Security forces fired tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons Sunday evening in a bid to disperse protesters outside Beirut’s Nejmeh Square, after firecrackers and bottles were hurled at them. Several protesters disavowed the individuals who hurled the dozens of firecrackers, describing them as “infiltrators.” Thousands of Lebanese protesters had defiantly returned earlier in the […]
Continue reading …Special Commissioner crime, Satish Golcha met the protestors who demanded the release of more than 40 students who had been detained at Kalkaji police station.(Amal KS/ HT Photo) The Sunday night siege outside Delhi police headquarters against alleged atrocities on Jamia university students and the Citizenship Amendment Act has spilled into early hours of Monday with […]
Continue reading …After his sweeping election win, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Britain would leave the European Union on January 31 “We will get Brexit done on time by the 31st of January, no ifs, no buts, no maybes,” Johnson told cheering supporters on Friday. “I will make it my mission to work night and day, flat out to prove that […]
Continue reading …Security personnel use batons to disperse students protesting against the citizenship bill, Guwahati, Dec. 11, 2019. (AFP Photo) India’s Parliament Wednesday passed a contentious citizenship bill which discriminates against Muslims as part of the Hindu-nationalist government’s agenda, amid violent protests against the move. The bill will let New Delhi grant citizenship to illegal immigrants who […]
Continue reading …Niger soldiers provide security for an anti-Boko Haram summit in Diffa city, Niger September 3, 2015. Picture taken September 3, 2015. To match Exclusive USA-NIGER/BOKO HARAM REUTERS/Warren Strobel Hundreds of jihadists attacked a Niger military camp near the border with Mali with shelling and mortars, killing 71 soldiers, the defence ministry said Wednesday. Tuesday’s attack […]
Continue reading …North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump in Singapore on June 12 2018. Picture: REUTERS/JONATHAN ERNST North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump in Singapore on June 12 2018. Picture: REUTERS/JONATHAN ERNST Tensions are quickly rising between the United States and North Korea, which has ramped up pressure as […]
Continue reading …US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (AP) WASHINGTON — The United States is hopeful North Korea will continue to refrain from nuclear tests and long-range missile tests, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday, after Pyongyang said it had conducted a “very important” test over the weekend. North Korea said the test occurred at […]
Continue reading …MAung San Suu Kyi denies genocide charges against Myanmar – video The Nobel peace prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has defended Myanmar’s government against accusations of genocide at the international court of justice, calling the allegations an “incomplete and misleading factual picture of the situation in Rakhine state”. Addressing a bench of 17 judges from […]
Continue reading …House Democrats unveiled two articles of impeachment, accusing President Donald Trump of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The Judiciary Committee is slated to vote on the articles later this week, setting up a full House vote next week. In a news conference announcing the articles Tuesday morning, Democrats said Trump put his […]
Continue reading …TEHRAN- President Hassan Rouhani submitted the administration’s draft of the national budget bill for the next Iranian calendar year 1399, which starts on March 20, 2020, to the Majlis on Sunday, IRNA reported. The proposed budget amounted to about 1.988 quadrillion rials (about $473.5 billion at the official rate of 42,000 rials), with a 14-percent […]
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