As analysts fear collapse of law and order army says it will address nation ‘soon’ The Sudanese army will make an “important statement soon”, state television and radio announced on Thursday morning, as thousands of protesters camped outside the military headquarters in Khartoum demanding the resignation of President Omar al-Bashir. ...

Australian aviation authority Casa approves Alphabet’s Project Wing, which delivers food, drinks and medication A world-first drone delivery business has been granted approval to take to the skies over Canberra’s north. For the past 18 months, Project Wing, an offshoot of Google’s parent company Alphabet, has been trialling drone delivery ...

Inspections by UN nuclear watchdog are required before kingdom can insert fuel into the reactor Saudi Arabia is about a year away from completing the building of its first nuclear reactor, according to Google satellite images identified by a nuclear expert who said Thursday the construction so far appears to ...

Lebanese President Michel Aoun told Arab leaders on Sunday that the recent US decision to recognize Israeli illegal annexation of the Syrian Golan Heights threatens Lebanon’s sovereignty. “This decision does not only threaten the sovereignty of a brotherly state [Syria], but rather threatens as well the sovereignty of the Lebanese ...

Arab leaders slammed the US decision to recognise the Golan Heights as Israeli territory at a summit in Tunis on Sunday, but struggled for further unity as Qatar’s emir left the meeting early. In a final declaration the Arab League summit said it “affirmed that the Golan is occupied Syrian ...

Many international bodies and governments have warned of a ‘new wave’ of escalations in the Middle East after U.S. President Donald Trump signed on Monday a proclamation recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the disputed Golan Heights, with condemnations and criticisms pouring from across the globe. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was ...

A day after Venezuela’s embattled president and his opposition rival held dueling rallies in the capital Caracas, opposition leader Juan Guaido said he will call for a “state of national emergency” in a special session of parliament on Monday. The South American nation continues to struggle with an ongoing power ...

Asian shares rise sharply after US president says he will hold a summit with Xi Jinping to conclude an agreement to end trade standoff Shares in Asia have soared after Donald Trump said he would delay an increase in tariffs on Chinese goods, citing “substantial progress” in trade talks with ...

The US could come under attack from space, the government’s Defense Intelligence Agency has warned. Other countries including Russia and China are building technologies that could challenge the perceived advantage and dependence of the American government’s military in space, a new report warns. At its most dramatic, it even suggests ...

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani said on Tuesday no peace deal between the Taliban and the United States could be finalised without involving his government as “the decision-maker”. Ghani’s government has so far been shut out of the evolving peace talks between Taliban negotiators and U.S. envoys to end more than ...