Category: POLITICS

Putin hosts 36 world leaders to display Russia’s diplomatic clout

Russian President Vladimir Putin, ostracized by the west and labelled a possible war criminal by the international criminal court, has played host to 36 world leaders from nations including China, India and Iran as part of a summit of the Brics group designed to display Moscow as anything but isolated.

Leaders arrive in Islamabad for SCO talks

Kyrgyz Prime Minister Akylbek Zhaparov landed in Islamabad on Tuesday to attend a heads-of-government gathering of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the Pakistani government said, with the city under tight security lockdown.

Armed man arrested near Trump’s rally

A man arrested at a security checkpoint near Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s California rally faces gun charges after he was found in possession of two guns and a high-capacity magazine, authorities said.