Putin says US missile shield a ‘great danger’

More than 190 missing after Indonesia ferry sinks

Distraught relatives slammed Indonesia’s government for not enforcing basic safety measures on passenger boats and pleaded Wednesday for a bigger search effort for more than 190 people missing since a?ferry sank on a picturesque Sumatran lake?early this week. The wooden vessel, overcrowded with passengers as well as dozens of motorbikes, didn’t have a manifest and disaster officials have several times raised the number of people it was carrying as family members who rushed to Lake Toba in northe

20 Jun, 2018

Julie Bishop replaced by Marise Payne as Australian Foreign Minister

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced his new ministry with former defence minister Marise Payne replacing Julie Bishop who announced she would quit as Foreign Affairs Minister, ABC News reported. The former deputy Liberal leader said she will stay on as an MP. Mr Morrison’s other challenger for the leadership, Peter Dutton, will keep his job as Home Affairs Minister but it has been split to separate Immigration, with that job going to David Coleman. “David has a keen underst

26 Aug, 2018

Maldives opposition slams decision by Elections Commission

The Joint Opposition in the Maldives condemned the Maldives Elections Commission in the strongest possible terms, after the Elections Commission announced that all political leaders, apart from President Yameen, are banned from contesting the presidential elections, due to be held later this year. The Elections Commission made the announcement yesterday.?The Joint Opposition said that the Elections Commission had warned political parties, saying that would prevent party primaries from taking pl

21 May, 2018