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N Korea nuke test site to close in May: Seoul

SEOUL, Apr 29 (Agencies): North Korea's nuclear test site will close in May, the South Korean president's office has said.A spokesman said the closure of the Punggye-ri site would be done in public and foreign experts from South Korea and the US would be invited to watch.Scientists have said the...

Pompeo stresses need for Gulf unity

RIYADH, Apr 29 (Reuters): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo underscored the need for unity in the Gulf on Sunday during a brief visit to the Saudi capital. "Gulf unity is necessary and we need to achieve it," Pompeo said at a news conference.Saudi Arabia, along with the UAE, Bahrain...

Jihadists kill 40 Tuaregs in Mali

MENAKA, Apr 29 (Reuters): Suspected jihadists killed 40 Tuaregs, mostly young men, in two attacks in northern Mali's Menaka region, which the local governor said seemed calculated to spark an ethnic conflict between Tuareg and Fulani herders.Menaka governor Daouda Maiga told Reuters by telephone that the attacks happened in the...

London polls set to leave May down, but not out

LONDON, Apr 29 (Reuters): Voters in London are expected to punish Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party at local government elections this week which could embolden critics of her Brexit strategy, but are not expected to trigger her downfall.London and some other regions will on Thursday elect the local officials...

Hamas blames Palestinians for attempt on PM’s life

GAZA, Apr 29 (Reuters): Gaza's ruling Hamas group blamed Palestinian Authority officials on Saturday for the attempted assassination in the enclave of Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah on March 13.Finger-pointing over the roadside bomb attack on Hamdallah's convoy looks likely to deepen a bitter political rift between the Islamist Hamas...

Syria, US-backed forces in deadly clashes

BEIRUT, Apr 29 (AFP): Rare clashes broke out Sunday between Syrian regime forces and a US-backed alliance in the east of the country, killing six alliance fighters, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said.State news agency SANA said the army seized control of four villages from the US-backed Syrian...

Duterte says Kuwait work ban 'permanent'

MANILA, Apr 29 (AFP): Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday said the temporary ban on Filipinos going to work in Kuwait is now permanent, intensifying a diplomatic standoff over the treatment of migrant workers in the Gulf nation.Duterte in February imposed a prohibition on workers heading to Kuwait following the...

News in Brief--(30-04-2018)

Pak star wins Queen Elizabeth II CupHONG KONG, Apr 29: Pakistan Star clinched the Queen Elizabeth II Cup for jockey William Buick in Hong Kong Sunday, the highlight of three Group One spring races with a total purse of HK$58 million ($7.4 million). Known for being unpredictable, the five-year-old stormed...

Lebanese nationals showing their ink marked fingers after casting their ballots

ABIDJAN: Lebanese nationals showing their ink marked fingers after casting their ballots in the middle-eastern nation’s parliamentary election at a polling station here on Sunday — AFP

Dreaming of a new sustainable economy

Officials from around the world came together to create and support a vision for a new, sustainable economy: a bioeconomy.Almost 1000 bioeconomy experts, from former heads of state to civil society leaders, convened in Berlin for the second Global Bioeconomy Summit to discuss best practices and challenges.Already, over 50 countries...

The nowhere people: Rohingyas in India

A devastating fire in a shanty at Kalindi Kunj, a New Delhi suburb, that gutted the homes of 226 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, including 100 women and 50 children, has trained a spotlight on India's ad hoc policy on international migrants.Already persecuted in their country of origin, Rohingyas - the...