KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s former leader Mahathir Mohamad launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Najib Razak today, saying democracy in the country is dead and that he should be questioned by police about the country’s troubled state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad. Najib has been under growing pressure over accusations ofRead More

KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani lambasted neighbouring Pakistan today over a recent wave of insurgent attacks in the capital Kabul that killed at least 56 people. “The last few days have shown that suicide bomber training camps and bomb-producing factories which are killing our people are as active as beforeRead More

ATHENS: Greece and its creditors were to continue talks today after marathon discussions late into the night, with both sides indicating that the terms of a third bailout were close to being finalised. The finance and economy ministers, Euclid Tsakalotos and Giorgos Stathakis, were back at the negotiating table withRead More

WASHINGTON: In her 2008 bid for the White House, Hillary Clinton cast herself as a blue-collar Democrat who was unabashedly pro-coal, a stance that helped her beat opponent Barack Obama easily in primaries in states that produced or were reliant on coal. Eight years later, a Reuters review of herRead More

KABUL: A suicide car bomber struck near the entrance of Kabul’s international airport today during the peak lunchtime period, officials said, warning that heavy casualties were expected. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, which follows a wave of lethal bombings in the Afghan capital on Friday as theRead More

Chennai, August 10: In fresh trouble for former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran, the Madras High Court on Monday cancelled his interim anticipatory bail in the alleged illegal telephone exchange case and directed him to surrender before the CBI within three days. “…interim anticipatory bail is cancelled,” Justice S Vaidhyananthan said whileRead More

New Delhi, August 10: Amid continuous disruptions in the Rajya Sabha, the BJP today accused the Congress of adopting a “hit-and-run policy” by not allowing the government to speak on the allegations it was raising in the House. “They (Congress) said whatever they have to say in the Rajya Sabha, butRead More

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to direct officials at Indian embassies in Bahrain and Qatar to arrange transportation of a fisherman’s body to the state. Fisherman Antony Arun Anish was shot dead by sea pirates on August 6. In a letter toRead More

NEW DELHI: Call off the protests or you’re on your own, Mulayam Singh Yadav, an important constituent of the Opposition, warned the Congress today, as the party continued disruptions that prevented parliament from getting to work. Mr Yadav, 75, heads the Samajwadi Party, which has expressed solidarity with the CongressRead More

NEW DELHI: The Congress today accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being “soft” on tainted cricket boss Lalit Modi, who is wanted in India in corruption cases related to the Indian Premier League or IPL that he launched. In support of his allegation, the Congress’s Kapil Sibal furnished what heRead More