June 29, 2016
President Obama Set to Visit Orlando Following Mass Shooting
Following the worst mass shooting in American history and the deadliest attack in the United States since 9/11, President Obama and Vice President Biden travelled earlier to Orlando today to meet with the families of victims and first responders in…
June 29, 2016
Significant damage to Syrian airbase by Russian forces
New satellite imagery appears to reveal extensive damage to a strategically significant airbase in central Syria used by Russian forces after an attack by so-called Islamic State (IS). Four helicopters and 20 lorries were destroyed in a series of…
June 29, 2016
Google’s Paris HQ raided in tax probe
French finance officials have raided the Paris offices of US internet giant Google as part of a tax fraud investigation. Reports say about 100 tax officials entered Google's offices in central Paris early in the morning. Police sources confirmed the…
June 29, 2016
Bank Linked to 1MDB Scandal Probed in Singapore, Switzerland
Singapore is ordering Swiss bank BSI, which has been linked to a money-laundering scandal at Malaysia's state fund 1MDB, to shut down its local branch. The Singapore central bank said it is the first time in 32 years it's withdrawing a license from…
June 29, 2016
At Least 12 Dead, 50 Injured in Jade Mining Landslide in Myanmar
A landslide in northern Myanmar's jade mining region Tuesday killed at least 12 people and injured about 50 others, witnesses and officials said. Volunteer rescuer Naw Li told The Associated Press by telephone that 12 bodies have been recovered “but…
May 2, 2016
North Korea Preparing New Medium Range Missile Launch
South Korea's Yonhap news agency says North Korea is preparing a second launch of a new, powerful mid-range missile capable of reaching U.S. military installations in the Pacific. Yonhap says it learned from an unidentified government official that…
May 2, 2016
China was Largest Market for Panama Papers Law Firm
Still on the Panama Papers but this time in China! A massive data leak from a Panamanian firm has revealed that from relatives of the founding father of the People's Republic of China, Mao Zedong, to current leader Xi Jinping, offshore holdings are…
May 2, 2016
Putin denies Panama Papers’ claims of corruption in inner circle
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday denied any "element of corruption" after the Panama Papers claimed his cellist friend Sergei Roldugin ran a $2-billion offshore empire, adding that his own name is not in the documents. Putin also claimed…
April 27, 2016
Punishing Heat Wave Sets Records Across Asia
Record-high temperatures and severe drought are causing misery for hundreds of millions of people in Asia. “In Southeast Asia this heat wave joins the historical ones of 1960, 1983 and 1998, but as for duration, intensity and affected area it is…
April 27, 2016
Belgium Extradites Paris Attacker
Belgium has extradited Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam to face trial in France. He was wounded and arrested in a dramatic raid in Brussels on 18 March after four months on the run. The 26-year- old French national was born in Brussels and lived…