Russian Foreign Ministry On Pompeo's Words On Investigation Of MH17 Crash: Probe Underway
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 04th June, 2019) Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko, commenting on the statement by US Secretary of State on the MH17 crash in in 2014, said Tuesday the investigation had not yet been completed. The investigation, by the way, is ongoing, it has not been completed, although the completion was announced ...
Trump Says Wants 'substantial Trade Deal' With UK
London, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 4th Jun, 2019 ) :US President said Tuesday he hoped his country would agree a "very, very substantial trade deal" with post-Brexit Britain.
Kremlin contradicts Trump statement on alleged Venezuela drawdown
The Kremlin on Tuesday contradicted a statement by U.S. President Donald Trump and said it had not officially informed him about the activities of its military personnel in Venezuela who it said were continuing to provide military aid to Caracas. Trump posted a message on Twitter on Monday, saying that Russia had told the United States that it had removed “most ...
US Congress passes $19.1 billion disaster aid bill, sends to Trump
The US Congress on Monday approved legislation providing $19.1 billion in emergency funding for disaster recovery efforts throughout the United States, including Puerto Rico, sending it to President Donald Trump to sign into law. The bill also includes a $605 million nutrition program and $304 million in community development grants to help Puerto Rico, a US territory, recover from ...
Sudan military scraps transition deal after deadly crackdown
General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan announced in a televised statement the plan had been ditched Dozens of demonstrators were killed and hundreds more wounded on Monday in the bloody crackdown outside Khartoum?s army headquarters Sudan?s military on Tuesday canceled a power-transfer agreement with protesters and called for elections within nine months, a day after forcefully breaking up a weeks-long sit-in, leaving more ...
Russia halts UN Security Council statement on Syria’s Idlib
Russia blocked the UN Security Council on Monday from issuing a statement sounding alarm about the increasing fighting in and around Syria?s Idlib province and the possibility of a humanitarian disaster, a council diplomat said. Fighting has raged in Idlib and nearby areas in northwest Syria since government troops started pushing into the enclave on April 30, trying to ...
Lebanon demolitions will make Syrian kids homeless: NGOs
The authorities in April set a June 9 deadline for Syrian refugees in Arsal to bring their homes into compliance In Arsal, more than 5,000 structures made with concrete are slated for demolition Lebanon?s planned demolition of concrete shelters housing Syrian refugees near the border could make at least 15,000 children homeless, aid groups warned Tuesday. The joint statement warned ...
Turkey’s Erdogan says no backtracking on S-400 deal with Russia
There is nothing like backtracking from that? President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday Turkey would not withdraw from a deal made with Russia to buy an S-400 missile defense system despite pressure from the United States. Last week, a top Pentagon official said the consequences would be ?devastating? for Turkey?s joint F-35 fighter program and its cooperation with NATO if ...
India rubbish mountain to rise higher than Taj Mahal
Taking up the area of more than 40 football pitches, Ghazipur rises by nearly 10 meters a year At its current rate of growth, it will be taller than the iconic Taj in Agra, some 73 meters high, in 2020 India?s tallest rubbish mountain in New Delhi is on course to rise higher than the Taj Mahal in the next ...
Legacy of communism hotly debated in Poland 30 years on
But even as opposition-controlled city authorities across Poland organise public festivities to celebrate that vote, the right-wing, eurosceptic Law and Justice (PiS) government plans only a muted ceremony in parliament. ?Poles went to vote and rejected the communist elites, entirely and spectacularly,? Polish President Andrzej Duda, a PiS ally, said in a recent speech. ?It was a moment that ...
Japan ends search for crashed F35 fighter jet
Experts say Japan and the US are keen to prevent sensitive debris from the plane being recovered by Russia or China, and Iwaya himself has admitted there were ?a significant amount of secrets that need to be protected? on the jet.
Russia Denies Telling US Of Personnel Withdrawal From Venezuela
Moscow, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 4th Jun, 2019 ) :The Kremlin on Tuesday denied informing the it was withdrawing personnel , as stated by US President .
PACE Moving In Right Direction With Proposed Reforms - Russian Foreign Ministry
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 04th June, 2019) The draft on new rules adopted by a committee of the Parliamentary of the Council of ( ) is a step in the right direction, but the process is ongoing, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said Tuesday.
IS Incapable Of Holding Territories After Losing Many Local Leaders - Iraqi Intelligence
BAGHDAD (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 04th June, 2019) The cells of the Islamic State group (banned in ) in can no longer keep control over territories or openly operate in the areas where they have been defeated in part due to the fact that many of their leaders are now , the head of the Iraqi ...
Turkey Not Obliged To Notify Russia About Discussing S-400 With Third States - Kremlin
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 04th June, 2019) and focus on implementing their deal on delivering S-400 missile defense systems to , and is not obliged to notify about its talks on S-400 with any other state, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. What we and our Turkish partners are charged with ...
At Least 14 Taliban Fighters Killed In Security Operations In Afghanistan - Reports
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 04th June, 2019) At least 14 were killed in separate operations carried out by the Special Forces and Air Forces in eastern Khost and Paktika provinces, local reported on Tuesday.
Prior To Normandy Format Meeting, Kiev Should Do 'Homework' - Peskov
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 04th June, 2019) Prior to the Normandy format meeting, should do "homework", there is no estimate of the for the summit yet, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday.
Taliban Detain Afghan Peace Marchers, Supporters Say
Kandahar, Afghanistan, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 4th Jun, 2019 ) : peace protesters marching through territory have been detained by the insurgents, two supporters of the movement told AFP on Tuesday. About 30 members of the People's Peace Movement started a new walk on 27, when they set out , capital of ...
Beijing Issues Protest To US Over Pompeo's Remarks On Tiananmen Crackdown
BEIJING (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 04th June, 2019) has expressed its to over the critical statements made by US Secretary of State regarding the deadly crackdown on a massive demonstration in 's Tiananmen Square in 1989, the Foreign Ministry's spokesman, Geng Shuang, said Tuesday.
Peskov On Trump's Words On Russians Allegedly Leaving Venezuela: They Are Still Working
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 04th June, 2019) presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the words of US President about Russians allegedly leaving , said did not officially notify the about that, adding that specialists continue to work there. "It seems that this is an indirect link to some newspaper sources of information, ...
