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India removes judge critical of violence

NEW DELHI, Feb 27 (BBC): The transfer of a judge critical of the violence in Delhi has raised concerns in India, as politicians come under fire for perceived inaction.Justice S Muralidhar, who was hearing a petition into the religious riots, had sharply condemned both the government and police on Wednesday.Orders...

Thai students protest dissolution of party

PATHUM THANI, Feb 27 (AP): Thailand's normally docile students have been holding rallies around the country to express their discontent with the established political order. The rare mass activism was triggered by a court ruling dissolving a popular opposition political party whose democracy-promoting policies had attracted substantial support among younger...

Mexico's women to observe strike Mar 9

MEXICO CITY, Feb 27 (New York Times): No women in offices or schools. No women in restaurants or stores. No women on public transportation, in cars or on the street.A country without women, for one day.That's the vision of an alliance of feminist groups in Mexico that - fuelled by...

Parliament will choose new PM, says Mahathir

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 (AP): Malaysian interim leader Mahathir Mohamad said Thursday that Parliament will pick a new prime minister next week following the collapse of the ruling alliance, and that snap elections will be called if the vote ends in an impasse. Mahathir, who met the king earlier Thursday,...

New Tunisia govt wins confidence vote

TUNIS, Feb 27 (AFP): Tunisia's new government won a confidencevote in parliament on Thursday, after more than four months of politicalwrangling since elections.Former finance minister Elyes Fakhfakh was named prime minister-designate by Tunisia's president Kais Saied at the end of January and tasked with forming a government within a month.A...

Tech giants free to censor content under US constitution

LOS ANGELES, Feb 27 (AFP): Tech giants including Google are free to censor content as they wish, a US court ruled Wednesday, in a landmark freedom-of-speech case concerning private internet platforms.The decision by San Francisco's Ninth Circuit appeals court rejected a conservative news outlet's claims that YouTube had breached the...

US adds leader of Iraqi militia to blacklist

WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (Xinhua): U.S. State Department announced Wednesday that it has designated Ahmad al-Hamidawi, the head of an Iraqi militia, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT). The department said in a statement that al-Hamidawi is the Secretary General of Kata'ib Hezbollah (KH), which Washington claimed is "an Iran-backed...

News in Brief-(28-02-2020)

Iraq suspends schools for 10 days over virusBAGHDAD, Feb 27: The Iraqi health minister announced on Wednesday the suspension of all schools and universities until March 7 to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. Jaafar Sadiq Allawi said in a statement that he has ordered the suspension of schools...