US, Russia lock horns over Venezuela
NEWS DESK The US and Russia clashed publicly over Venezuela today, raising geopolitical stakes over the oil-producing nation after Moscow sent dozens of soldiers to Caracas amid what it alleged…
Trump signs proclamation recognising Israel’s sovereignty over Golan Heights
Russia fears a new wave of tensions in test Asia AGENCIES / Washington US President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation recognising Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights and told…
New Zealand PM orders top-level probe into Christchurch mosque attacks
AMN New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today ordered an independent judicial inquiry into whether police and intelligence services could have prevented the Christchurch mosque attacks on March 15. Ardern…
115 killed in ethnic clashes in Mali
WEB DESK At least 115 people have been killed in one of the deadliest attack by the fighters of an ethnic militant group at a village of the central province…
UN Chief Guterres for UN action plan to safeguard religious sites
Mosques should be safe havens, not sites of terror’, says UN Chief Around the world, we have seen ever-rising anti-Muslim hatred, anti-Semitism, hate speech and bigotry. The cancer is spreading.…
Theresa May welcomes EU decision to postpone Brexit beyond 29 March
AMN / LONDON British Prime Minister Theresa May has welcomed the EU decision to postpone Brexit beyond 29th March. The UK will be offered a delay until 22nd May, if…
100 killed as overloaded ferry sinks in Iraq
NEWS DESK About 100 people, mostly women and children, died Thursday as an overloaded ferry packed with families celebrating the Kurdish New Year sank in a swollen river in Iraq’s…
EU agrees to postpone Brexit beyond 29 March
TIA NEWS DESK European Union leaders have agreed on a plan to delay the Article 50 process, postponing Brexit beyond 29 March. The United Kingdom will be offered a delay…
Germany initiates move at EU to designate Masood Azhar as global terrorist
NEWS DESK Germany has initiated a move at the European Union to designate Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist, days after China blocked a bid at the United…
Kazakhstan President resigns after nearly 30 years in power
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has announced his resignation after nearly 30 years in power. The 78-year old leader had ruled the country since it emerged from the collapse of the…