Kuala Lumpur – (DIPLOMAT) Prime Minister Najib Razak today announced an immediate probe into the crash of a Malaysia Airlines aircraft, which was reportedly shot down over Ukraine today. “I am shocked by reports that an MH plane crashed. We are launching an immediate investigation,”...

Cape Town – Pro-Palestine marchers on Wednesday called for the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador to South Africa and also for the South African government to institute sanctions against the Israeli state. Thousands of people, many with small children and babies adorned in the green, red black...

Moscow (Diplomat)- The death toll in a Moscow metro derailment Tuesday now stands at 20, according to the state-run ITAR-Tass news agency, citing Russia’s Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov. The Moscow health care department gave a slightly lower figure, saying 19 were confirmed dead. Anothe...

The Gulf Stream meanders clockwise from the Gulf of Mexico, past the mid-Atlantic coast toward Europe. It is one of the most powerful currents in the world, and it is full of life. Many species of pelagic fish, endangered marine turtles and other marine organisms roam the relentless conveyor belt of ...

John Kerry has met rival Afghan presidential candidates for a second day in an effort resolve a disputed election that threatens to stir ethnic tensions and undermine a peaceful political transition. The US secretary of state’s talks on Saturday with Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah were held...

Rehabilitation centre hit on fifth day of Israel’s aerial offensive on Hamas, which PM Netanyahu says will not stop. Last updated: 12 Jul 2014 12:39 At least four people have been reported killed in a bomb strike on a rehabilitation centre for the disabled in Gaza, medical sources say, as the t...