Trump rejects reports of North Korean executions
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared to cast doubt on news reports of North Korean executions as part of a purge in the aftermath of a failed Hanoi summit and lamented that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was blamed too quickly. Asked about South Korean reports that North Korea had executed a top diplomat, Trump said, ?I ...
U.S. preparing to sell $2 billion worth weapons to Taiwan, China wary
The United States is pursuing the sale of more than $2 billion worth of tanks and weapons to Taiwan, four people familiar with the negotiations said, in a move likely to anger China as a trade war between the world?s two biggest economies escalates. The potential sale included 108 General Dynamics Corp M1A2 Abrams tanks worth around $2 billion ...
Western Sanctions Caused By Willingness To Punish Moscow For Independent Policies - Lavrov
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th June, 2019) The West's willingness to punish for its independent foreign policy is the main reason behind anti-Russia sanctions, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with RBC, released on Thursday. The , the and other western countries slapped various sanctions on after a conflict in ...
Mitiga International Airport In Libya's Tripoli Says Runway Struck By Military Plane
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th June, 2019) The Mitiga International in the Libyan capital of said on Thursday its runway had been struck by a military airplane amid a recent wave of escalation in the area. Earlier this week, the Libyan National (LNA) said it had repelled an offensive of the rival the forces ...
سوڈان کریک ڈاؤن، ہلاکتیں 108 ہو گئیں
سوڈان میں مظاہرین کے خلاف کریک ڈاؤن میں ہلاک افراد کی تعداد 108 ہو گئی اور 500 سے زائد زخمی ہو گئے۔ سوڈان میں اپوزیشن سے تعلق رکھنے والے طبی حکام نے کہا ہے کہ ملک میں حالیہ تشدد کے نتیجے میں ہلاک شدگان کی تعداد سو سے تجاوز کر گئی ہے، دریائے نیل سے مزید چالیس لاشیں برآمد ہوئی ہیں۔ ...
’مودی نے عدلیہ، الیکشن کمیشن اور میڈیا کو تباہ کردیا‘
بھارت کے معروف وکیل رہنما پرشانت بھوشن کا کہنا ہے کہ بھارتی وزیر اعظم نریندی مودی نے عدلیہ، الیکشن کمیشن اور میڈیا سمیت ایسے تمام ادارے تباہ کردیے جن کا کام حقائق سامنے لانا ہے۔ آکسفورڈ یونیورسٹی کی اسٹوڈنٹ یونین میں مودی پر عدم اعتماد سے متعلق مباحثے میں گفتگو کرتے ہوئے پرشانت بھوشن کا کہنا تھا کہ حکومتی کنٹرول کی ...
Egyptian Police Kill 14 Arish Attack Suspects On Northern Sinai Peninsula - Statement
CAIRO (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th June, 2019) The Egyptian 's forces killed 14 in the north of the Sinai Peninsula, the ministry said in a statement on Thursday, adding that the might have had a role in the recent on a law enforcement checkpoint in the city of Arish. The Egyptian authorities have for ...
Russian Seismologists Register 5.5 Magnitude Quake Near Far Eastern Commander Islands
PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKIY (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th June, 2019) KAMCHATSKIY, 6 (Sputnik) - A magnitude 5.5 struck off the coast of the Commander Islands in the Far East on Thursday, a spokesperson of the Kamchatka Territory branch of the Geophysical Survey of the of Sciences (GS RAS) told Sputnik. Its epicenter was located 110 ...
US House Judiciary Chief Says Not Enough Support To Begin Impeachment Of Trump
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th June, 2019) There is not enough support in US to initiate impeachment proceedings against President , House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler said in an interview. "Right now there doesn't appear to be the support for it," Nadler, a Democrat, told CNN on Wednesday when asked why he does not open ...
Normandy Four Agreements Should Be Formalized Before Next Summit - Lavrov
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th June, 2019) The new summit on the settlement of the crisis in in the so-called Normandy Four format should not be organized until the previously reached agreements are given a legal form, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview, released on Thursday. So, before gathering in the Normandy format ...
Trump Says Tariff Negotiations With Mexico To Continue On Thursday
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th June, 2019) President in a statement said that talks with over newly-introduced US tariffs will continue on Thursday. "Talks with will resume tomorrow [Thursday] with the understanding that, if no is reached, Tariffs at the five percent level will begin on Monday."
US-China Trade War To Cut Global Growth By 0.5% In 2020 - IMF Chief Lagarde
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th June, 2019) The trade dispute between the and could slash global GDP growth by 0.5 percent in , International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said during a discussion at the American Institute. Following the recent collapse of US-China trade talks, President announced that tariffs on about $200 ...
Europe Not Anymore Willing To Yield To Russophobic Caprice - Lavrov
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th June, 2019) Respectable European countries have realized that Russophobic policies are counterproductive and they do not want to yield to caprice of the Russophobic , which manifested itself in the recent Parliamentary of the Council of 's ( ) decision on parliamentarians, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. This showed ...
US Obtains Data That Saudi Arabia Boosted Missile Program With China's Help - Reports
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th June, 2019) The US has obtained intelligence information that has significantly enhanced its ballistic missile program through recent purchases , local reported.
US, Mexican Officials Fail To Reach Deal On Tariffs - Reports
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th June, 2019) Senior US and Mexican officials have failed to reach any to lift the newly announced tariffs on imports during their Wednesday talks, reported. No deal was achieved after the meeting between US and Mexican negotiators in aimed at resolving immigration dispute to prevent new tariffs ...
Social Democrats Winning Danish General Elections - Official Results
STOCKHOLM (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th June, 2019) The Danish center-left Social party won the country's , while its leader Mette Frederiksen is set to become the new , the official data released by the have shown after almost 100 percent of the votes were counted. According to the official data, Social and other left-wing ...
Fitch Downgrades Mexico's Rating To 'BBB' From 'BBB+' - Statement
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th June, 2019) Fitch Ratings has downgraded 's issuer default credit rating to 'BBB' with a stable outlook, according to a statement issued by the agency. "Fitch Ratings has downgraded 's Long-Term Foreign and Local Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) to 'BBB' 'BBB+' and revised the Outlook to Stable Negative," the statement ...
US Authorities Should Drop Charges Against Arizona Aid Worker Helping Migrants - OHCHR
UNITED NATIONS (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th June, 2019) The US authorities should drop charges against a humanitarian aid worker who provided assistance to undocumented migrants in the desert in the US state of Arizona, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) experts said in a press release. Scott Warren, a US citizen who worked ...
US Records Over 1,000 Measles Cases In 2019 - Health Agency
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th June, 2019) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that the number of measles cases in the has surpassed 1,000 in and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) began urging citizens to vaccinate in order to suppress the worst measles outbreak in more than 25 years, ...
Moscow Seeks To See How Kiev's Pledges Materialize Into Specific Suggestions - Lavrov
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th June, 2019) It is important for to understand how the new Ukrainian leadership's pledges about new policies and approaches are materialized into specific suggestions, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said, speaking about prospects of a meeting between President and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy. It is important for ...
