Italy summons French ambassador amid migrant row
Rome, Jun 13 : Italy’s foreign ministry said it had summoned the French ambassador today amid a diplomatic spat between the two countries over the handling of a migrant crisis. Yesterday, French President Emmanuel Macron accused Italy of “irresponsibility” after the Rome government refused to open its ports to the NGO Aquarius ship carrying hundreds of […]
12 dead, 31 wounded in Kabul attack
Kabul, Jun 11: At least 12 people were killed and 31 wounded when a suicide attacker blew himself up among government ministry employees in Kabul who had left work early for Ramadan and were waiting to take a bus home, officials said. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the latest attack in the Afghan capital, […]
Trudeau: Canada will retaliate against US tariffs
La Malbaie (Canada), Jun 10 : Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed today after the G7 summit he had warned Donald Trump his country would impose retaliatory tariffs on US goods from July 1. Trudeau denounced Trump’s decision to invoke national security concerns to impose tariffs on aluminium and steel as “insulting” to the Canadian war […]
Taliban agrees to unprecedented ceasefire with Afghan forces for Eid
Kabul, Jun 9 : The Taliban announced its first ceasefire in Afghanistan since the 2001 US invasion on Saturday, with a three-day halt in hostilities against the country’s security forces that was greeted with relief by war-weary Afghans. But the group warned the suspension of fighting for the first three days of Eid, the holiday […]
Trump deepens G7 divide with call to readmit Russia
La Malbaie (Canada), Jun 8 : President Donald Trump drove the wedge splitting Washington from its Western allies even deeper today with a shock call for Russia to be readmitted to the G7 club of nations. As the heads of the top industrialized democracies embarked on the two-day G7 summit in rural Quebec, European leaders warned […]
Austria to expel up to 60 imams, shuts 7 mosques
Vienna, Jun 8 : Austria could expel up to 60 Turkish-funded imams and their families as part of a crackdown on “political Islam”, Interior Minister Herbert Kickl said today. “The circle of people possibly affected by these measures – the pool that we’re talking about – comprises around 60 imams,” said Kickl of the far-right […]
IS attacks kill 22 pro-regime fighters in south Syria: monitor
Beirut, Jun 8 : Islamic State group jihadists today killed 22 pro-regime fighters including 11 soldiers among them two officers, in surprise attacks in southern Syria, a monitor said. Twelve jihadists also lost their lives in the assaults in the desert of the southern province of Sweida, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group […]
Ronaldo return inspires Portugal past Algeria
Lisbon, Jun 8 : With talisman Cristiano Ronaldo back in the side, Portugal strolled to a 3-0 win over Algeria in a World Cup warm-up match in Lisbon. A brace from Paris Saint-Germain forward Goncalo Guedes, who spent last season on loan at Valencia, and another strike from Sporting Lisbon midfielder Bruno Fernandes secured a […]
France, Germany, Britain formally demand exemptions from US sanctions on Iran
Paris, Jun 6 : France, Britain, Germany and the EU today sent the United States a joint official request for their companies to be exempt from punitive measures resulting from fresh US sanctions on Iran. “As allies, we expect that the United States will refrain from taking action to harm Europe’s security interests,” said the […]
Amnesty urges releases of its Turkey head after year in jail
Istanbul, Jun 6 : Amnesty International today vowed to intensify efforts to win the release of its Turkey chairman who has spent a year in jail on “baseless” charges of links to the group blamed for a failed July 2016 coup. Taner Kilic has been held since June 2017 in the western city of Izmir, accused […]
