ALEXANDRIA, Virginia: President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced on Thursday by a US judge to less than four years in prison — far shy of federal sentencing guidelines — for financial crimes uncovered during Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 election.US District Judge T.S. Ellis imposed…
MANILA, Philippines: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Thursday that China should define its “so-called ownership” in the disputed South China Sea so other claimant countries can start to gain benefits from the resource-rich waters.Mahathir stressed the importance of freedom of navigation in the busy waterway, saying in an interview with ABS-CBN News Channel in…
NEW DELHI: India’s main opposition Congress party has demanded an investigation against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the multibillion-dollar purchase of Rafale jets from the French company, Dassault Aviation. It follows fresh revelations by The Hindu newspaper about the purchase. “It’s a blatant case of corruption,” Rahul Gandhi, Congress president, said in a press conference…
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Sabeha Sheikh was not thinking about her headscarf or burqa as she sat through a journalism workshop at Gomal University in the northwestern Pakistani town of Dera Ismail Khan in April last year. But a remark from the teacher, that girls in burqas could not be good journalists, led her to question…
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Sabeha Sheikh was not thinking about her headscarf or burqa as she sat through a journalism workshop at Gomal University in the northwestern Pakistani town of Dera Ismail Khan in April last year. But a remark from the teacher, that girls in burqas could not be good journalists, led her to question…
SEOUL: Park Ju-yeon, a 17-year-old high school student, has complained of nightmares for a long time, ever since she was molested by a teacher three years ago when she was in middle school. At the time, she appealed in vain to the school and police for help. Today, she says she’s willing to take the…
MANILA, Philippines: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Thursday that China should define its “so-called ownership” in the disputed South China Sea so other claimant countries can start to gain benefits from the resource-rich waters.Mahathir stressed the importance of freedom of navigation in the busy waterway, saying in an interview with ABS-CBN News Channel in…
MANILA, Philippines: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Thursday that China should define its “so-called ownership” in the disputed South China Sea so other claimant countries can start to gain benefits from the resource-rich waters.Mahathir stressed the importance of freedom of navigation in the busy waterway, saying in an interview with ABS-CBN News Channel in…
KABUL: Several rockets were fired on Thursday at a gathering of members of the Shiite Muslim Hazara minority in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing at least one person and wounding several. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but over the years Hazaras have been repeatedly attacked by Sunni Muslim militant groups such as the…
KABUL: Several rockets were fired on Thursday at a gathering of members of the Shiite Muslim Hazara minority in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing at least one person and wounding several. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but over the years Hazaras have been repeatedly attacked by Sunni Muslim militant groups such as the…
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s former campaign chief Paul Manafort faces potentially spending the rest of his life behind bars when a judge sentences him on Thursday for tax crimes and bank fraud.Manafort, who turns 70 in April, was convicted by a Virginia jury in August of five counts of filing false income tax returns,…
JAMMU, India: Eighteen people were injured on Thursday when a grenade exploded at a bus stop in the Indian city of Jammu, in the restive state of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. “It seems that the grenade was lobbed from outside (the premises) and it rolled under the bus and caused injuries to approximately 18…
JAMMU, India: Eighteen people were injured on Thursday when a grenade exploded at a bus stop in the Indian city of Jammu, in the restive state of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. “It seems that the grenade was lobbed from outside (the premises) and it rolled under the bus and caused injuries to approximately 18…
HONG KONG: The case of a Filipino domestic worker in Hong Kong who was sacked after being diagnosed with cervical cancer — leaving her without health care — shines a light on the exploitation of tens of thousands of foreign women who toil as maids in the wealthy city.A single mother of five, Baby Jane…
HONG KONG: The case of a Filipino domestic worker in Hong Kong who was sacked after being diagnosed with cervical cancer — leaving her without health care — shines a light on the exploitation of tens of thousands of foreign women who toil as maids in the wealthy city.A single mother of five, Baby Jane…
US Senator McSally, an Air Force veteran, says she was raped by a superior officer WASHINGTON: US Senator Martha McSally, the first female combat pilot in the US Air Force, said on Wednesday she had been raped by a superior officer but did not report it because she blamed herself and did not trust the…
MADRID: Women’s rights have taken center stage in election campaigns for Spain’s left- and right-wing parties as International Women’s Day approaches even as ultra-conservative groups hit back at what they dub “radical feminism.”Unions, feminist associations and left-wing parties have called for a work stoppage for two hours on March 8, hoping to recreate the strike…
SHENZHEN, CHINA: Chinese telecom giant Huawei said Thursday it was suing the United States for barring government agencies from buying the telecom company’s equipment and services.Huawei said the suit was filed in a US District Court in Plano, Texas, challenging a 2019 US defense bill that prevents US government agencies from buying Huawei equipment and…
MELBOURNE: Convicted Australian Cardinal George Pell faced a fresh legal challenge Thursday, after a civil suit was filed against him for further alleged abuse in the 1970s.Pell — the most senior Vatican official to be found guilty of child sex crimes — is currently in detention awaiting sentencing for assaulting two choirboys in Melbourne in…
MELBOURNE: Convicted Australian Cardinal George Pell faced a fresh legal challenge Thursday, after a civil suit was filed against him for further alleged abuse in the 1970s.Pell — the most senior Vatican official to be found guilty of child sex crimes — is currently in detention awaiting sentencing for assaulting two choirboys in Melbourne in…
