Day: September 18, 2019

Will Trump's mishandling of records leave a hole in history?

Trump to deliver major address on religious freedom: White House

9:28 am September 18, 2019

Washington : US President Donald Trump will deliver a major address on religious freedom next week in New York in which he will call on the international community to take concrete steps to prevent attacks against people on the basis of their religious beliefs, the White House has said. Trump will host and provide keynote […]

Rights group says Bolsonaro gives ‘green light’ to Amazon illegal loggers

9:15 am September 18, 2019

Sao Paulo: Human Rights Watch has accused Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro of giving a “green light” to illegal loggers to destroy the Amazon and failing to protect those defending the world’s largest rain forest. Bolsonaro, whose anti-environment rhetoric and policies have been widely blamed for a spike in fires and land clearing in the Amazon this […]

Determined Hong Kong protesters head home before tense anniversaries

Hong Kong activists appeal to US lawmakers to help movement

9:12 am September 18, 2019

Washington: Activists involved in the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong have appealed to US lawmakers to support their fight by banning the export of American police equipment that is used against demonstrators and by more closely monitoring Chinese efforts to undermine civil liberties in the city. The activists, including several young people who have emerged […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

29 bodies found in plastic bags in Mexico mass grave

9:06 am September 18, 2019

Guadalajara (Mexico) : Mexican forensics experts have found at least 29 bodies stuffed in 119 plastic bags that were dumped in the bottom of a well outside the western city of Guadalajara, officials have said. Experts have been working to establish how many victims are in the mass grave since it was discovered earlier this […]

Pentagon sending reinforcements to Gulf following attacks in Saudi

Saudi Arabia: Half of daily production recovered post-attack

8:56 am September 18, 2019

Dubai: Saudi Arabia’s energy minister has said that more than half of the country’s daily crude oil production that was knocked out by an attack had been recovered and that production capacity at its targeted plants would be fully restored by the end of the month. “Where would you find a company in this whole […]