KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 03 (Agencies): Rosmah Mansor, the wife of Malaysia's former prime minister, was arrested on Wednesday by the country's anti-graft agency over a multi-billion-dollar scandal."Rosmah has been arrested," her lawyer K. Kumaraendran told AFP after she was questioned at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission. Her husband Najib Razak has...
Read moreTHE HAGUE, Oct 3 (Agencies): The UN's top court ordered the United States on Wednesday to lift sanctions on "humanitarian" goods to Iran that President Donald Trump reimposed after pulling out of Tehran's nuclear deal.The International Court of Justice unanimously ruled that Washington "shall remove by means of its choosing...
Read moreCANBERRA, Oct 03 (Agencies): One in five Australian children are victims of cyber bullying, the nation's eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant has revealed.Inman Grant addressed the National Press Club on Wednesday, calling for cyber bullying to be addressed in the national school curriculum, saying that online safety had become "one...
Read moreWANI, Indonesia, Oct 03 (AFP): The death toll in Indonesia's twin quake-tsunami disaster passed 1,400 on Wednesday, with time running out to rescue survivors and the UN warning of "vast" unmet needs.National disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said the number of dead had risen to 1,407 across four areas...
Read moreROME, Oct 03 (AFP): A Libya conference will be held in Sicily in November, Italy's foreign minister said on Tuesday, with talks focusing on an "inclusive approach" to stabilising the war-torn north African country while not fixating on a date for elections.The peace conference in Palermo on November 12 and...
Read moreYEREVAN, Oct 03 (AFP): Armenia faced a fresh crisis on Wednesday as reformist Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan fired six ministers after lawmakers blocked his demand for snap parliamentary elections.Those sacked include ministers in charge of energy, economic development, agriculture and transport.Pashinyan came to power in the impoverished ex-Soviet country in...
Read morePompeo to meet Kim inNorth Korea on SundayWASHINGTON, Oct 03: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sunday to push forward denuclearization efforts, the State Department said. Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Pompeo would also travel to Japan, South Korea and China....
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