Trump plays the good salesman, wants Japan to buy US weapons to shoot North Korean missiles “out of the sky”
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Japan would shoot North Korean missiles “out of the sky” if it bought the U.S. weaponry needed for doing so, suggesting Tokyo…
Trump: Texas shooting ‘mental health problem at highest level’
November 6,2017 U.S. President Donald Trump has called a deadly shooting incident at a church in the state of Texas a “mental health problem at the highest level.” “It’s a…
11 Saudi princes accused of bribery, embezzlement, money laundering -official
November 6,2017 An official has said that bribery, embezzlement, money laundering and abuse of power are among accusations leveled against 11 Saudi princes. The official said that the 11 princes,…
Trump says stands with Japan against N. Korean menace, working on trade
November 6, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said America stood with ally Japan against the North Korean “menace”. Speaking after a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe…
CNPC plans to cut gas supplies to industrial users
November 6, 2017 China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) plans to reduce natural gas supplies to industrial users, official sources told Media on Monday. It expects supply shortages this winter after…
Very soon, you can tell if your president is a liar: Africa Check to launch tool
Africa Check, an independent fact-checking organisation launched in 2012, says it wants to build a promise tracker; the African Election Promise Tracker that will help citizens hold their presidents and…
Mugabe may appoint wife Deputy President next month
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is set to appoint a woman deputy after a special ruling party congress next month, the first lady said on Saturday and added that there was…
US withdraws from EITI as implementing nation, Senators blast Trump
The United States has withdrawn as an implementing country from the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), an international effort to fight corruption in managing revenues from oil, gas and mineral…
Convicted vice president of Equatorial Guinea, Obiang, bought a house in Paris for $93 million
A French court last week convicted Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, the vice president of Equatorial Guinea and son of the president, of embezzling public money and spending it on himself….
When money talks…US approves $1.1bn arms deal with Qatar despite Gulf crisis
The United States government on Wednesday approved a $1.1 billion deal to service Qatar’s F-15 fighter jets despite the diplomatic stand-off between the Gulf emirate and its neighbors, reports the…