WASHINGTON: North Korea is operating at least 13 undeclared bases to hide mobile, nuclear-capable missiles, a new study asserted Monday, as progress stalls on US President Donald Trump’s signature foreign policy initiative. Trump has hailed his June summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as having opened the way
MELBOURNE: A driver who deliberately mowed down shoppers in the heart of Australia’s second-largest city, killing six people and injuring 27, was found guilty of murder by a jury on Tuesday. James Gargasoulas, 28, pleaded not guilty to the January 2017 rampage on Melbourne’s Bourke Street, which police determined was
LUANDA: A column of flame emanates from the bow of the boat, illuminating the jet-black ocean for miles around. For three months now the Kaombo Norte has been anchored off the northern coast of Angola and has recently begun to pump up crude oil secreted in the depths below. The
Days after Kylie Jenner announced the date of her new partnership with Ulta Beauty, big sister Kim Kardashian is getting in on the act. The reality TV star and beauty mogul is bringing her cult ‘KKW Fragrance’ line to the beauty retailer’s US stores on November 25, it has been
PARIS: Fifteen alleged members of a vast crime ring accused of laundering Colombian drug money through luxury jewellery and using shadowy middlemen from the Lebanese diaspora go on trial in Paris on Tuesday. The chief defendant is Mohamad Noureddine, a 44-year-old Lebanese businessman with interests in real estate and jewellery.
SINGAPORE: A China-backed bid to complete the world’s largest trade deal — without the United States — was pushed back to next year after Asia-Pacific trade ministers failed to agree key terms at a Singapore summit. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), covering half the world’s population, is billed as
Huda Kattan is ready to take on the fragrance industry. The ‘Huda Beauty’ makeup mogul has revealed that she will be launching her brand new perfume venture, ‘Kayali,’ on November 16, after months of speculation and teasing. The debut release will comprise four different scents inspired by her home culture
SINGAPORE: US National Security Advisor John Bolton vowed Tuesday to “squeeze” Iran “until the pips squeak”, a week after a tough new round of sanctions came into force. President Donald Trump has dramatically increased pressure on Tehran, withdrawing from an international agreement aimed at ending its nuclear programme and introducing
In a refugee camp in the southern Central African Republic, groups of students are huddled around laptops, staring intently at the glowing screens. There is no electricity, and no internet. But that hasn’t stopped 38-year-old IT expert Djamaladine Mahamat Salet from setting up a computer class here. Salet rented four
A Tokyo medical university that altered entrance exam results to exclude women said on Wednesday it would offer places to dozens of applicants unfairly denied. The institution’s president said it would contact a total of 101 applicants — including 67 women — who took the exam in the past two
