Sri Lanka’s Muslim ministers resign en masse over Easter bombings
The resignation of nine government legislators, several of them cabinet ministers, came after a Buddhist monk lawmaker supporting President Maithripala Sirisena demanded the sacking of three top Muslim politicians. Muslim leaders said their community ? which consists of 10 per cent of Sri Lanka?s 21 million population ? had become victims of violence, hate speech and harassment since Muslim ...
South Korean Divers Begin Search For Hungary Boat Victims
The Mermaid boat carrying mainly tourists overturned and sank late Wednesday, seconds after colliding with the Viking Sigyn cruise ship on a busy stretch of the river in the heart of the Hungarian capital. Janos Hajdu, head of the rescue taskforce, told reporters that his team was mulling two strategies: bringing the bodies up before lifting the wreck, ...
Swedish Court Rejects Request To Detain Assange Over 2010 Rape Case
The district said that while it considered the WikiLeaks founder "a suspect" in the case, the fact that Assange was currently in prison in Britain meant he does not need to be formally detained in to be questioned by Swedish prosecutors.
Swedish Prosecutors To Continue Probe Into Assange Case Despite Court Decision
The of the Swedish city of rejected earlier in the day the prosecutors' request to arrest Assange in absentia over rape allegations. They had to take a position on a difficult assessment issue, which I considered should be examined by a ," Persson said. I will also issue a European Investigation Order in order to interview Julian Assange.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Calls US Approach To Trade War With China 'Economic Terrorism'
"Statistics and analyses indicate the US 's approach that has led to this trade war with can reduce the 's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) up to $600 within the next two years, and that means increased poverty and reduced welfare and living standards throughout the ," Mousavi told reporters, as quoted by the ministry's official website.
Sri Lanka Muslim ministers resign en masse over Easter bombings
The resignation of nine government legislators, several of them cabinet ministers, came after a Buddhist monk lawmaker supporting President Maithripala Sirisena demanded the sacking of three top Muslim politicians. Muslim leaders said their community ? which consists of 10 per cent of Sri Lanka's 21 million population ? had become victims of violence, hate speech and harassment since Muslim ...
Germany 'Extremely Concerned' After Military Breaks Up Khartoum Sit-In - Foreign Ministry
"We are extremely concerned by the situation in ," ministerial spokesman Christopher Burger said at a briefing. Protesters have been rallying outside the headquarters in to force the transitional military council, which has ruled since its leader was deposed in , to hand over power to a civilian body.
Ex-Georgian President Saakashvili Says Will Return To Georgia In 1-3 Months
In , Saakashvili was appointed of 's region by the former Ukrainian president, Petro Poroshenko, and denounced his Georgian upon obtaining a new Ukrainian passport.
Death Toll In Tripoli Offensive Climbs To 607, Over 3,200 Injured - WHO
On 27, the death toll stood at 562. "The toll of the crisis is now 607 , including 40 civilians, and 3261 wounded, including 117 civilians," WHO said on . Armed clashes in escalated on 4, when Haftar ordered his troops to advance on to free it what he called terrorists. As a , the LNA ...
Portugal jobless rate rises to 6.7pc in April
Portugal’s monthly unemployment rate rose to an estimated 6.7pc in April, from a revised 6.5pc in March, official data showed on Monday. The National Statistics Institute (INE) revised the March jobless rate higher from 6.4 percent estimated a month ago in its flash reading.
Swedish Court Rejects Request Of Prosecutors To Arrest Wikileaks Founder Assange
"One of the reasons for the prosecutor's office to request an arrest was the need to continue the investigation, but the previous arrest warrant was issued when Assange was at the Ecuadorian embassy, while now he is serving a prison sentence in the ," the judge leading the process said.
WikiLeaks Chief Editor Says Assange Has No Chance At Fair Treatment By UK Authorities
On , Hunt said that Assange was "alleged to have committed some very serious crimes, alleged to have led to people's deaths" and affirmed that he would not block Assange's extradition to the despite an earlier call by a rapporteur to stop the collective persecution of the Australian-born whistleblower. "Hunt's dismissal did not just confirm the 's ...
Sudan military, with machine guns, break up protesters' sit-in, leaving 13 dead
Sudan's military rulers forcefully broke up a weeks-long sit-in outside Khartoum's army headquarters on Monday, leaving at least 13 dead, a doctors' committee said as gunfire echoed from the site. Heavily-armed security forces in pick-up trucks mounted with machine guns were deployed in large numbers all around the capital, while gunshots were heard from the protest site by an ...
Trump meets Queen after insulting London mayor
The UK-US ?special relationship? was already under strain over different approaches to Iran, the use of Chinese technology in 5G networks, climate change, and Trump?s personal politics. ? Baby Trump blimp ? Huge protests are being organised in London, with organisers crowdfunding a bright orange ?baby Trump? blimp depicting the US leader in a diaper ? aiming for an even ...
Assange hearing in Sweden to decide extradition request
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Trump Arrives In UK Amid Brexit Woes, May's Resignation
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 03rd June, 2019) US President and First Lady Melania arrived in the on Monday for a three-day state during which the president is expected to underscore the importance of the bilateral relationship between both countries amid concerns over and the recent resignation of Theresa .
Swedish Court Rules To Hold Hearing On Assange Behind Closed Doors
UPPSALA (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 03rd June, 2019) A Swedish district in the city of has ruled to hold the on the possible detention in absentia of Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, behind closed doors, a Sputnik correspondent reported the scene. Assange was arrested in on 11 and sentenced to 50 weeks in ...
India Air Force An-32 disappears with 13 on board
In March, an IAF MiG-21 Bison jet was on a routine sortie from Air Force Station Nal in western Rajasthan state when it crashed near Bikaner near the India-Pakistan border.
Moscow Sees Many Contradictory Signals From Zelenskyy On Donbas - Russia's Envoy To OSCE
VIENNA (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 03rd June, 2019) sees many contradictory signals on Donbas Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy instead of a clear commitment to the urgent implementation of the agreements, 's Permanent Representative to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich told Sputnik on Monday.
Lukashevich Calls Kuchma's Appointment As Kiev's Envoy To Donbas Talks "Good Sign"
VIENNA (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 03rd June, 2019) The re-appointment of the former president of , Leonid Kuchma, as 's representative at the talks of the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) on Donbas is a good sign, Alexander Lukashevich, 's envoy to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in (OSCE), told Sputnik on Monday.
