Gulf Crisis Could Hit Qatar 2022
The diplomatic crisis sweeping the Gulf could invigorate a campaign by critics of Qatar to strip Doha of the 2022 World Cup, experts said Monday. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain,...
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Arab Countries Cut Links With Qatar
Six Arab countries including Saudi Arabia and Egypt have cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of destabilising the region. They say Qatar backs militant groups including so-called Islamic...
Woman Seeks Support To Fly Her Dogs To UK From Ghana
A Woman from the United Kingdom, Yvonne Bannister is seeking support to enable her fly her two dogs to the UK from Ghana. According to Yvonne the dogs gave her “a little bit of home” when she...
UAE’s Etihad To Suspend Flights To Qatar
Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways said Monday it would suspend flights to Qatar after the United Arab Emirates was among major Gulf states to sever ties with Doha in an unprecedented regional crisis. Etihad...
Four Countries Cut Links With Doha
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates have cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of destabilising the region. They say Qatar backs terrorist groups including Islamic State...
Court Frees Daughter of S. Korea ‘Rasputin’
The daughter of South Korea's "Rasputin", whose lavish lifestyle in Europe saw her caught up in the country's snowballing influence-peddling scandal, was freed Saturday after being extradited from...
Margaret Court Blames Gay Conspiracy For Tennis Stadium Row
Tennis great Margaret Court on Friday claimed a gay conspiracy from America was behind calls to strip her name from one of the Australian Open stadiums, after a furore over her views on...
Taiwan Acquits Two Over Deadly 2014 TransAsia Crash
Two air traffic control officers accused of causing a plane crash in Taiwan that killed 49 people in 2014, the island's worst air disaster for a decade, were acquitted Friday. The TransAsia Airways...
Vietnam and US Sign New Deals Worth $8 Billion
The US has agreed deals worth $8 billion with Vietnam - including a massive engine contract with a Vietnamese budget carrier famed for its bikini-clad air hostesses. The deals were announced during a...
Groupe Nduom Week Opens In London
Groupe Nduom, a multi-national company of Ghanaian and American origin on Monday May 29, 2017, started a programme to introduce the products and services of some of its subsidiaries to consumers in...
US Returns Criminal Suspect To China
The US returned a fugitive to China Thursday, the Ministry of Public Security said, in what appears to be the first such instance of cooperation between the two countries since the election of Donald...
Navratilova Blasts ‘sick and Dangerous’ Court Comments
Tennis great Martina Navratilova slammed "sick and dangerous" comments by Australia's Margaret Court that the sport was "full of lesbians" and transgender child were the result of a Nazi-style plot....
Vietnam and US Sign New Deals Worth $8 Billion
Vietnam and the US have signed $8 billion in deals, including a massive engine contract with a Vietnamese budget carrier famed for its bikini-clad air hostesses, officials said. The deals were...
Taiwan Backlash Over Emirates Flag Ban
Emirates, the Middle East's largest airline, faced fierce criticism in Taiwan Wednesday after it reportedly banned cabin crew from wearing the island's flag on their uniforms due to pressure from...
Equestran Daughter, 20, of South Korea’s ‘Rasputin’ Faces Questioning
The equestrian daughter of South Korea's 'Rasputin', whose lavish lifestyle in Europe was allegedly funded by millions of dollars in bribes, returned home today to face questioning. Chung Yoo-Ra is...
Daughter of S. Korea’s ‘Rasputin’ Returns To Face Questioning
The equestrian daughter of South Korea's "Rasputin", whose lavish lifestyle in Europe was allegedly funded by millions of dollars in bribes, returned home Wednesday to face questioning by...
Margaret Court Says Tennis Is ‘full of Lesbians’
Australian great Margaret Court Wednesday claimed "tennis is full of lesbians" and transgender children were the work of "the devil", adding fuel to a simmering row over her views on homosexuality....
Taiwan Backlash Over Emirates Flag Ban
Emirates, the Middle East's largest airline, faced fierce criticism in Taiwan Wednesday after it reportedly banned cabin crew from wearing the island's flag on their uniforms due to pressure from...
Passenger Plane Overshoots Runway In Eastern Indonesia
A Indonesian passenger plane carrying 146 people skidded off the runway as it landed in the eastern Papua region Wednesday, an official said, the latest mishap to hit the country's aviation sector....
Daughter of S. Korea’s ‘Rasputin’ Arrested On Plane
The daughter of the woman at the centre of a corruption scandal that led to the ousting of South Korea's president was arrested by prosecutors on a plane bound for Seoul, reports said Wednesday....