UN to investigate Saudi Arabia's human rights record

Published On: November 5, 2018 12:30 PM NPT By: Agencies

Saudi Arabia faces international condemnation for its apparent murder of Jamal Khashoggi and its ongoing war in Yemen. The UK and the US are reportedly working on a joint resolution to end hostilities.

Goldman Sachs: Brent to hit $80 before year-end

Published On: November 4, 2018 06:05 PM NPT By: Agencies

WASHINGTON DC, Nov 4: Oil prices have fallen around 15 percent over the past month, and concerns about oversupply have rushed back. OPEC and the US are both adding enormous volumes of fresh supply, threatening to create a bear market for crude.

PAKISTAN, Nov 4: The husband of a Christian Pakistani woman who spent eight years on death row after being accused of blasphemy has asked Theresa May to grant them asylum in Britain.

S. Korean, U.S. to resume marine exercise

Published On: November 4, 2018 01:31 PM NPT By: Agencies

SEOUL, Nov. 4: South Korea and the United States will this week resume battalion-level marine exercises that have been suspended as part of efforts to help facilitate a detente with North Korea, Seoul military officials said Sunday.

Saudi-led coalition airstrikes destroy UK aid in Yemen

Published On: November 4, 2018 12:00 PM NPT By: Agencies

YEMEN, Nov 4: The Saudi-led coalition struck aid projects funded by Oxfam in Yemen, reports revealed, as international pressure to end the deadly conflict continued to mount.

LAKE HALLIE, Nov 4: A pickup truck lurched off a road in western Wisconsin Saturday and hit a group of Girl Scouts picking up trash in a ditch, leaving three girls and one adult dead and critically injuring a fourth girl, police said.

WASHINGTON DC, Nov 3: Twelve Honduran migrants are getting a head start on becoming US citizens by embracing that most American of pastimes: the lawsuit. They are suing the Trump administration for violating their Fifth Amendment due process rights.

SEOUL, Nov 3: North Korea has warned it could revive a state policy aimed at strengthening its nuclear arsenal if the United States does not lift economic sanctions against the country.

3 dead, including shooter, at Florida yoga studio

Published On: November 3, 2018 10:42 AM NPT By: Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE, Nov 3: A gunman killed two people and wounded five others at a yoga studio in Florida’s capital before killing himself Friday evening, officials said.

Yemen girl who became symbol of humanitarian crisis dies at 7

Published On: November 2, 2018 04:40 PM NPT By: Agencies

Amal Hussain died in a refugee camp on Thursday after suffering severe malnutrition, her family told The New York Times