Foreign Secy Jaishankar makes unannounced visit to China as Putin voices support for India's NSG entry
Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar made an unannounced visit to Beijing on 16-17 June to enlist support for India's bid for membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) which is being opposed by China. Jaishankar's visit came a week ahead of the plenary meeting of the 48-nation atomic trading bloc scheduled to be held in Seoul on 24 June where India's membership is likely to be discussed."Yes, I can confirm Foreign Secretary visited Beijing on 16-17 June for bilateral consultations with his Chine..>> view originalBelgium charges three men with terrorism offences after overnight raids
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"My name is death to traitors, freedom for Britain," Tommy Mair said when asked his name in the dock. Mair was not required to enter a plea and the judge did not ask for one. Keith Allen, his attorney, said there was no indication of what plea would be entered.Deputy Chief Magistrate Emma Arbuthnot ordered Mair to be remanded in custody until his next appearance.Mair, 52, is accused of killing Cox, a member of Britain's Parliament, in a brazen attack Thursday in her district in northern England...>> view originalTens of thousands gather to protest US military presence on Japanese island
Tens of thousands joined together Sunday in a massive protest against the presence of U.S. military bases on the southwestern Japanese island of Okinawa, where an American contractor and former Marine is accused of raping and killing a local woman. The rally calls for a review of the U.S.-Japanese security agreement, which burdens Okinawa with hosting most of the U.S. troops in Japan. The murder set off outrage on Okinawa, where tensions periodically run high over crime. The U.S. and Japan agre..>> view originalUS Tells Russia of 'Strong Concerns' About Strikes on Syrian Rebels
Photo Russia’s defense minister, Sergei Shoigu, second from the left in the back row, visited the Russian air base in Syria on Saturday. Credit Vadim Savitsky/Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, via Associated Press WASHINGTON — Senior American and Russian defense officials held what the Pentagon described as an “extraordinary” videoconference on Saturday to discuss Russian airstrikes that days earlier hit a garrison manned by Syrian rebels backed by the United Stat..>> view originalU.S. backed Syrian forces advance two km from center of Islamic state-held Manbij: source
Egyptian Court Sentences 2 Al-Jazeera Employees to Death
CAIRO — An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced six people, including two Al-Jazeera employees, to death for allegedly passing documents related to national security to Qatar and the Doha-based TV network during the rule of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. Morsi, the top defendant, and two of his aides were sentenced to 25 years in prison for membership in the now-banned Muslim Brotherhood group but were acquitted of espionage, a capital offense. Morsi and his secretary, Amin el-Sirafy, ea..>> view originalItaly elections: Rome set to elect Virginia Raggi as first female mayor
Image copyright AFP Image caption Ms Raggi is seen as a rising start of the Five Star Movement Rome is set to elect its first female mayor in a run-off vote in municipal elections.Virginia Raggi, from the anti-establishment Five Star Movement, is seen as the favourite against Roberto Giachetti of the centre-left Democratic Party (PD).Her victory would be a blow to Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.His PD party may also lose in Italy's financial capi..>> view originalBrexit? What Brexit? Europeans Wake Up to Possibility of UK Departure
Friedrich Gärtner, a retired IT worker in Berlin, was paying little attention to Britain’s European Union referendum debate until last week, as German stocks dropped abruptly on fears that the U.K. would leave the bloc. “Just now, it’s indeed becoming a topic—now that you can feel it in the stock market,” said Mr. Gärtner, 66 years old....>> view original
Sunday, June 19, 2016
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