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Huawei says revenue surges 23% in first half

Huawei's sales unexpectedly boomed in the first half of the year, company figures showed Tuesday, as US sanctions showed few signs of slowing the Chinese tech giant down. Huawei has been under immense pressure this year as Washington has lobbied allies worldwide to avoid the company's...

US to do all to bring democracy back to Venezuela

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday the U.S. will do whatever is necessary to bring democracy back to Venezuela. “[Donald Trump] has said pretty clearly that we're going to do all that it takes to make sure all the Venezuelan people get democracy back," Pompeo said at The Economic...

UN condemns killing of five children in Sudan protests

The UN child agency has denounced the killing of five children in Al-Obied city in North Kordofan, saying that the children aged 15 to 17 years old. “The children of ages 15 to 17 were protesting the commencement of the school year amid the political uncertainty in Sudan. No child should be...

UN, EU condemn hospital and school attacks in Libya

The UN and the EU condemned on Monday the attacks by Eastern Libya-based commander Khalifa Haftar forces targeting a field hospital and a school in Libya. On Sunday, fighter jets of Khaftar targeted a field hospital in south of capital Tripoli which killed four doctors and a paramedic while...

US Senate fails to block Trump vetoes on Saudi arms sales

The Senate has failed in a bid to override a series of vetoes issued by President Donald Trump, allowing the administration to move forward with plans to sell billions of dollars of weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Trump's decision to sell the weapons in a way that...

Bangladesh struggles to contain record dengue outbreak

Bangladesh is in the grip of the country's worst-ever dengue fever outbreak, officials said Monday, with hospitals overflowing and social media flooded with pleas for blood donors. Eight people have died and there have been 13,637 cases of the disease so far this year, with nearly 1,100...

Mexican president says country is not in recession

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday the country was not in recession and that the economy was performing increasingly well, rejecting concerns that it may have contracted for two consecutive quarters. Mexico’s national statistics agency is on Wednesday due to...

New British PM waits for EU to move on Brexit

 New British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is waiting for EU leaders to agree to renegotiate their Brexit deal before he meets them, his spokeswoman said Monday, as the government stepped up "no deal" planning. "He obviously wants to meet EU leaders and negotiate but not to be sat down...

Head of UN investigators calls for an IS 'Nuremberg'

The head of the UN special probe into Islamic State group crimes has called for trials like those at Nuremberg of Nazi leaders to ensure the jihadists' victims are heard and their ideology "debunked". For a year, British lawyer Karim Khan has travelled around Iraq with a team of almost 80...