the Gaza Strip....
Ecuador
75 killed in Ecuador prison riots
by TNT Desk
QUITO, Ecuador: At least 75 people have been killed and dozens of others injured in three separate prison riots in Ecuador, authorities said on Tuesday....
$40m aid pledged at G7 summit to extinguish raging Amazon fires
by TNT Desk
PARIS, France: The seven developed economies of the world pledged tens of millions of dollars to help fight raging wildfires in the Amazon and protect...
US Justice department unveils fresh criminal charges against WikiLeaks founder Assange Â
by TNT Desk
The U.S. Justice Department unveiled 17 new criminal charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The department said that Assange unlawfully published the names of classified...
France Crash out Switzerland 5-2 in World Cup
by Adeel Tayyab
SALVADOR: France all but insured their place in the World Cup knock-out rounds by crushing Switzerland 5-2 in Salvador on Friday....
Ecuador says Snowden raises ‘freedom of expression’ issue
by AFP
HANOI: Ecuador’s foreign minister on Monday said protection for fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden was an issue of “freedom of expression” as his government...
Argentina sweat on Messi fitness ahead of qualifier
by AFP
PARIS: Argentina travel to Ecuador for their latest 2014 World Cup qualifier with a big doubt hanging over the head of star striker Lionel Messi....
Correa, the brash leftist who stabilized Ecuador
by AFP
Quito: He is often described as charismatic and hard-working, but also brash with authoritarian tendencies. Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa admits it himself: He wasn’t elected...
Britain angered as WikiLeaks founder Assange granted asylum by Ecuador
by Ubaid Mughal
London: WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange has been granted asylum by Ecuador on Thursday, a day after Britain allegedly threatened it would raid the Ecuadorean embassy...
WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange not to leave Ecuador’s embassy
by Ubaid Mughal
London: Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, said on Friday he would not leave his refuge in Ecuador’s embassy in London to enter a British...