Category: Global News
US names 10 prescription drugs subject to price negotiations
Move is expected to cut costs for some patients but faces lawsuits from drugmakers and heavy criticism from Republicans.
‘Indian hostility’ looms over Asia Cup’s stripped-back hosts Pakistan
Pakistan gets set to host just four of 13 matches of the regional cricket tournament after India's refusal to tour.
Why are Syrians protesting in Sweida?
Anti-government protests continue for a second week in government-controlled Sweida.
Taiwan warns of surge in tensions as Chinese fighter jets cross median line
Defence ministry reports renewed Chinese military activity crossing sensitive median line of Taiwan Strait.
Why Nepal’s Supreme Court is wrong on child marriages and rape
The court has effectively diluted the concept of statutory rape and could end up encouraging child marriages.
Fourteen dead after militiamen attack village in northeast DR Congo
Violence has been surging across eastern DRC, where conflict has flared for decades.
UN says hundreds of thousands trafficked into SE Asia online scam centres
The fast-growing scam centres are generating billions of US dollars in revenue each year, the report said.
Eminem tells Republican Ramaswamy to stop using his music in campaign
Rapper makes demand after video of US presidential candidate performing Eminem's Lose Yourself goes viral.
Iraq executes three for 2016 ISIL blast that killed hundreds
One of the deadliest attacks to ever hit Iraq killed 323 people who were in a shopping area in 2016.
Widespread UK air travel disruption to last for days, minister says
By Monday afternoon, 232 flights due to leave UK airports and 271 arriving flights had been reportedly cancelled.