The prosecutor-general’s office said it had sent a request to Germany for “documents on medical data and investigations by German specialists” into Navalny’s state of health. Kremlin-critic Alexei Navalny was airlifted out of Russia to Germany on Saturday Moscow: Russian prosecutors on Thursday asked German medics to provide medical […]
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However, Mike Pompeo left apparently empty-handed with none of the conservative Arab nations for now willing to normalise ties with the Jewish state. Muscat, Oman: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo headed home Thursday after a Middle East tour aimed at encouraging Arab countries to follow the UAE’s move and […]
While Trump is planning to give his speech from the South Lawn of the White House lawn, Harris’s remarks from Washington D.C. will serve as the Democratic Party’s main counter to his appearance, the report said. Washington: Democratic Party’s Indian-origin vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris will deliver a speech on […]
Hong Kong media, citing unidentified sources, said 12 people from the former British colony were arrested while sailing to Taiwan where they planned to apply for political asylum. Chinese authorities have arrested at least 10 people after intercepting a boat off the coast of the southern province of Guangdong, the […]
WASHINGTON: Russia today blamed the United States for a tense confrontation in Syria in which Russian military vehicles and helicopters surrounded US armoured vehicles, leaving US troops injured. The White House National Security Council (NSC) said in a statement that a Russian vehicle struck a US mine-resistant all-terrain vehicle, “causing […]
TAIPEI: The risk of accidental conflict is rising because of tension in the South China Sea and around Taiwan and communication must be maintained to reduce the risk of miscalculation, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said today. Democratic Taiwan, claimed by Beijing as “scared” Chinese territory, has complained of Chinese military […]
HONOLULU: The United States hopes to work with China to get it to respect the international rules-based order even as Beijing, which has repeatedly fallen short of its promises, pursues aggressive military modernisation, the US defence chief said. Speaking in Hawaii yesterday, US Defence Secretary Mark Esper said China had […]
BALTIMORE: US Vice President Mike Pence yesterday cast the re-election of President Donald Trump as critical to preserving law and order and economic viability, warning Democratic rival Joe Biden was a stalking horse for the radical left. Amid widening protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, […]
WASHINGTON: The United States yesterday blacklisted 24 Chinese companies and targeted individuals it said were part of construction and military actions in the South China Sea, its first such sanctions move against Beijing over the disputed strategic waterway. The US Commerce Department said the two dozen companies played a “role […]
KENOSHA: A teenager was arrested and charged with homicide yesterday in connection with gunfire that killed two people and wounded a third during protests over the police shooting of a Black man in the Wisconsin city of Kenosha. Civil unrest has rocked the city of about 100,000 that lies between […]