TOKYO: Japan’s government yesterday approved the introduction of the US military’s land-based Aegis missile interceptor system, beefing up its defence against “serious” and “imminent” North Korea threats, reports AFP. The regime in Pyongyang has fired two missiles…

SEOUL: A top K-pop star wrote in a suicide note that he was “broken from inside” and “engulfed” by depression, it emerged yesterday…

LONDON: From the hammer blow of Brexit to turbulence in Catalonia, new forms of nationalism are testing the relevance and unity of the European Union,…

Washington: The White House temporarily shut down its website for petitions from midnight yesterday until a new one is set up in late January, reports BBC. The “We The People” site was set up by the Obama administration in 2011. It promised a response to all petitions drawing more than 100,000…

Gaza City: The UN General Assembly will hold an emergency meeting after the US vetoed a UN Security Council resolution rejecting the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, reports AL Jazeera. The request for the General Assembly meeting was put forth by a bloc of Arab nations,…

JOHANNESBURG: South African deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa was facing wide-ranging challenges yesterday after being elected to lead South Africa’s ruling party just as it grapples with corruption allegations and disunity, reports AFP. He was narrowly elected head of the African National Congress…