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Macron, Putin to discuss Iran nuke deal, Syria

PARIS, May 24 (Agencies): Having failed to persuade US President Donald Trump to stay in the Iran nuclear accord, French President Emmanuel Macron is reaching out to Russian President Vladimir Putin.Macron heads to St. Petersburg on Thursday amid deep differences with Putin over Syria, Ukraine and alleged Russian meddling abroad....

Families from eight countries sue EU over climate change

PARIS, May 24 (AFP): Ten families from Europe, Kenya, and Fiji have filed suit against the European Union (EU) over global warming threats to their homes and livelihoods, their lawyers said Thursday.They insist the bloc must do more to limit climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions, and point to...

Pak parliament passes tribal areas reform

ISLAMABAD, May 24 (Al Jajira): Pakistan's lower house of Parliament has passed a landmark constitutional amendment extending widespread political, administrative and human rights reforms to the country's northwestern tribal areas, a region that had long been a sanctuary to armed groups.The constitutional amendment, passed by the National Assembly in the...

Thai police charge anti-junta protesters with sedition

BANGKOK, May 24 (Agencies): Fifteen anti-junta activists were charged with sedition Thursday, a crime carrying seven years in jail, their lawyer said, for staging a protest this week to mark the fourth anniversary of the last coup by Thailand's generals.The protest on Tuesday was small by the standards of Thailand's...

Cyclone Mekunu pummels Yemeni island, 17 missing

SOCOTRA, May 24 (AFP): Seventeen people were missing and hundreds of others evacuated from their homes Thursday after Cyclone Mekunu hit the Yemeni island of Socotra, causing severe flooding and damage, officials said.Neighbouring Oman is preparing for landfall on Friday, with national weather experts expecting Mekunu to intensify to a...

Death toll from India protests hits 13

TUTICORIN, May 24 (AFP): A protester shot during demonstrations against a copper plant in southern India died of his injuries Thursday, officials said, the 13th victim killed by police fire.A curfew remained in pockets of Tuticorin city in Tamil Nadu state where police used live ammunition to disperse protesters this...

Israel plans 2,500 new West Bank settler homes

JERUSALEM, May 24 (Agencies): Israel's Defence minister says he will seek approval next week to fast-track construction of 2,500 new West Bank settlement homes in 2018.Avigdor Lieberman's office said in a statement on Thursday that he aimed to fulfill a commitment to expand construction in West Bank settlements. In addition...

Ukraine ‘paid’ Trump's lawyer to arrange White House talks

WASHINGTON, May 24 (Reuters): US President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, received a secret payment of at least $400,000 to arrange talks between Trump and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko last year, the British Broadcasting Corp (BBC) reported on Wednesday.The payment was arranged by intermediaries acting for Poroshenko who wanted...

News in Brief-(25-5-2018)

King's daughter rubbishes Bannon claim about TrumpWASHINGTON, May 24: The daughter of civil rights icon Martin Luther King has rejected a claim that the civil rights icon would have been "proud of" Donald Trump. Steve Bannon - formerly President Donald Trump's top strategist - told the news agency Mr King...

United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi

(From right to left): Majority People's Party supremo Mayawati, West Bengal chief minister Mamta Banerjee, Indian Congress party president Rahul Gandhi, Andra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu and JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy, attending the swearing-in ceremony in Bangalore — AFP