Month: July 2018

Najib Razak expected to be charged in court on Wednesday in global money-laundering probe ANKARA: A former Malaysian premier was arrested Tuesday under an anti-corruption probe, Channel News Asia reported. Najib Razak is expected to […]

11M children in Yemen need help getting food, treatment, education, water and sanitation, UNICEF executive director says GENEVA (AA) – At least 2,200 children have been killed during three years of the Yemeni war, the […]

Female healthcare professional is arrested by police in Cheshire, northwestern England LONDON: A female healthcare worker has been arrested for the murder of eight babies in a U.K. hospital, British police said Tuesday. A statement […]

Every year, in July to September, hundreds die due to landslides and floods during Nepal’s monsoon season KATHMANDU, Nepal: Heavy monsoon rains have triggered landslides and floods across Nepal, killing at least 17 people in […]

Morsi and his supporters deny the charges against them as “politically-motivated” CAIRO: Egypt’s first democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi spends his fifth year behind bars since he was ousted by the military in a coup […]

Fleeing violence in Daraa, displaced Syrians converge on areas near Jordanian border AMMAN, Jordan / GENEVA, Switzerland (AA) – At least 330,000 people have recently fled Syria’s southwestern city of Daraa to areas near the […]

Souad Ben Abdel-Rahim beats out rival from Tunisia’s liberal Nidaa Tounes party TUNIS: Souad Ben Abdel-Rahim, the candidate for Tunisia’s Ennahda movement, won the presidency of the Tunis municipality on Tuesday. The Ennahda candidate beat […]

Immigration authorities separate hundreds of children from parents and carers every year, reports The Guardian LONDON: British immigration authorities have been separating children from their parents detained at immigration centers in the country, according to […]