Amid hacking row, pressure builds on Trump to soften pro-Russia rhetoric
WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald Trump is finding himself caught between his desire to improve relations with Russia and fellow Republicans who are pushing for a harsher response to what American…
Australian police say they are helping with 1MDB investigations
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) say they are working with international law enforcement agencies to investigate companies associated with Malaysia’s scandal-hit sovereign wealth fund. 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), founded by…
Gambia minister defects amid political impasse
DAKAR – Gambia’s communication minister, Sheriff Bojang, said on Monday he had left his post in the first high-profile Cabinet defection since President Yahya Jammeh refused to accept losing a…
Migrants battle freezing temperatures and cold shoulder at Hungarian border
Dozens of Asian, Afghan and Pakistani migrants, some with children, are camping out in makeshift tents in temperatures as low as minus 20 degrees Celsius on Serbia’s northern border, waiting…
Ivory Coast PM resigns in move delayed by army mutiny
Ivory Coast Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan has resigned and dissolved the government, a move that had been expected following elections last month but which was delayed two days by…
Pope condemns radical Islamist attacks as “homicidal madness”
VATICAN CITY, ROME – Pope Francis has condemned militant Islamist violence as “homicidal madness” and said leaders should improve social conditions that serve as fertile ground for fundamentalism and radicalisation. Before…
Suspects arrested in France over Kardashian robbery – reports
PARIS – Several people have been arrested and some held for questioning by police in France in connection with the robbery of reality TV star Kim Kardashian in Paris last…
Health Minister Sussan Ley’s expenses scandal an embarrassing start to 2017 for Australia’s embattled PM
Federal health minister Sussan Ley has stepped down temporarily on Monday to allow auditors to scour her expense accounts after she bought an investment apartment while on a work trip, an…
Tet celebrations kick off in St Albans, Melbourne
On Sunday, Melbourne’s north-western suburb of St Albans hosted the first of Melbourne’s five annual Lunar New Year Festivals. The event last year attracted over 70,000 visitors to St Albans.…
N. Korea says can test-launch ICBM at any time – official news agency
SEOUL – North Korea has declared it could test-launch an intercontinental ballistic missile at any time from any location set by leader Kim Jong Un, saying a hostile US policy…
