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Israeli PM's threat to annex West Bank not helpful for peace: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 11 (Xinhua): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's promise on Tuesday that if re-elected he would annex much of the occupied West Bank would not be helpful in the Middle East peace process, a UN spokesman said. "I think such a prospect would be devastating to the potential...

HK protesters boo China anthem

HONG KONG, Sept 11 (BBC): Hong Kong's protest movement made its presence felt in a sports stadium and shopping malls on Tuesday.Fans attending a football match drowned out the pre-game Chinese national anthem with loud booing.Protesters have also staged flash events in shopping malls, singing Glory to Hong Kong which...

French minister gets death threats

PARIS, Sept 11 (Reuters): French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire has received three letters containing death threats, including one this week with bullets enclosed, one of his aides said on Wednesday.It was not immediately clear who sent the threats or what their motive was, but the letters had coincided with...

Iran again rebuffs Trump-Rouhani meeting’s possibility

TEHRAN, Sept 11 (AFP): Iran on Wednesday rejected the possibility of a meeting between President Hassan Rouhani and US counterpart Donald Trump, after the White House signalled it was open to such an encounter.Two of Trump's top lieutenants on Tuesday indicated he was ready to meet the Iranian president without...

Johnson's parliament suspension ruled unlawful

LONDON, Sept 11 (BBC): Boris Johnson's suspension of the UK Parliament is unlawful, Scotland's highest civil court has ruled.A panel of three judges at the Court of Session found in favour of a cross-party group of politicians who were challenging the prime minister's move.The judges said the PM was attempting...

Abe to reshuffle his cabinet

TOKYO, Sept 11 (Xinhua): The approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet dropped from last month, while the disapproval rate rose, a nationwide poll showed Tuesday, with the results coming on the eve of a planned Cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday. According to the survey conducted by Japan's public...

News in Brief -(12-09-2019)

Russia has 'no expectation' of better US tiesMOSCOW, Sept 11: Russia said on Wednesday it has "no expectation" of any improvement in relations with Washington after the dismissal of Donald Trump's national security advisor John Bolton. "We have observed several times in the past that changes in the US administration...