Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz has ordered the allocation of $15 million to alleviate the suffering of the persecuted Muslim Rohingya minority fleeing Rakhine state terror in Myanmar. Royal Court adviser and general supervisor of the King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Work Dr. A
In his first address to leaders gathered at the United Nations General Assembly President Donald Trump warned that the United States is ready to “totally destroy” North Korea and vowed to confront Iran’s “murderous regime” over its weapons program. “We cannot let
British Prime Minister Theresa May backed her foreign minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday after reports he could quit over her Brexit strategy, Sky News reported. May declined to rule out firing outspoken Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson as she said her Cabinet is “absolutely clear” in back
China on Tuesday said that threatening action or rhetoric will not help in resolving the crisis with North Korea only hours after US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said that military options are available. “Developments in the peninsula nuclear issue up to this point prove that, no matter whether i
Hurricane Maria regained Category 5 strength in the Caribbean after leaving the small island nation of Dominica with widespread devastation. The “extremely dangerous” storm churned about 205 miles (325 km) southeast of St. Croix in the Virgin Islands, with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (260 km/
The United States Senate approved on Monday a huge defense policy bill, at a budget of $700 billion, reflecting President Donald Trump’s call for a bigger and stronger military. Putting the US armed forces on track for a budget greater than at any time during the decade-plus wars in Iraq and Afghani
In her first public remarks on the violence against Rohingya Muslims, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi condemned on Tuesday any human rights violations in the turbulent Rakhine state as rights groups said a systematic purge was being committed against the minority ethnic group. Suu Kyi added that any
At least 12 were killed and injured 26 by suspected suicide bombers on Monday in northeast Nigeria’s state of Borno, epicenter of the ultra-hardliners militant Boko Haram insurgency, the chairman of the local emergency agency said. “Three suicide bomber infiltrated a settlement called Mashimari, in
Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry deeply condemned on Monday the two bombings which targeted a popular market in the city of Khost, in Afghanistan and a patrol of security forces, in Bajaur region of Pakistan, the Saudi state-owned press agency (SPA) cited an official source as saying. Both atta
Human Rights Watch urged world leaders to impose sanctions on Myanmar’s military, which is accused of driving out more than 400,000 Rohingya Muslims in an orchestrated “ethnic cleansing” campaign. The call from the rights group came as the United Nations General Assembly prepared t
Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi formally demanded on Monday the Iraqi Kurdistan Region to suspend its independence referendum set for September 25 as Turkey conducted military drills near the border with Iraq. The Iraqi Supreme Federal Court approved Abadi’s demand to consider “the
Police stepped up their investigation Monday into the bombing of a packed London Underground train as commuters headed to work in the first morning rush hour since the attack last week. The bomb went off on Friday morning in a crowded carriage at the Parsons Green Underground station. Although the d
Seoul said Monday the US military has flown powerful bombers and stealth jets over the Korean Peninsula in joint drills with South Korean warplanes and in a show of force after Pyongyang’s latest nuclear and missile tests. Four F-35B stealth fighters and two B-1B bombers flew over the peninsul
Kuwait will expel the North Korean ambassador as the US and Asian nations stepped up pressure on their allies to sever ties with the isolated state in wake of its recent nuclear test and missile launch over Japan. A Gulf-based official confirmed on Sunday that Kuwait would be expelling the diplomats
Protesters continued for a second night in a row in the US city of St. Louis after a white former policeman was acquitted of the fatal shooting of a black man. The protests turned violent when demonstrators refused to disperse, breaking windows at dozens of businesses and throwing objects at police,
A second suspect was arrested late on Saturday in connection to Friday’s subway attack in London. Police announced on Sunday that a 21-year-old man was detained in Hounslow in west London and is being held under the Terrorism Act. He has not been charged or identified yet. Two men have now been held
A senior tribal government official was killed in a roadside bomb in Pakistan on Sunday as the country voted in by-elections to fill the parliamentary seat vacated by ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Fawad Ali, the assistant administrator, was traveling with the police to attend a meeting in the
Four people were killed on Sunday and 14 others wounded in a bombing in the eastern Afghan city of Khost, officials said. The attack took place in a market, said local police chief Faizullah Ghairat. Habib Shah Ansari, the provincial health director in Khost, said a bomb went off in a computer and m
The Palestinian movement Hamas announced on Sunday that it was ready to hold general elections after it dissolved its administration in the Gaza Strip. This is seen as a bid to end the long dispute with Fatah movement chief President Mahmoud Abbas. Hamas said in a statement on Sunday that it has dis
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson telephoned on Saturday Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to discuss the situation in war-torn Syria. The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that the two officials addressed how the “anti-terrorism” battle on the ground was playing out. The call came afte
