Trump says envoys taking plan to ‘end the war’ to Moscow, Kyiv
US President Donald Trump said Friday that he was sending envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff to Moscow and Kyiv with a proposal to end the four-year-old Ukraine war.
Trump says U.S. does not have to use military against Iran
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the U.S. did not necessarily have to use its military power against Iran.
Retaliatory Missile: Iran appears to be standing down, says Trump
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that Iran appeared to be “standing down’’ after retaliatory missile attacks on military bases accommodating U.S. forces in Iraq on Tuesday evening.
U.S. election: Facebook to give users some control over political ads
Facebook Inc said on Thursday, ahead of the U.S. presidential election that it was making some changes to its approach to political ads, including allowing users to turn off certain ad-targeting tools. However, the updates stop far short of critics’ demands and what rival companies have pledged to do. The world’s biggest social network has […]
Ethiopia passes gun control law to tackle surge in violence
Ethiopia’s parliament passed legislation on Thursday aimed at curbing gun ownership after a surge in regional ethnic violence blamed on the proliferation of small arms in private hands. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government said last April that it had seized 21 machine guns, more than 33,000 handguns, 275 rifles and 300,000 bullets in different parts […]
Samsung sets up anti-corruption panel as chief faces trials
South Korea’s Samsung Group, whose leader faces trials over a bribery scandal involving former president Park Geun-Hye, has appointed external experts to a new oversight panel to stamp out criminal conduct, the chief of the committee said on Thursday. The move came after a judge overseeing Samsung leader Jay Y. Lee’s bribery case in October […]
