Erdogan says new Israeli law fascist, Hitler’s spirit re-emerging
Reuters, Istanbul :Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday an Israeli law declaring that only Jews have the right of self determination legitimizes oppression and...
International
Syrian refugees return must be voluntary, UN tells US, Moscow
AFP, United Nations :Any return of Syrian refugees from countries across the region must be conducted on a strictly voluntary basis, the United Nations stressed...
Imran Khan eyes victory over jailed ex-PM’s party
Reuters, Islamabad :Cricket star-turned-politician Imran Khan is hoping to become Pakistan’s prime minister after 20 years of being dismissed at the polls, as the country...
Greece wildfires: ’60 dead’ in holiday area
AFP :At least 60 people have reportedly died in wildfires in the Attica region around Athens, in Greece’s worst fire crisis in more than a...
North Korea dismantling rocket test site, satellite images suggest
Reuters , Washington: Satellite images indicate North Korea has begun dismantling key facilities at a site used to develop engines for ballistic missiles, in a...
News in brief
200 environmental activists killed in 2017AFP, ParisMore than 200 environmental activists were murdered last year as government-sponsored killings linked to lucrative projects by vast agriculture...
Britain’s new FM warns of no-deal Brexit risk
Reuters, Berlin :Britain’s foreign minister Jeremy Hunt said on Monday there was a risk of no-deal Brexit if EU negotiators waited too long for Britain...
News In Brief
Russian FM to visit Israel for Syria talksAFP, JerusalemRussian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Moscow’s military chief of staff will arrive in Israel later Monday...
Trump issues threat to Iran: ‘you will suffer consequences’
Good Morning America :President Donald Trump issued an all-caps threat to Iran after the country’s president said earlier in the day that pursuing hostilities against...
Hundreds join hunger strike in Nepal for fasting doctor
PTI, Kathmandu :Hundreds of people yesterday held protest rallies in Nepal and began a mass relay hunger strike to protest the government’s crackdown on the...
Israel launches US-backed missile shield on Syria frontier
Reuters, Jerusalem :Israel launched its newest air defense system on Monday on the Syrian frontier, where Damascus’s Russian-backed forces have been routing rebels, as Moscow...
Sharif, unwell in jail, not allowed to see his doctor, claims party
AFP, Islamabad :Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is suffering from high blood pressure but has been refused permission to see his personal doctor,...