US believes Russia conducting low-level nuclear tests: official
WASHINGTON: The United States believes Russia may be conducting low-level nuclear testing in violation of a moratorium on such tests, the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency said on Wednesday. "The United States believes that Russia probably is not adhering to its nuclear testing moratorium in a manner consistent with the 'zero-yield' standard," Lieutenant General Robert P. Ashley said ...
Turkey breaks up smuggling ring that brought thousands of migrants to Europe
ISTANBUL: Turkish police said on Wednesday they had detained the leaders of what they called Europe?s biggest people-smuggling ring, which helped thousands of irregular immigrants reach Europe from the Middle East. The network mainly helped Afghan, Iraqi and Syrian nationals cross into European countries from Turkey by land and sea, police said, adding that the group had also worked ...
Pakistani boy is Pi challenge Einstein in UK
LONDON: A five-year-old British Pakistani boy has become the youngest & fastest Briton to recite numerical value of Pi decimal places. Muhammad Ahmad Khan, who is a pupil at Horton Grange Primary School assembly, can recite the value of Pi to a whopping 104 decimal places in the quickest recorded time of 29 seconds. Pi is used in maths, ...
Rights body slams France’s ‘inhumane treatment’ of jihadists’ children
?The French state needs to adopt effective measures allowing the halt to the inhumane and degrading treatment of children and their mothers and put an end to the violations of the rights of the child,? Toubon said. ?Finally a national authority has condemned France and urged it to respect its international and European obligations,? said lawyer Marie Dose, who ...
Iran ‘almost certainly’ behind ship attacks off UAE: Bolton
Speaker during a visit to the UAE capital Abu Dhabi, Bolton said that additional US forces were sent to the Middle East as a ?deterrent? and that Washington?s response will be prudent. ?Mr Bolton and other warmongers and chaos seekers should know that the strategic patience, high vigilance and complete defensive readiness of the Islamic Republic of Iran? will ...
Fresh strikes on Syria jihadist enclave kill 13
The United States and the United Nations demanded an end to airstrikes on Tuesday, as bombardment by Damascus killed 27 people ? the single highest civilian death toll in the region since the regime increased attacks in late April. According to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring organisation, seven of Wednesday?s victims were killed in an air ...
Modi healthcare scheme won hearts, and votes
?This scheme has infused a sense of belief in the poor that if they fall sick they will get treatment without spending a rupee,? said Anil Agarwal, chief medical superintendent at a hospital in Sitapur, a city with some of India?s worst health indicators. ?It has certainly been welcomed as a welfare measure by the poor and probably contributed ...
US Treasury again says China is not manipulating currency
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US says N.Korea program violates UN resolutions, after Trump tweet
WASHINGTON: The US State Department said Tuesday that North Korea’s overall program of weapons of mass destruction violated UN resolutions, after President Donald Trump brushed off recent missile launches.
Chinese President Xi to pay state visit to Russia from June 5
BEIJING, May 29 (APP)::President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to Russia from June 5 to 7 at the invitation of his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, a Chinese foreign ministry?s spokesperson said on Wednesday.
Indian doctor commits suicide after getting bullied over belonging from a ‘lower caste’
An Indian doctor took her own life in Mumbai after she was becoming target of ample bullying at the hands of her fellow doctors for belonging from a ?lower caste.? Twenty-three-year-old Dr. Payal Tadvi, working as a gynecologist in Mumbai?s BYL Nair Hospital hung herself to the ceiling and ended her life after allegedly getting ?harassed? and ?bullied? by three ...
Amnesty accuses Myanmar military of fresh ‘war crimes’ in Rakhine
Myanmar?s military is guilty of committing new ?war crimes?, extrajudicial killings and torture in its fight against ethnic Rakhine rebels, Amnesty International said on Wednesday. The Amnesty said on Wednesday it had ?new evidence? that Myanmar?s military is now ?committing war crimes and other human rights violations? against the ethnic Rakhine, listing extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests, torture and ...
Kushner meets Moroccan king on trip to press US peace plan
Greenblatt tweeted that he and Kushner shared an iftar dinner ? the traditional meal to break the daily fast during the holy month of Ramazan ? with Morocco?s king, Crown Prince Moulay Hassan and Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. ?Morocco is an important friend and ally of the United States.? The Trump administration is expected to unveil the peace plan ? ...
Indian finance minister quits govt citing health issues
India?s influential but ailing Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced on Wednesday that he would not serve in Prime Minister Narendra Modi?s new Hindu nationalist government because of poor health. Jaitley, 66, a key member of the last government, said in a letter to Modi he released on Twitter that he would ?like to keep away from any responsibility? ...
US tightening the noose: Iran blamed for UAE ship attacks
US National Security Adviser John Bolton on Wednesday said Iran was ?almost certainly? behind on ships off the United Arab Emirates (UAE) earlier this month. The four ships, including two Saudi tankers, were attacked by ?naval mines almost certainly from Iran?, Bolton told a press conference in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi. Someone from Nepal?? Bolton said he would ...
US occupation obstacle to Afghan peace: Taliban delegates in Moscow
A Taliban delegation met a group of senior Afghan politicians in Moscow on Tuesday, insisting that international forces must leave Afghanistan for peace to be agreed, amid gathering diplomatic efforts to end the 18-year war. Taliban officials have been talking to US diplomats for months about the terms of withdrawal of more than 23,000 US and NATO coalition ...
German jobless total rises unexpectedly in May as economy slows
BERLIN: German unemployment rose unexpectedly in May for the first time in nearly two years, data showed on Wednesday, in a sign that a slowdown in Europe?s largest economy is spilling over to the labour market. The number of people out of work rose by 60,000 to 2.279 million in seasonally adjusted terms, according to data from the Federal Labour Office.
French consumer spending rebounds more than expected in April
The INSEE official statistics agency said that consumer spending rose 0.8% in April, following a decline of 0.3% the previous month, which was revised down from -0.1% previously.
Tusk says Brexit served as ‘vaccine’ against eurosceptic EU vote
BRUSSELS: Britain?s Brexit paralysis served as a ?vaccine? against the eurosceptic vote in the European Union?s parliamentary elections, European Council President Donald Tusk said on Tuesday. ?I have no doubt that one of the reasons why people on the continent voted for a pro-European majority is also Brexit,? Tusk told a news conference after chairing a summit of all ...
In Brussels, May urges successor to seek Brexit deal
?What it shows is the importance of actually delivering on Brexit,? she told reporters ?I think the best way to do that is with a deal but it will be for my successor and for parliament to find a way forward to get a consensus.? Several of the contenders to replace May have called for her EU withdrawal deal to be ...
