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US has ‘wrong’ expectation for dialogue: Kim’s sister
The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un yesterday said that Washington had “wrong” expectations for dialogue with Pyongyang and was facing “greater disappointment”, state media reported.
22 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Army, militia clashes kill 6
Four protesters and at least two officers were killed as Myanmar soldiers battled an anti-junta civilian militia with small arms and grenades in the country’s second city yesterday, military sources said.
22 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Catalan separatists pardoned
Spain cabinet yesterday pardoned nine jailed Catalan separatists behind a failed 2017 independence bid in a bid to break the deadlock over the political crisis in this wealthy northeastern region.
22 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Grave concerns raised about China at UN rights council
More than 40 countries led by Canada yesterday voiced grave concerns at the UN Human Rights Council about China’s actions in Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Tibet -- triggering a fierce backlash from Beijing.
22 June 2021, 18:00 PM
#MeToo movement rocks Sri Lanka press
Sri Lanka’s government yesterday ordered an investigation into sexual harassment in the media after a string of #MeToo allegations from female newsroom staff.
22 June 2021, 18:00 PM
More than 8,500 children used as soldiers in 2020
More than 8,500 children were used as soldiers last year in various conflicts across the world and nearly 2,700 others were killed, the United Nations said on Monday.
22 June 2021, 18:00 PM
At least 11 killed in Burkina Faso police ambush
At least 11 police officers were killed in an ambush in northern Burkina Faso late on Monday, a security source said on Tuesday.
22 June 2021, 17:29 PM
Let's talk, says Spain, as jailed Catalan separatists pardoned
Spain's government on Tuesday pardoned all nine separatist leaders jailed for their role in Catalonia's failed independence bid in 2017, expressing hope that the gesture might help end a trial of strength that has sown deep divisions.
22 June 2021, 15:03 PM
China, allies seek probe into indigenous children's remains in Canada
China and its allies called on Tuesday for an independent investigation into the discovery last month of the remains of more than 200 indigenous children at a Canadian boarding school.
22 June 2021, 14:28 PM
Swedish PM Lofven ousted
Sweden’s parliament ousted Prime Minister Stefan Lofven in a no-confidence vote yesterday, giving the Social Democrat leader a week to resign and hand the speaker the job of finding a new government, or call a snap election.
21 June 2021, 18:00 PM
This day in history
1940- France’s General Charles Huntziger signed the terms of surrender with Germany at Compiegne in World War Two, in the same railway carriage in which General Foch had received the German surrender in 1918.
21 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Pak PM Imran Khan mum
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan repeatedly refused to acknowledge China’s repression of Uyghur Muslims during an interview with “Axios on HBO,” deflecting to other global human rights issues and citing China’s denial of the crackdown in Xinjiang.
21 June 2021, 18:00 PM
‘It’s getting harder and harder’
Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily will be forced to shut “in a matter of days” after authorities froze the company’s assets under a national security law, an adviser to jailed owner Jimmy Lai told Reuters yesterday.
21 June 2021, 18:00 PM
US violated 2015 nuclear deal
Iranian President-Elect Ebrahim Raisi said yesterday that the United States violated the 2015 nuclear deal and the European Union failed to fulfil its commitments, speaking in his first news conference since his victory in Friday’s election.
21 June 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Irresponsible gameplan’
A statehood movement is building up in Jangalmahal, the forested area in the western part of Bengal, a BJP leader has claimed days after a couple of his party colleagues demanded that a separate Union Territory be carved out of north Bengal.
21 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Russia, Myanmar agree to bolster bilateral ties
Myanmar’s junta leader and a senior Russia security official yesterday committed to improving ties between their two countries, Russia’s Security Council said in a statement.
21 June 2021, 18:00 PM
World in worst cascade of rights setbacks
The UN rights chief yesterday called for “concerted action” to help recover from the worst global deterioration of rights seen in decades, highlighting situations in China, Russia and Ethiopia among others.
21 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Ghani to visit White House
Afghan leader Ashraf Ghani and the head of the country’s peace process will meet President Joe Biden at the White House on Friday, as the planned American military withdrawal accelerates.
21 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Armenia PM claims victory
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s party won 53.9 percent of the vote in snap parliamentary polls called in an effort to defuse a political crisis after a war with Azerbaijan, official results showed yesterday.
21 June 2021, 18:00 PM
US slaps sanctions on Belarus over human rights abuses, erosion of democracy
The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on more than a dozen Belarusian individuals and entities, the U.S. Treasury Department said, joining Britain, Canada and the European Union in applying pressure for human rights abuses and the erosion of democracy.
21 June 2021, 15:22 PM