Sixty dead in crackdown on Sudan protesters: doctors
KHARTOUM (AFP) - Sixty people have been killed in a two-day crackdown on Sudanese protesters carried out by security forces, a doctors? committee close to the demonstrators said on Wednesday. Protesters have previously singled out the Rapid Support Forces, paramilitaries with origins in the 16-year-old war in the western region of Darfur whose commander is deputy chairman on the ...
JCPOA Members Have To Create Mechanism To Compensate Iran's Losses Over Sanctions- Ryabkov
MONTEVIDEO (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov voiced the belief in his comment to Sputnik that participants of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known as the deal, should create a mechanism for compensating losses that carried due to 's sanctions, in order to save the ...
Ryabkov Says Maduro's Visit To Russia Could Be Organized Quickly If Need Arises
MONTEVIDEO (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told Sputnik, commenting on the possibility of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro visiting , that highest-level contact between and could be organized quickly if need arose.
Joint Commission Of JCPOA May Meet In Second Half Of June - Ryabkov
MONTEVIDEO (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) A meeting of the Joint Commission of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known as the deal, be held in the second half of , Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told Sputnik. "One of the most important issues that we need to get down ...
Seoul Concerned Over Signs Of Cold War In Northeast Asia - Committee Chairman
VLADIVOSTOK (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Northern Economic Cooperation Song Young-gil said on Wednesday that was concerned over signs of a cold war in the northeastern and started to implement new policy in the North to ease the situation. We know that bloc[-building] efforts are taking place ...
Stenin Award-Winning Photos Exhibition To Open In Montevideo On Wednesday
MONTEVIDEO (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) An exhibition of over 30 photographs by the finalists of the Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest, organized by Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency under the aegis of the Commission of for UNESCO, is set to open in on Wednesday. In , the contest jury included representatives ...
بھارت میں شدید گرمی ، ہلاکتیں 160 ہو گئیں
بھارت کی شمالی ریاستوں میں گرمی کی شدت سے ہلاکتوں کی تعداد 160ہو گئی، راجستھان کے شہر چورو میں درجہ حرارت 50سے بھی تجاوز کر گیا۔ بھارتی میڈیا کے مطابق شمالی ریاستیں، اتر پردیش، ہریانہ، باندہ اور راجستھان ان دنوں شدید گرمی کی لپیٹ میں ہیں، شہر چورو میں درجہ حرارت 50ڈگری سے تجاوز کرچکا ہے۔ دہلی میں درجہ حرارت 46سے ...
Thai parliament to vote for PM with junta chief in prime position
BANGKOK (AFP) - Thailand?s new parliament convened Wednesday to vote for prime minister, with junta chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha tipped to sweep away the challenge of a charismatic billionaire leading the anti-military bloc. Prayut, who seized power in 2014, is all but assured of completing his transformation from junta head to civilian leader with the support of 250 hand-picked senators. ...
Trade Between Russia's Primorsky Territory, South Korea Grew By 20% In 2018 - Authorities
VLADIVOSTOK (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) Trade between the far eastern Primorsky Territory and increased by 20 percent in reaching $1.5 , Alexei Starichkov, the head of regional department of international cooperation, said on Wednesday. Trade increased by almost 20 percent and amounted to nearly $1.5 ," Starichkov said at the opening of ...
Xi says China will play ‘constructive role’ on Venezuela
China will work with the international community to play a constructive role with Venezuela and help the country to get back on a normal development path as soon as possible, Chinese President Xi Jinping told Russian media. ?China is willing to work with the international community to play a positive and constructive role on the Venezuela issue,? Xi said, ...
Lone attacker kills four in Lebanese city
Military police and forensics in white overalls deployed in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Tuesday after a lone gunman went on an overnight shooting spree, killing four security personnel before blowing himself up in an apartment in a residential building. The rare shooting, in which the gunman used a motorcycle to move around, opening fire on police ...
Trump insists Duchess Meghan was 'nasty' to him, reveals talk with Prince Harry
When asked if he thought Meghan was indeed ?nasty?, a claim he earlier denied as "fake news," Trump said: ?They said some of?the things that she said and it?s actually on?tape.? ?And I said: 'Well, I didn?t know she was nasty.' And that?s okay for?her to?be nasty, it?s not good for?me to?be nasty to?her and I wasn?t.? The US President also ...
Russian Direct Investment Fund Says Planning To Bolster Partnership With Mail.ru Group
ST. PETERSBURG (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) The Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) plans to intensify its partnership with Mail.Ru Group and has interest in its ideas on artificial intelligence, RDIF CEO Kirill Dmitriev told Sputnik in an interview in the run-up to the International Economic Forum (SPIEF). "We like Mail.ru very ...
Palestinians break with Saudi Eid date for first time in years
The Palestinians will celebrate Eid on a different day from Saudi Arabia for the first time since 1994 due to differences in the sighting of the moon, leading some to question why. A statement by the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories carried on official media on Monday night confirmed the moon had not been sighted and ...
‘Bravery and sacrifice’: World leaders gather in south England to remember D-Day
?Their solidarity and determination in the defense of our freedom remains a lesson to us all.? In the early hours of June 6, 1944, more than 150,000 allied troops set off from Portsmouth and the surrounding area to begin the air, sea and land attack on Normandy that ultimately led to the liberation of western Europe from the Nazi regime. ...
Erdogan says no backtracking on S-400 deal with Russia
ISTANBUL: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said Turkey would not withdraw from a deal made with Russia to buy an S-400 missile defence system despite US threats of ?devastating? consequences. Last week a top Pentagon official said the consequences would be ?devastating? for Turkey?s joint F-35 fighter programme and its cooperation with Nato if the country ...
Russia's RDIF Says Certain Deal With Saudi Aramco On Novomet Stake's Purchase Will Happen
ST.PETERSBURG (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) The Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) is certain that a deal on Aramco's purchase of a stake in equipment manufacturer Novomet will be closed as sides confirm their plans, RDIF CEO Kirill Dmitriev told Sputnik in an interview in the run-up to the International Economic Forum (SPIEF).
Lone attacker kills four in Lebanese city
TRIPOLI: Military police and forensics in white overalls deployed in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Tuesday after a lone gunman went on an overnight shooting spree, killing four security personnel before blowing himself up in an apartment in a residential building. The rare shooting, in which the gunman used a motorcycle to move around, opening fire on ...
Trump blimp flies again as thousands protest UK visit
About Mr Trump and his policies, a protester, Lauren Donaldson, said: ?His policies are awful... but him, himself, he?s horrible.? ?Giving a state visit, it just looks like we are agreeing and welcoming him, and we want to say ?you are not welcome, go home?.? As it started to rain, many protesters began to make the short walk past the hundreds ...
Taliban detain Afghan peace marchers
According to Abdul Malik Hamdard, a peace march supporter, the Taliban forced four members of the group to accompany them in vehicles on Sunday night as they crossed into Taliban territory in the south of the country. ?We have had no news from them since then.? After refusing to comment about the marchers? plight for more than 36 hours, ...
