Circulation of petition follows tried and tested model for government goals seeming to have grassroots support A petition demanding that Egypt’s president, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, remain in power beyond his two-term limit is circulating within Egyptian institutions and among pro-state figures. A photograph of the petition was provided to the ... Read More »
China vows to retaliate over US tariffs ‘blackmail’ as trade war escalates
Trump administration reportedly considering additional tariffs on $200bn worth of Chinese goods China has accused the US of “blackmail” as the Trump administration considers more than doubling its proposed tariffs on Chinese goods amid an escalating trade war. President Donald Trump is reportedly considering upping his proposed tariffs on $200bn ... Read More »
Jeremy Hunt calls on France and Germany to stop no-deal Brexit, insisting Theresa May will not ‘blink’
Appeal comes as Emmanuel Macron invites the prime minister to urgent talks at his holiday retreat Jeremy Hunt has called on France and Germany to intervene to prevent the UK crashing out of the EU with no deal, insisting Theresa May will not “blink”. The foreign secretary appealed to the ... Read More »
North Korea: US ‘detects new activity’ at ICBM factory
Photos and infrared imaging indicate vehicles moving in and out of the facility at Sanumdong North Korea has pressed ahead with construction at the factory that produced the country’s first intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the US, despite ongoing negotiations over the fate of its nuclear and missile programs. ... Read More »
India effectively strips 4m people of their citizenship in northern Assam region
Government claims that hundreds of thousands of people illegally entered country from neighbouring Bangladesh since 1971 India has effectively stripped 4 million people from the state of Assam of their citizenship. The state has a National Register of Citizens (NRC), which includes the names of all those who can prove ... Read More »
Trump says he’ll meet with Iran leaders with ‘no preconditions’
The statements come after Mr Trump exchanged hostile warnings with Iranian leadership earlier this month President Donald Trump has said that he would meet with the leaders of Iran without preconditions “whenever they want”. “I would certainly meet with Iran if they wanted to meet,” Mr Trump said during an ... Read More »
Trump blasts back after Times publisher decries ‘enemy of the people’ attacks
-President and Sulzberger each say other is damaging America -Rhetoric also criticized by Washington Post’s Marty Baron Hours after saying he had a “very good meeting” with the publisher of the New York Times about his labelling the press the “enemy of the people”, Donald Trump launched a blistering attack ... Read More »
Zimbabwe election: polls open in first vote since Robert Mugabe’s removal
Election pits 75-year-old president Emmerson Mnangagwa against 40-year-old Nelson Chamisa Polls have opened in Zimbabwe’s first election since the removal of former president Robert Mugabe, a watershed vote that will determine the former British colony’s future for decades. The election pits 75-year-old president Emmerson Mnangagwa, a long-time Mugabe ally, against ... Read More »
Cambodian PM’s party claims all election seats, opposition sees ‘death of democracy’
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) said on Monday it had won all 125 parliamentary seats up for grabs in a general election a day earlier that critics said was neither free nor fair. “The CPP won 77.5 percent of the votes and won all the parliamentary ... Read More »
UK’s new foreign minister in China for first overseas visit
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt will meet his Chinese counterpart in Beijing on Monday to discuss cooperation between the two countries on his first major overseas trip since he replaced Boris Johnson earlier this month. Hunt and Wang Yi, China’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, are expected to discuss free trade, ... Read More »