Indonesian President Joko Widodo to visit Singapore for Leaders’ Retreat
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (right) meeting Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Sochi, Russia, on May 21, 2016 SINGAPORE, Oct…
Spanish authorities brace for Catalan separatists verdict
Supporters of Catalan independence take part in a protest to mark the second anniversary of the Oct 1 illegal referendum…
Tunisian election gives few clues to shape of next government
A man casts his ballot at a polling station during parliamentary elections, in Tunis, on Oct 6 TUNIS, Oct 8…
Zimbabwe doctors defy government ultimatum to end strike
HARARE, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Striking Zimbabwean doctors defied a government ultimatum to return to work, after rejecting a 60%…
Ethiopia to give telecoms licences to two firms
President Sahle-Work Zewde ADDIS ABABA, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ethiopia’s President Sahle-work Zewde has given much-awaited details of moves to…
US blacklists 28 Chinese entities over abuses against Muslims in Xinjiang
WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Commerce Department announced it is blacklisting 28 Chinese entities that it says are…
UN rights chief urges Australia to overhaul detention policies
SYDNEY, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN’s top rights official urgedAustralia to reform its criminal and refugee detention systems on…
US judge orders Pres Trump to hand over eight years of tax returns
NEW YORK, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A judge has ordered US President Donald Trump to hand over eight years of his…
US Pres Trump threatens to ‘obliterate’ Turkish economy if Turkey goes over limit over Syria border
WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) —President Donald Trump has threatened to destroy Turkey’s economy if Turkey goes “off limits” after his surprise decision…
Italy: 13 women drown as migrant boat capsizes off Lampedusa
Survivors were taken ashore at Lampedusa after their ordeal ROME, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) —At least 13 women, some of them pregnant, drowned…