Yemen: 85 killed in Heavy fighting
WEB DESK At least 85 people have been killed and many injured in heavy fighting between pro-government forces and rebels in Dhale province in Yemen. Officials said, the Houthi rebels…
US, Japan meet amid standstill on N Korea
AMN Top leaders of the United States and Japan met for talks in Washington on Friday aimed at reaching a deal with their mutual adversary North Korea. Secretary of State…
Peace talks between Taliban and Afghan government postponed
WEB DESK Critical peace talks between the Taliban and Afghan government in Qatar have been postponed. Sultan Barakat, director of Qatar’s Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies, the organisation sponsoring…
Mali’s PM resigns following unrest in the country
WEB DESK Prime Minister of Mali Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga has resigned along with his entire government on Thursday after it came under mounting pressure over handling the violence in the…
N Korea demands Mike Pompeo’s removal from nuclear negotiations
WEB DESK North Korea has demanded the removal of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo from nuclear negotiations. The demand came after it test-fired a new type of tactical guided…
Pakistan’s Finance Minister Asad Umar resigns
AMN / ISLAMABAD Pakistan’s Finance Minister Asad Umar abruptly quit the Cabinet on Thursday before securing a multi-billion dollar International Monetary Fund bailout package for the cash-strapped country. Umar recently…
UN cultural experts offer to help in rebuilding Notre Dame cathedral in Paris
WEB DESK UN cultural experts have offered to help in rebuilding the iconic structure of the famed Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. UNESCO World Heritage Centre Director Mechtild Rössler who…
Portugal: 29 German tourists killed in Madeira bus crash
WEB DESK Twenty-nine German tourists were killed when a bus crashed on the Portuguese island of Madeira yesterday, local officials said. Televised images showed the bus had spun off the…
EU ‘strongly condemns’ new US measures against Cuba
WEB DESK The European Union has condemned a decision by US President Donald Trump’s administration to open the way for lawsuits in American courts over property confiscated by Cuba. The…
Sri Lanka: 10 killed in road accident
AMN / COLOMBO At least ten persons including three children have been killed after a van collided with a private bus near Mahiyangana early this morning. According to local media…