North Korea threatens to reconsider summit
WEB DESK A high-ranking North Korean official has indicated that the North could reconsider its planned summit talks with the United States. In a statement carried by the Korean Central…
10 killed, 25 missing due to heavy rain in Sri Lanka
AMN / COLOMBO At least ten people have been killed and another 25 are missing due to heavy monsoon rain and strong winds across Sri Lanka. The Disaster Management Center…
Venezuela orders expulsion of two US diplomats after new sanctions
WEB DESK Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro ordered the expulsion of two top US diplomats a day after President Donald Trump ordered certain additional sanctions on Venezuela. The order also bans…
Summit between Trump & Kim Jong-un may go ahead : Pompeo
AMN / WEB DESK US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has hinted that the historic meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jongun might take place on…
N.Korea may dismantle nuclear test site on Thu
WEB DESK South Korean reporters have arrived in North Korea to cover the planned shutdown of a nuclear test site. They quote North Korean officials as saying dismantling work may…
Historic summit with Kim Jong-un may not work out: US Prez
AMN US President Donald Trump has said, his historic summit with Kim Jong-un may not work out, even as he asserted that the North Korean leader was serious about denuclearisation.…
Mark Zuckerberg apologises to EU Parliament for data breach
WEB DESK Facebook Chief Mark Zuckerberg has apologised to the European Parliament for the recent data breach scandal involving British consultancy firm, Cambridge Analytica. During the livestreamed hearing in Brussels,…
China launches satellite for lunar exploration
AMN / WEB DESK China has successfully launched a relay satellite designed to establish a communication link between the Earth and a lunar probe planned to land on the far…
N.Korea rejects list of journalists again, says S Korea
WEB DESK South Korea’s Unification Ministry says North Korea is still refusing to accept a list of reporters the South wants to send to the North to cover the shutdown…
Venezuela’s leftist leader Nicolas Maduro re-elected for another 6 year
WEB DESK Venezuela’s President and leftist leader, Nicolás Maduro has won re-election for another six year term. National Electoral Council chief, Tibisay Lucena said with more than 90 per cent…