United States poultry exports to China are projected to exceed 1 billion dollars annually as a result of Beijing’s decision to lift a ban on poultry imports from the U.S., the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) said. The U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said in a statement on Thursday that the U.S. welcomed China’s decision to […]

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he ruled out dropping the purchase of a Russian missile defence system in a meeting with the American President, Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday. “It is out of the question that we abandon the S-400 and turn to the Patriot,” Erdogan told reporters on his flight […]

Mexico’s decades-long history of sheltering political exiles was thrust into the spotlight this week as Bolivia’s Evo Morales was granted asylum and flown to the Mexican capital on Tuesday morning in a government plane amid fears his safety was at risk at home. Morales, who declared victory in a widely disputed presidential election last month […]

Police said Monroe had his infant son, Yaseem Jenkins, in the car with him when he attempted to buy drugs with counterfeit money on Oct. 19. The alleged drug dealer became upset and opened fire, striking the baby four times, the Associated Press reported. The child was shot once in head, once in the chest and twice in the buttocks. 

French President Emmanuel Macron’s ambitious reform agenda is facing turbulence amid student protests and planned strikes in hospitals and public transport. Some 70 medical directors in the Paris public health system took to the columns of newspaper Le Monde on Wednesday to warn that France’s public health system was collapsing. ALSO READ: Pakistan’s opposition to ramp […]

United States President Donald Trump welcomes Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the White House on Wednesday amidst tensions over Ankara’s incursion into Syria and its purchase of a Russian air defence system. They meet a month after Turkey launched an offensive in north-eastern Syria, which was green-lighted by Trump but triggered a furious backlash in […]

The system will make it easier for tourists to enter the country, thanks to the online capture of visa applications and biometric information, the department said.

Bolivia’s former leader Evo Morales landed in Mexico on Tuesday pledging to keep up his political “fight”, as security forces back home quelled unrest over the leftist’s resignation and the country sought an interim replacement to fill a power vacuum. Morales thanked Mexico for “saving his life” as he arrived to take up asylum in […]

South Africa will start the piloting process for an online e-visa system later this month in a fresh bid to attract more tourists, according to the Department of Home Affairs (DHA). This new electronic self-service solution system will speedily facilitate the movement of low-risk travellers, according to the department. The system will make it easier […]

An evil mother and her half-brother have been jailed for life for murdering their two sons and trying to kill four other children they had through an incestuous relationship. Sarah Barrass and her half-brother Brandon Machin had six children together but tried to kill them all rather than hand the youngsters over to the care […]

A domestic flight in India was delayed for nearly 12 hours after a rat was spotted scampering around the aircraft, news reports and officials said on Tuesday. Air India flight AI-952 was preparing for take-off from the southern city of Hyderabad for Vishakapatnam, a coastal city, early on Sunday, when the rodent was seen running […]

Bolivia’s former president, Evo Morales, was flying to Mexico on Tuesday after fleeing his South American homeland, seeking refuge under a leftist government that has supported the veteran socialist in the wake of a disputed election. Bolivia’s first indigenous president came under Mexico’s protection after he departed Bolivia late on Monday on a Mexican Air […]

Dozens of people are dead or badly injured after two busy trains crashed in an early-morning collision in Bangladesh. Passengers described how the trains were ripped to shreds in the crash that claimed the lives of at least 16 people at 3am. Three coaches were sent crashing off the tracks at Mondobhag station in the […]

An elephant named after the late Al-Qaeda terror leader Osama bin Laden that killed five Indian villagers has been caught after a massive operation to hunt down the creature. Wildlife officers tracked the pachyderm – dubbed ‘Laden’ by the locals it menaced in northeastern Assam state – through a forest for several days using drones […]

The Netherlands must endeavor to repatriate 56 Dutch children born to 23 Dutch women who had joined the ISIS (Islamic State) in Syria, a court ruled here on Monday