Ushakov On Putin-Falih Meeting Possibility: There May Be Unscheduled Contacts At SPIEF
"During the forum, there be unscheduled contacts, because the communication there is informal," Ushakov told reporters when asked about the possibility of 's meeting with Falih.
US Ends Visas For Group Educational Trips To Cuba - Treasury Department
"In accordance with the newly announced changes to non-family to , OFAC [Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control] is amending the regulations to remove the authorization for group people-to-people educational travel," the Treasury said in a press release.
Security tight in Tiananmen 30 years after students ‘died for nothing’
Tourists thronged Beijing?s Tiananmen Square on Tuesday amid tighter-than-usual security, although most visitors approached by Reuters said they were unaware of the bloody crackdown on student-led protests 30 years ago or would not discuss it. Tiananmen also remains a point of contention between China and many Western countries, which have implored Chinese leaders to account for giving the ...
No tea or coffee, Indians warned, as heatwave continues
CHURU, India: Hospitals across the desert state of Rajasthan reported a surge in heatstroke cases Tuesday as fierce temperatures kept up for a fourth day across northern India. In the Rajasthan city of Churu, which has twice in four days had maximum temperatures above 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit), coolers and earthen pots filled with water were left at ...
Ukraine Accuses Russia Of Failing To Stop 'terrorism'
Ukraine's deputy foreign minister Olena Zerkal made the claim before judges at the International of Justice in on the second day of arguments in a case brought by against . On Monday, argued that had failed to present any new evidence against it and called on the to dismiss the case. It is ...
Germany's Merkel Calls For Negotiated Solution To Trade Row With US
Merkel, who spoke at an industrial conference in , said resolving trade differences with was of "existential importance," seeing what effect the US trade war with has already had on the . The and the agreed last summer to discuss cutting tariffs on non-auto industrial goods but that effort was curtailed by in ...
Twelve Feared Dead In DR Congo Militia Attack
"The provisional toll is 12 civilians killed by machete and firearms," Mayor Modeste Bakwanamaha said Tuesday, adding that violence resumed in the southeast of the city shortly after daybreak.
At Least 4 Killed In Shooting In Northern Australia, Suspect Detained - Police
"Northern Territory can confirm that a has been taken into custody following a shooting incident in the inner suburbs of earlier this evening. can confirm that there is currently four casualties, multiple injuries and multiple crime scenes," the statement said on . In the earlier statements, described the offender as "male, Caucasian and wearing a ...
Marking World Bicycle Day, UN Spotlights 'positive Impact' Of Pedal Power On Climate
According to the Environment Programme, even though the benefits of investing in pedestrians and cyclists can "save lives, help protect the environment and support poverty reduction", the mobility needs of people who walk and cycle, mostly urban dwellers, "continue to be overlooked". The Programme continues to advocate for action, working with countries around the to prioritize the ...
Trump Middle East Adviser Kushner To Meet EU Leaders
The US is to lay out an economic component of the plan, which has been spearheaded by Kushner, on 25 and 26 in , where Gulf states are expected to make pledges to boost the troubled Palestinian economy.
Damascus Recaptures 4 Villages In Western Syria From Militants - Reports
The liberated villages are situated in Hama's northwest, close to the neighboring province, al-Watan newspaper reported, adding that the had suffered heavy casualties. The 's forces have already retaken several other settlements, including some strategic areas, in Hama since early after heavy fighting with the Free .
Four dead in northern Australia shooting
Four people are dead and two injured in Australia after a gunman opened fire late Tuesday in the city centre of Darwin, police said. ?The active shooter threat has dissipated,? superintendent Gavin Kennedy, from the Northern Territory police, told? . ?He shot up all the rooms, and he went to every room looking for somebody and he shot them all ...
Sudanese opposition rejects military’s transition plan after day of violence
Sudan?s opposition on Tuesday rejected a plan by its military rulers to hold elections within nine months, a day after the worst bout of violence since Omar al-Bashir was ousted as president in April. At least 35 people were killed on Monday when security forces stormed a protest camp outside the Defense Ministry in central Khartoum, according to ...
Thousands protest against Trump in London but fewer than last year
Thousands of people protested in central London on Tuesday against U.S. President Donald Trump?s pomp-laden state visit to Britain, but numbers were well down on the tens of thousands who gathered to oppose his visit last year. Protesters shouted, banged drums and waved placards at what organizers called a ?Carnival of Resistance? in Trafalgar Square while Prime Minister ...
China warns its citizens of police harassment, crime in US
Beijing: China on Tuesday issued a pair of travel alerts to its citizens going to the United States, warning them of police harassment and crime as tensions soar between the global powers. The world?s two largest economies have been locked in a protracted trade war, and any major drop in Chinese tourism to the United States could cost billions ...
Ukraine Cops Arrested Over Drunken Shooting Of 5-year-old Boy
The National Bureau of Investigations said the shooting took place last Friday when the two patrol officers were drinking alcohol in a yard of a residential house in the town of Pereyaslav-Khmelnytsky, 70 kilometres (40 miles) southwest of . While shooting at metal cans, they "hit a five-year-old boy," the investigators said in a statement. President Volodymyr Zelensky, who ...
Ebola Cases In DR Congo Break 2,000 Mark
"Since the start of the epidemic, the total number of cases stands at 2,008, of which 1,914 have been confirmed [by lab test] while 94 are probable," it said in an update. There have been fewer attacks on Ebola teams by armed groups, which means health workers have "recovered some of the lost time to contain the spread of the epidemic," it said.
Four Dead In Northern Australia Shooting
"The active shooter threat has dissipated," superintendent Gavin Kennedy, the Northern Territory , told AFP. "He shot up the rooms, and he went to every room looking for somebody and he shot them up, then we saw him rush out, jump into his pick-up, and rush off," witness John Rose told the ABC.
Turkey's Erdogan Says No Backtracking On S-400 Deal With Russia
Last week a official said the consequences would be "devastating" for 's joint F-35 fighter programme and its cooperation with if the country went ahead with plans to the anti-aircraft system. Kathryn Wheelbarger, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, said the planned purchase would damage 's ability to work with ...
EU Appoints New Head Of Advisory Mission For Civilian Security Sector Reform In Ukraine
"On 4 , Antti Hartikainen was appointed as new head of mission for the Advisory Mission for Civilian Security Sector Reform in (EUAM ). It has a team of over 300 people involved in training Ukrainian law enforcement agencies, and helping the prosecutor's office improve investigations and improve parliamentary oversight.
