Anadolu Agency: A Spanish air force jet on Tuesday accidentally fired a missile over Estonia without causing any harm, the Estonian Defense Ministry said in a statement Wednesday. The missile was fired from Eurofighter Typhoon 2000 jet during NATO’s Baltic air-policing mission and hit a small Estonian town near the Russian border. Following the incident,…
Reuters: US stocks opened lower on Wednesday after China retaliated to Washington’s latest tariffs, clouding a strong showing for corporate earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 13.19 points, or 0.05 percent, at the open to 25,615.72. The S&P 500 .SPX opened lower by 1.66 points, or 0.06 percent, at 2,856.79. The Nasdaq Composite…
MEMO: Palestinian refugees, who are originally from Gaza, said that the Saudi embassy in Amman has rejected to issue them Hajj visas, Jordanian news website Roaya reported yesterday. According to the news site, the Jordanian authorities had asked Saudi Arabia not to issue Hajj visas to these refugees. Palestinian refugees from Gaza, who live in…
BBC: Boris Johnson should be kicked out of the Conservative Party for his remarks about the burka, a Muslim peer says. Conservative Muslim Forum founder Lord Sheikh told BBC Newsnight demands from the PM for an apology were not enough. He has called for Mr Johnson to have the whip removed – meaning the MP…
BBC: Airbnb has called off a competition offering to chance to spend a night on the Great Wall of China. The accommodation site asked people to write a 500-word essay on overcoming cultural boundaries in a bid to win a “once-in-a-lifetime” experience. But the plan sparked mixed feedback and concerns that it could contribute to…
Hossen Sohel: UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, and UNDP, the UN’s development agency, yesterday urged Myanmar authorities to make tangible progress to improve conditions in Rakhine State. The call came within two months of the signing of the tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between UNHCR, UNDP, and the government of Myanmar. In a joint statement,…
Reuters: Japan is bracing for heavy rains and high winds on Wednesday as a strong typhoon is forecast to make landfall near the capital of Tokyo, the latest storm to hit Japan in recent months. Typhoon “Shanshan,” a Chinese girl’s name, is currently a Category 2 typhoon but is expected to weaken slightly as it…
NDTV: A Sri Lankan court yesterday handed a six-year jail term to a Buddhist monk accused of inciting violence against Muslims, holding him guilty of contempt just months after he was convicted of intimidating the wife of a missing journalist. The monk, Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara, leads the hardline Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) or “Buddhist Power…
Dr. A B Mirza Md. Azizul Islam, Former Advisor, Caretaker Government : Cutting the interest rates of saving certificates right before the election will not bring any significant changes to the country’s economy. It will remain in the state that it currently is in. The government has been collecting a higher interest rate due to…
Reuters: Venezuela’s opposition said that lawmaker Juan Requesens and his sister Rafaela Requesens, a student leader, were arrested in their Caracas apartment on Tuesday night, after President Nicolas Maduro ordered a crackdown following drone explosions at a weekend rally.