Famine in Yemen
The ongoing conflict in Yemen, which began in 2014, has caused widespread famine as rising food prices and a falling…
Saudi invests $1bn in Lucid Motors
The Saudi wealth fund has invested $1Bn in Tesla rival Lucid motors. Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter, is…
India’s own Belt-and-Road fiasco
Private development company IL&FS has accumulated a mountain of debt in a country which is desperate for basic infrastructure. Infrastructure…
Russia claims that flight MH17 was shot down by a Ukrainian missile
The Russian military says the missile that shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 came from the arsenals of the Ukrainian…
Big 4 Under Global Pressure
The Big Four Accounting firms - Deloitte, KPMG, Ernst and Young, and Pricewaterhouse Coopers - are increasingly under pressure to…
India clears new frigate deal
New Delhi has green-lit its biggest arms deal worth $2.2Bn with Russia for 4 advanced frigates. India’s new deal comes…
Moon Jae-In arrives for a meeting in Pyongyang
The leaders of North and South Korea are meeting in the North Korean capital Pyongyang for talks centred on the…
IMF chiefs warns UK
Britain could spiral into recession if it leaves the European Union without a bespoke trade deal, the International Monetary Fund…
Addis Ababa rocked by ethnic clashes
Central Addis Ababa area known widely as Piazza has been rocked by violent conflicts between the youth who came from…
China’s Silicon Valley faces serious hurdles
Integrating the two Special Administered Region (SAR) cities with mainland Chinese cities will be a massive program which will curtail…
Bhutan: PDP loses in the first round
The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan votes to remove incumbent PM and his People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT)…
UK police cordon off Salisbury nerve gas attack area
The Roads have been shut and a hazmat team was called after a pair fell ill at eatery close to…
Typhoon Mangkhut batters south China
The world's strongest storm this year, Typhoon Mangkhut, continued its path of destruction across Southeast Asia over the weekend, reaching…
Hurricane Florence makes landfall in North Carolina
The powerful hurricane hit parts of North Carolina on Friday, pushing a life-threatening storm, surge of floodwater, and heavy rains.…
Syria lashes out at U.N. body investigating war crimes
Damascus’ UN envoy criticises the investigative body and the UNGA resolution, calling them a tool of Qatar to spread destructive…