Syrian Kurds Say 2 Women, 6 Children From IS Families Taken Back To US
DAMASCUS (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) The Kurdish administration in northeast announced in a statement on Wednesday that two and six children, who are members of of the Islamic State group (IS, banned in ), had been handed over to the .
Germany Rejects Greece's Demand For Wartime Reparations - Ministry
BERLIN (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) sees no legal or political grounds to grant the Greek request for wartime reparations, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
Mexican Officials Hope To Prevent Trump's Proposed Tariffs In Eleventh-Hour Talks
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) Mexican officials will meet with senior administration officials on Wednesday in an attempt to convince to forgo plans to impose a 5 percent tariff on Mexican goods to force the in to stop the flow of migrants Central America into the . Republican Senator Marco ...
Zelenskyy's Party Tops Poll With Almost 50% Ahead Of Parliamentary Vote - Pollster
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) Ukrainian Servant of the People Party, whose member Volodymyr Zelenskyy secured a landslide victory in 's presidential , is leading in a poll ahead of the parliamentary elections with almost 50 percent of potential votes, while their closest opponents trail behind with less than 11 percent, a poll, carried out ...
Renault To Sue Ex-Chairman Ghosn Over Suspicious Expenses - French Economy Minister
PARIS (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) ? French manufacturer will sue its former chairman, Carlos Ghosn, who is already facing charges of financial misconduct, based on the of an audit of a joint Renault-Nissan subsidiary, French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Wednesday, adding that the French state, which owns shares in ...
Rosatom To Provide All Slovakia's Nuclear Power Units With Nuclear Fuel Until 2026
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) TVEL Fuel of Rosatom and 's national generating Slovenske elektrarne signed on Wednesday an , saying that would supply fuel to both 's power plants for 2022-2026, with the possibility of extension until 2030, a statement TVEL said. "TVEL Fuel of ...
China's Xi in Russia to boost cooperation amid US tensions
?Our relationship will be better and better,? said Xi, who was received with full honours when he arrived at Moscow's Vnukovo airport in the afternoon. ?In recent years, thanks to your direct participation, the relationship between Russia and China has reached an unprecedentedly high level,? the Russian president said. China and Russia ?have strong political mutual trust, and support ...
PPP,PML-N ruined economy, national institutions:Zulfi Bukhari
LONDON, Jun 05 (APP):Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Development, Zulfi Bukhari has said that the past governments of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) had ruined the national economy, besides damaging the institutions.
China's Xi in Russia to usher 'new era' of cooperation
MOSCOW (AFP) - Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Russia Wednesday for talks he said would boost strategic cooperation, as Beijing and Moscow continue to spar with the US. Xi said the visit would "serve as an incentive for the development of Chinese-Russian relations, comprehensive partnership and strategic interaction in a new era," according to Russian news agencies. China ...
Eid attack kills 8 Egypt police in Sinai
CAIRO (AFP) - Militants on Wednesday killed eight Egyptian policemen in an attack on a checkpoint in the restive Sinai Peninsula, the authorities said, as the country marked the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday. The exchange of fire killed five terrorist elements and eight police were martyred," an interior ministry statement said. A security source said reinforcements had been dispatched ...
Humans consume 'tens of thousands' of plastic pieces each year
PARIS (AFP) - Humans eat and breathe in tens of thousands of microplastic particles every year, according to a new analysis Wednesday that raised fresh questions over how plastic waste could directly impact our health. Several previous studies have shown how microplastics may enter the human food chain, including one last year that found them in nearly all major ...
Zelenskyy Says Plans To Invite Ukraine's Big Business To Invest In Donbas Region
KIEV (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy revealed on Wednesday plans to meet with representatives of the country's largest corporations later in to urge them to invest in the development of the country's eastern Donbas region. With much in Donbas having been destroyed in the years since, it is now in dire ...
Ukraine's Journalists' Union Says 7 Media Workers Attacked In May
KIEV (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) 's National Union of Journalists said in a statement on Wednesday that it had registered seven attacks on reporters in .
Sputnik News Agency's Panel On Internet Censorship To Be Held At SPIEF On Thursday
ST. PETERSBURG (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) Sputnik Agency and Radio, and the Foreign Ministry will organize on Thursday a panel on censorship on the as part of the International Economic Forum (SPIEF) to talk about the impact that such restrictions can have on the freedom of speech. The session is expected ...
Mnuchin Meets UK Counterpart For Talks On Brexit, Sanctions - US Treasury
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond met in this week to discuss a range of issues, including and the need to keep up pressure on sanctioned entities, the Treasury Department said on Wednesday.
Air France To Cut Plastic Waste By 1,300 Tonnes In 2019
PARIS (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) French flag-carrier Air promised Wednesday to reduce its plastic waste by 1,300 tonnes this year, in an effort to cut the climate footprint.
ANALYSIS - US-Iran 'No War, No Peace' To Last For Years, Despite Trump's Remarks On Military Options
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) US-Iran relations are likely to remain in limbo for a long time since the level of hostility between the two nations is not enough to embark on a war, but and still engage in negotiations to prevent a direct confrontation, experts told Sputnik, commenting on recent statements ...
Russia, Saudi Arabia Plan To Update Road Map On Energy Projects June 10 - Energy Ministry
ST. PETERSBURG (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) and plan to update the map on energy projects implementation at a meeting of the intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation on 10, major infrastructure projects will be added to it, Alexey Gospodarev, director of the international cooperation department of the Energy Ministry, ...
Attack on Eid day kills 8 Egypt police in Sinai
Militants on Wednesday killed eight Egyptian policemen in an attack on a checkpoint in the restive Sinai Peninsula, the authorities said, as the country marked the Muslim Eidul Fitr holiday. The exchange of fire killed five terrorist elements and eight police were martyred,? an interior ministry statement said. A security source said reinforcements had been dispatched to the checkpoint ...
French Police Harass Charity Workers Aiding Refugees In Northern France - Report
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) in northern have verbally and physically assaulted volunteers trying to help foreigners living in the streets after a sprawling migrant camp was evicted near in , a report out Wednesday said. "Those who defend the rights of people on the move are caught between the acute needs ...
