KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 (AFP) : Malaysia’s veteran ex-leader Mahathir Mohamad, 92, won a historic election victory Thursday, in a political earthquake that toppled the country’s scandal-plagued premier and ousted a regime that had ruled for over six decades. In a stunning political upset...
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TOKYO, May 8 (AFP) : Drug giant Takeda on Tuesday said it would buy Irish pharmaceuticals firm Shire in a deal worth $62.5 billion, in the biggest foreign takeover by a Japanese firm. The deal, which will create one of the world’s top 10 drugs companies, caps a lengthy courtship by Takeda of...
Baghdad, 6 May : The Iraqi journalist who grabbed headlines around the world by hurling his shoes at then US president George W Bush is pitching for a seat in parliament at upcoming elections.
“My ambition is to throw all the thieving politicians in prison, make them regret what they have done...
SEOUL, May 5 (Xinhua) : South Korean President Moon Jae-in planned to visit Washington to talk with U.S. President Donald Trump about the summit between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the United States, the Blue House of South Korea said Saturday. At the invitation of...
Copenhagen, 4 may : The Nobel Literature Prize will be not awarded this year following sex-abuse allegations and other issues within the ranks of the Swedish Academy that selects the winner.
The academy said Friday the 2018 prize will be given in 2019. The decision was made at a weekly meeting in...
AGRA, India, May 4 (AFP) : A series of powerful super storms that tore through India this week have killed 143 people, as officials warned Friday the death toll could rise with more extreme weather expected. A deadly dust storm claimed 121 lives in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Punjab...
KABUL, May 3 (AFP) : Afghanistan’s slain journalists were remembered on World Press Freedom Day Thursday, days after the deadliest attack on the country’s media since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. Ten journalists, including Agence France-Presse chief photographer Shah Marai, were...
MUMBAI, May 2, 2018 (AFP) : An Indian court on Wednesday sentenced notorious gangster Chhota Rajan and eight others to life in prison for murdering a journalist in a drive-by shooting in Mumbai seven years ago. Jyotirmoy Dey, a crime reporter who specialised on gangland activities for the Mid-day...
KABUL, April 30 (Xinhua) : At least 25 people including five journalists were confirmed dead and 45 others injured in the twin suicide bombings that rocked Afghan capital Kabul on Monday. It was the deadliest attack against civilians in Kabul since the beginning of the Afghan new year on March...
MOSCOW, April 29 (Xinhua) : Russian President Vladimir Putin told his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in during a phone call Sunday that Russia is willing to promote cooperation between the two Koreas as Seoul and Pyongyang are seeking reconciliation. During their phone conversation, Moon...
