Pompeo 'pleased' after meeting with Pak FM
ISLAMABAD, Sept 5 (AFP): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held cordial meetings with Pakistani officials in Islamabad Wednesday, hours after saying he hoped to "reset" Washington's troubled relationship with its wayward ally. The shift in tone between Pompeo and his counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi comes days after Washington confirmed...
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Japan evacuates major airport after typhoon wreaks havoc
TOKYO, Sept 5 (AFP): Japan scrambled Wednesday to evacuate passengers trapped at a major airport when a tanker slammed into its only access bridge during the most powerful typhoon to hit the country for 25 years.Typhoon Jebi left a trail of destruction Tuesday, killing 11 people and injuring hundreds more...
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Mattis heads for talks in New Delhi today
NEW DELHI, Sept 5 (AFP): The Pentagon has seen "zero" evidence to suggest that opposition groups in Syria's Idlib province could use chemical weapons, US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Wednesday, despite Russian claims to the contrary.Speaking to reporters as he headed for talks in New Delhi on Thursday, Mattis...
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UK charges two Russians over Skripal attack
British prosecutors have charged two Russian men for a nerve agent attack on a former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the city of Salisbury earlier this year, reports Al Jazeera.A European arrest warrant was issued on Wednesday for the Russian nationals, identified as Alexander Petrov and...
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Trump for libel law change after bombshell book
WASHINGTON, Sept 5 (AFP): President Donald Trump responded Wednesday to a damning book about his presidency by journalist Bob Woodward by suggesting that Congress change US libel laws."Isn't it a shame that someone can write an article or book, totally make up stories and form a picture of a person...
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News in Brief (6-09-2018)
Fears for journalism in Suu Kyi's MyanmarYangon (Myanmar) Sept 5: The decision to sentence two Reuters reporters to seven years in prison for violating a state secrets act has sent shockwaves through the journalism community in Myanmar, the BBC's Nick Beake writes. For the journalists of Yangon this is personal....
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