French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe says Paris and the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia have reached an agreement on the independence referendum in 2018.Commenting on the news about the referendum on Thursday, Philippe said that Paris and New Caledonia have “plenty of work ahead,” but added that both parties have “mutual trust,” Sputnik reported. […]

Theresa May is facing a major backlash after appointing her chief whip Gavin Williamson as the new defense secretary, with some Conservative MPs “livid” at the promotion.Williamson was appointed on Thursday morning following Sir Michael Fallon’s shock resignation as defense secretary on Wednesday evening after he was implicated in the Westminster sexual harassment scandal, Sky […]

US Air Force B-1 bombers, accompanied by fighter jets from South Korea and Japan, conducted a flyover near the Korean peninsula on Thursday, according to a statement from the US Air Force —a move that has drawn harsh criticism from North Korea ahead of US President Donald Trump’s trip to the region.Two B-1B Lancers from […]

Islamic State’s self-proclaimed caliphate was all but reduced on Friday to a pair of border towns at the Iraq-Syria frontier, where thousands of fighters were believed to be holding out after losing nearly all other territory in both countries.Forces in Syria and Iraq backed by regional states and global powers now appear on the cusp […]

A Spanish judge has ordered that eight dismissed Catalan ministers be jailed while they are investigated on potential charges of sedition, rebellion and embezzlement.The order was issued on Thursday after state prosecutors, who are investigating the leaders over their involvement in the breakaway region’s declaration of independence, requested the ministers be held, Al Jazeera reported.Mireia […]

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions must testify again before Congress on the Trump campaign’s dealings with Russian contacts, senate Democrats demanded on Thursday. The call for more testimony came amidst revelations that Sessions may have committed perjury during his confirmation hearing.Facing questioning from lawmakers after his appointment in January, Sessions was asked by Senator Al […]

The state-run human rights commission Indian-administered Kashmir has told the government in Kashmir to investigate at least 2,080 unmarked mass graves discovered in border regions of the restive region.The Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP), a human rights group in Kashmir, told the commission there were 3,844 unmarked graves —2,717 in Poonch and 1,127 […]

TEHRAN  – Pakistan’s ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appeared in court on Friday, a day after returning from overseas to face corruption allegations that saw him ejected from office and targeted with an arrest warrant. In a brief hearing in Islamabad, Sharif paid two surety bonds of five million rupees (RM203, 160) each before leaving […]

TEHRAN – The President of Iraq’s Sunni Endowment cautioned the Muslim Ummah (community) about the “blind sedition” and terrorist mercenaries that have targeted the region’s stability and security. In an address to the second edition of the international conference of resistance scholars, which kicked off in Beirut on Wednesday, Sheikh Abdul Latif al-Hamim said a […]

TEHRAN – At least three people were killed in a shooting inside a Walmart store Wednesday in suburban Denver, Colorado, a western US state, where police said they had not yet taken anyone into custody. Police in Thornton, Colorado, did not immediately release any information about the circumstances of the shooting or who was responsible […]