News Desk

Washington, May 2 (AFP/APP):Donald Trump vented fury at protesters outside the White House in 2020, saying “Can’t you just shoot them?” according to then defense secretary Mark Esper in book excerpts released Monday. Esper wrote that he sat in the Oval Office with “the president […]

Yerevan, May 2 (AFP/APP): Opposition parties in Armenia on Monday staged protests to demand Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s resign over his policy on the long-contested region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Arch-foe Caucasus neighbours Armenia and Azerbaijan have been locked in a dispute since the 1990s over the […]

Beijing, May 2 (AFP/APP): One person was pulled out alive Monday from the rubble of a building that collapsed three days ago in central China, state-run television said, with hopes of finding more survivors fading fast. The commercial building in Changsha city, Hunan province — […]

Addis Ababa, May 2 (AFP/APP): Ethiopian police using tear gas briefly clashed with young Muslims in Addis Ababa on Monday during prayers to mark the end of Ramadan, AFP reporters saw. The incident occurred outside the international stadium in the heart of the capital, where […]