More than 200 mass graves containing up to 12,000 victims were left behind by Islamic State in Iraq, the UN has said. The United Nations in Iraq (UNAMI) and its human rights office documented a total of 202 mass graves in parts of western and northern Iraq held by IS between 2014 and 2017. The […] Read more
The colossal rage felt by progressive women has been a dominant theme since Donald Trump’s shock 2016 victory. Crowds at the Women’s March dwarfed those at his inauguration the previous day. Across America, hundreds of thousands came to express their unbridled anger. They were collectively incensed by the man who’d been accused by multiple women […] Read more
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has vowed to “break” swingeing sanctions re-imposed by the US targeting core parts of the economy. The Trump administration is restoring all sanctions lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal in a bid to pressure Iran. They will hit oil exports, shipping and banks, and make it difficult to do business with […] Read more
KUALA LUMPUR – The first Budget of the new Malaysian government will unveil a soaring deficit of 3.7 per cent of GDP for this year, as the administration recognises off-the-books projects as development expenditure and moves to repay RM37 billion (S$12.2 billion) in tax refunds owed by the former administration. Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng’s historic […] Read more
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – President Donald Trump wants to reach an agreement on trade with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Group of 20 nations summit in Argentina later this month and has asked key US officials to begin drafting potential terms, according to four people familiar with the matter. The push for a possible deal […] Read more
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – The US has agreed to let eight countries – including Japan, India and South Korea – keep buying Iranian oil after it reimposes sanctions on the Opec producer on Nov 5, a senior administration official said. While the Trump administration’s goal remains to choke off revenue to Iran’s economy, waivers are being granted […] Read more
A top Turkish official, presidential adviser Yasin Aktay, has said he believes Jamal Khashoggi’s body was dissolved in acid after being cut up. The “only logical conclusion”, he said, was that those who had killed the Saudi journalist in Istanbul had destroyed his body “to leave no trace behind”. Khashoggi, a critic of Saudi rulers, […] Read more
Scientists uncovered a chain of volcanic seamounts off the coast of the Australian island of Tasmania. While mapping the seafloor some 250 miles off the coast of the Australian island of Tasmania, scientists recently discovered what’s being called a “volcanic lost world” deep underwater. The chain of volcanic seamounts — huge undersea mountains that loom as tall as […] Read more
US President Donald Trump vowed Tuesday to end birthright citizenship — the process by which babies born in the country automatically become citizens — by executive order, while claiming the US was the only nation around the world to grant such rights. Though Trump says his legal counsel has assured him his plan is possible, lawmakers on […] Read more
Indonesia has filed an official protest to Saudi Arabia after it executed an Indonesian maid without notifying its consular staff or her family. Tuti Tursilawati, a mother of one, had been convicted of murdering her employer, who workers rights’ group Migrant Care said was trying to rape her at the time. Joko Widodo, the Indonesian […] Read more
