OTTAWA: The prime minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, has appointed Lt Gen Jennie Carignan as the chief of the defense staff. This is for the first time in the history of Canada that a woman has been posted to the top position of the armed forces. Gen Carignan will take charge of the office on […]
NEW YORK: Donald Trump became the first U.S. president to be convicted of a crime when a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying documents to cover up a payment to silence a porn star ahead of the 2016 election. After two days of deliberation, the 12-member jury pronounced Trump guilty on all 34
SYDNEY (Reuters): More than 300 people and over 1,100 houses were buried by a massive landslide that levelled a remote village in northern Papua New Guinea, local media reported on Saturday. Hundreds are feared dead in the landslide that hit Kaokalam village in Enga Province, about 600 km (370 miles) northwest of capital Port Moresby,
SINGAPORE (Reuters): More than 140 passengers and crew from a Singapore Airlines flight hit by heavy turbulence that left dozens injured and one dead finally reached Singapore on a relief flight Wednesday morning after an emergency landing in Bangkok. The scheduled London-Singapore flight on a Boeing (BA.N) 777-300ER plane diverted to Bangkok after the plane
THE HAGUE (Reuters): Israel defended the military necessity of its Gaza offensive at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and asked judges to throw out a request by South Africa to order it to halt operations in Rafah and withdraw from the Palestinian territory. Israeli Justice Ministry official Gilad Noam called South Africa\’s case, which
