HAGUE: China has lost a key international legal case over strategic reefs and atolls that it claims would give it control over disputed waters of the South China Sea. The judgment by an international tribunal in The Hague is overwhelmingly in favour of claims by the Philippines and will increase global diplomatic pressure on Beijing […]
ISTANBUL: A triple suicide bombing at Istanbul’s international airport left 41 people dead, 13 of them foreign nationals, and 239 wounded. A Turkish official said five of the dead were from Saudi Arabia, two were from Iraq, and one from Tunisia, Uzbekistan, China, Iran, Ukraine and Jordan. No one has claimed today’s attack yet but […]
Lionel Messi, Argentina’s all-time goal scorer and the five-time FIFA World Player of the Year, has announced his retirement from international football after Argentina lost
to Chile in the final of the Copa America.
London: Britain has decided to leave the European Union, administering the biggest shock to its currency and the world market in a single day.
Final results of the referendum:
Leave: 51.9%, or 17,410,742 votes
Remain: 48.1%, or 16,141,241 votes
LONDON: Following The Queen’s 90th Birthday Celebration at Windsor Castle last month, June will see three more major events to mark The Queen’s birthday. These events are a televised church service at St Paul’s on 10 June, The Queen’s official birthday and Trooping the Colour on 11 June, and The Patron’s Lunch Street Party on […]
BEIJING: President Pranab Mukherjee emphasised the need for comprehensively resolving challenges including the boundary question through “political acumen” and “civilisational wisdom”. Delivering a lecture at the elite Peking University, Mukherjee noted that there is bipartisan commitment to strengthening partnership with China, and said political understanding between the two countries is vital for “closer developmental partnership”. […]
Dubai: Chikku Robert (28), a Malayali nurse Badr al Samaa Hospital, was found dead with deep wounds at her flat in Salalah in Dubai. She was pregnant. Chikku is a native of Karukutty in Angamaly. It is suspected that she was stabbed to death when she resisted a robbery attempt. Her husband Linson […]