Pakistan PM says he has tried to tell world leaders of growing risk of conflict with India over disputed region Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan, has said he has been trying to raise the alarm at the United Nations this week about the danger of a nuclear war breaking ...
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Iran to lay out Gulf security proposal at UN general assembly
Announcement comes as Iran and US fight for diplomatic advantage after Saudi oil attack Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, has said he will present a plan for Gulf security at this week’s UN general assembly, as Washington and Tehran fight for diplomatic advantage in the wake of the devastating attack ...
Read More »Pompeo says U.S. mission is to avoid war with Iran but measures in place to deter
The United States aims to avoid war with Iran and the additional troops ordered to be deployed in the Gulf region are for “deterrence and defense,” U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday. Speaking to Fox News Sunday, Pompeo added that he was confident U.S. President Donald Trump ...
Read More »Amazon deforestation is driven by criminal networks, report finds
Criminals threaten and attack government officials, forest defenders and indigenous people, Human Rights Watch finds Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is a lucrative business largely driven by criminal networks that threaten and attack government officials, forest defenders and indigenous people who try to stop them, according to a new ...
Read More »How Tunisia’s presidential election could deliver a populist president
On Sunday, Tunisia is holding the second free presidential election in its history. The Tunisian democracy faces high uncertainty, with a populist candidate, Nabil Karoui, leading in the polls. Among other unprecedented circumstances, the presidential election will precede parliamentary elections set to take place next month. This is due to ...
Read More »Trump says US ‘locked and loaded’ after Saudi Arabia attack, as oil prices soar
US president says he has ‘reason to believe we know the culprit’ of the drone attacks on Aramco plant Donald Trump has said the US was “locked and loaded” and to ready respond to drone attacks on a petroleum processing facility in Saudi Arabia, saying the US knew who ...
Read More »Trump ousts top adviser John Bolton: ‘I disagreed strongly with him’
Trump to name new national security adviser next week Bolton took hawkish positions on major foreign policy issues Donald Trump has fired his national security adviser, John Bolton, in a pair of tweets in which he laid bare searing internal divisions within his inner circle, saying he had “disagreed strongly” ...
Read More »Boris Johnson heads to Dublin amid fears of more resignations
PM battles to keep Brexit plan on track after Amber Rudd quit the government on Saturday Boris Johnson will fly to Dublin to meet the Irish prime minister, Leo Varadkar, on Monday, as he battles to show that his Brexit plan remains on track after Amber Rudd dramatically quit ...
Read More »Hurricane Dorian: five dead as ‘extreme destruction’ inflicted on Bahamas
Dorian stalls over Grand Bahama, bringing high winds, torrential rain and storm surges Hurricane Dorian has stalled over the Bahamas, lashing the islands with wind, rain and storm surges, and killing at least five people. Thousands of homes were inundated by floodwater as rescue operations tried to reach stranded ...
Read More »Vegan diets ‘risk insufficient intake’ of nutrient critical for brain health
Moving away from diets rich in animal products could have ‘unintended consequences’ for the consumption of choline The increasing popularity of plant-based and vegan diets risks lowering the intake of a nutrient critical for brain health that is mainly found in animal foods, a nutritionist has said. Moving away from ...
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