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Kim arrives at Singapore’s Changi International Airport before his summit with Trump [File: Ministry of Communications and Information of Singapore via AP] Beijing, China – All eyes were on Singapore in June last year as a jumbo jet carrying Kim Jong Unlanded on the tarmac of the city-state’s Changi airport, days before the North Korean leader’s landmark […]

A rickshaw is burnt to ashes in the fire that took place in Chawkbazar area of Old Dhaka on February 20, 2019. Photo: Palash Khan/ STAR  Two friends were returning to their homes from their workplaces by rickshaw last night just like any other day when an explosion changed their lives forever. One of them […]

Putin said the US abandoned a key arms control pact to free its hands to build new missiles and shift the blame on Russia [Sputnik/Kremlin via Reuters] Russia’s President Vladimir Putin warned the United States against deploying new missiles in Europe, threatening to retaliate in kind by targeting Western capitals with his own new weaponry. Delivering a state of the […]

Despite opposition to President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration, voters continue to be split over his proposed border wall. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo   Majority of voters oppose President Donald Trump’s decision to declare a national emergency along the U.S.-Mexico border for the purpose of letting his administration shift money to build the wall Congress refused […]

Abdirahman Abees.  (Nairobi, February 19, 2019) – Somaliland authorities should immediately and unconditionally release from arbitrary detention Abdirahman Ibrahim Adan, a poet known as “Abdirahman Abees,” Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said today. Abdirahman, a popular Somaliland poet and British dual citizen, has been held at the central prison in Hargeisa, the capital of […]

Begum ran way from the UK four years ago, aged 15, to live under the ISIL in Syria [Reuters] Shamima Begum, one of the three British schoolgirls who left the UK to live in ISIL’s so-called “caliphate”, has said she will try to seek Dutch citizenship after being told the Home Office had issued an order to […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin, officials and other attendees listen to the national anthem at the end of Vladimir Putin’s annual state of the nation address in Moscow on February 20, 2019. (AP Photo) Russia will respond to any U.S. deployment of short or intermediate-range nuclear weapons in Europe by targeting not only the countries where […]

The two leaders last met on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, in November [File: Reuters] Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, looking to boost ties with Asian allies, arrives in India on Tuesday for a two-day visit amid rising expectations of further investment deals following a high-profile trip to Pakistan. In New Delhi, Prince […]

A cordon and search operation was launched jointly by J&K Police and security forces after receiving credible inputs about the presence of militants. (Shuaib Masoodi) Four soldiers, including a Major, a policeman, and three Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists were killed in a 16-hour encounter that broke out in Pinglena area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, about 12 […]

Foreign Affairs PS Macharia Kamau. /JACK OWUOR Somalia says it has not auctioned any oil blocks in a disputed section of the Indian Ocean, contrary to claims by Kenya that resulted in the summoning of its ambassador to Mogadishu. Last evening, Somalia’s Foreign Minister Ahmad Isse Awad said in a diplomatic response: “Somalia is not […]