INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Russia warned Friday that if the U.S. followed through with threats to impose further harsh economic sanctions it would be seen as a "declaration of economic war."

Twitter was created by American software programmer Jack Dorsey and three of his partners in March 2006. It was launched as a micro-blogging site in July the same year. By Jack Dorsey's own admission, Twitter meant "a short burst of inconsequential information and chirps from birds," and "that is exactly what the product was".

Other gear captured during the Arab-Israeli wars included T-62 and T-72 tanks, BMP infantry fighting vehicles, and Sagger anti-tank missiles. Both sides also lost and benefitted when their various Third World allies changed sides, and offered their new patrons a look at the weapons supplied by their old backers.

Emmerson Mnangagwa has been congratulated by Chinese President Xi Jinping on his election as Zimbabwe's president.

The son of Osama Bin Laden has wedded the daughter of one of the terrorists involved in the deadly 9/11 terror attack.

The United Nations said Tuesday its Special Envoy for Syria is planning talks with Iran, Russia and Turkey in September to draft a new Syrian constitution.

The world's oldest person, a 117-year-old Japanese woman, has died. Chiyo Miyako died on Sunday, the prefectural government of Kanagawa, her home state south of Tokyo, confirmed on Friday.

A surreptitiously recorded conversation between Donald Trump and his long-time personal lawyer Michael Cohen (pictured above) has emerged, revealing that the pair discussed purchasing the rights to a former Playboy model’s story of an alleged affair between her and Trump.

A student activist in Sweden single-handedly prevented the deportation of an asylum seeker to Afghanistan, by refusing to sit down on the plane that was due to take him out of the country.

India has extended $200 million lines of credit to Rwanda for its economic development, signed a defence cooperation agreement and will soon open a High Commission here as part of New Delhi’s efforts to bolster the strategic partnership with the fast-developing East African country.

A coalition of South Korean civic groups are suing a pardoned North Korean agent for defamation, after the defendant, Kim Hyon-hui, may have said publicly the families of perished victims were pro-Pyongyang collaborators.

WhatsApp announced limits on the forwarding of messages by its 200 million Indian users in an effort to stop a spate of horrific lynchings and to assuage government threats of legal action in its biggest market.