Netanyahu calls India – Israel relations a ‘marriage made in heaven’. For the arms trade and public relations, it certainly is. But as Modi won’t betray the Palestinians or renounce the Iranians, it resembles more an open marriage – and that might be far less sustainable. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets Israeli Prime Minister…
Nine-year-old died in central Uganda with symptoms of an eye-bleeding disease which could kill up to 40 per cent of those infected by it. The outbreak comes months after hundreds of people were killed by the plague in Madagascar in one of the worse diseases in 50 years. (Representational Image/ Pixabay) Fears are growing of…
The flu is now officially an epidemic, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). More than half of all US states reported high flu activity within the first week of the year. A total of 7.0 percent of the deaths occurring during the week ending December 23 2017 were due to pneumonia…
US and Chinese relations are on the brink of a disastrous trade conflict as a series of explosive documents were delivered to the White House. This comes as President Trump considers imposing broad restrictions on steel and aluminium imports over an investigation into Beijing’s alleged theft of intellectual property.The findings of a US Commerce Department…
GETTY The 209 people have since been taken to a migrant detention centre. The migrants are breached the gates leading into Melilla, a Spanish enclave on the border of Northern Morocco. One police officer was injured in the incident after being “attacked by an immigrant with one of the hooks they use to clamber up…
Money to go home. (Reuters/Kai Pfaffenbach) Germany’s offer to pay rejected asylum seekers up to €1,000 ($1226) for individuals and €3,000 for families, to go home sparked condemnation and praise. But Europe’s economic powerhouse, which took in one million refugees in 2015, is by no means the first or only European country to take this approach. A combination of the…
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 has struck off the coast of Peru, killing 1 man and injuring 20 more people. It triggered temporary tsunami warnings along the Peruvian coast. Casualty figures were provided by the governor of Peru’s Arequipa region, Yamila Osorio. A 55-year-old man was killed by a rock, Osorio tweeted. Earlier she…
French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Paris. (photo credit: PHILIPPE WOJAZER / REUTERS) PARIS – A day after President Donald Trump set an ultimatum to fix “disastrous flaws” in a deal curbing Iran’s nuclear program, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told French President Emmanuel Macron in a phone call that “Trump’s…
Officials from North and South earlier this week said they had agreed to hold negotiations to resolve problems and avert accidental conflict. SEOUL: North Korea and South Korea have agreed to hold working-level talks at the Tongil Pavilion on the North Korean side of the truce village of Panmunjom on Jan. 15, South Korea’s unification…
