UAE welcomes Saudi King’s call for emergency summits in Makkah
WEB DESK The United Arab Emirates has welcomed Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud’s call to the leaders of the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) and other Arab League…
Australian PM Scott Morrison wins federal elections
AMN In Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s Liberal-National Coalition won the federal elections. Prime Minister Morrison has declared victory after his coalition defied opinion polls and secured a surprise win…
Australia votes for new Parliament
Polling is underway in Australia for Parliamentary elections. Voting is taking place for 150 members of the House of Representatives (the lower house) and 76 seats of Senate (the upper…
Donald Trump unveils merit-based immigration system
AGENCIES US President Donald Trump has rolled out a merit-based immigration system from which foreigners, including hundreds and thousands of Indian professionals and skilled workers, waiting to get Green Cards…
China warns retaliation against Trump’s move to ban Huawei
Agencies China has warned of retaliation against US President Donald Trump’s order that effectively barred Chinese telecom giant Huawei from the US market. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said…
Austria bans headscarf in primary schools
Opposition MPs almost all voted against the measure, with some accusing the government of focusing on garnering positive headlines rather than child welfare. WEB DESK Austria has approved a law…
Christchurch Call: Tech companies, 17 govts ink agreement to eliminate online extremism
Signatories to the ‘Christchurch Call’: Australia, Canada, European Commission, France, Germany, Indonesia, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Senegal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom. Companies: Amazon, Daily…
Saudi Arabia says oil facility attacks target world supplies
JEDDAH / Agencies Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest crude exporter, has said that attacks on two of its tankers and a major pipeline targeted the security of global oil supplies.…
China blocks all language editions of Wikipedia
OUR WEB DESK China has broadened its block of online encyclopedia Wikipedia to include all language editions. According to a report by the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI), China…
US withdraws non-emergency employees from Iraq
AMN US State Dept ordered the departure of non-emergency employees from Iraq, amid rising tensions between the US, Iraq’s neighbour Iran. The US State Department has ordered the departure of…