Russia Today: The UK will never let Julian Assange just leave the country, so he should surrender, Ecuador’s foreign minister said. The only other option is life self-imprisonment at the Ecuadoran embassy. “Mr. Assange has basically two options: to stay indefinitely because the British authorities have told us … that they will never authorize a…
Russia Today: Israel has opened a segregated road in the West Bank divided by an 26 foot wall, with one side for Israeli settlers and another for Palestinians. The stretch has been dubbed the ‘Apartheid Road’. Route 4370 opened Wednesday after a long delay. The east side of the road is for settlers only, and…
WIO News: A Myanmar judge dismissed an appeal Friday by two Reuters journalists jailed for seven years while investigating atrocities committed against the Rohingya, dashing slim hopes that the pair could be freed early. Reporters Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, were arrested in Yangon in December 2017 and later jailed for violating…
M Humayun Kabir speaks to DOT : It is very natural for Bangladesh to receive congratulations from India, China and European Union for displaying stability in Rohingya issue, economy and security in the Asian region. A political stability has been prevailing for the last one decade in Bangladesh. The country’s economy is faring well due…
Nur Khan Liton speaks to DOT A separate, neutral probe committee should be formed to stabilize the human rights situation in the nation. The way the human rights situation in the country is gradually deteriorating is very alarming. There has been a steep decline, as proved by the prevalence of extrajudicial killings, harassment on journalists,…
News: The Meghalaya government informed the Supreme Court on Friday that the Indian navy has deployed five remotely-operated vehicles (ROVs) in the operation to rescue 15 miners trapped inside an illegal coal mine in East Jaintia Hills district since December 13. The state government told a bench of Justices A K Sikri and S Abdul…
Al Arabiya: Gaza’s rulers Hamas said Thursday that Egypt plans to fully reopen its border crossing with the enclave, days after partially closing it amid infighting between Palestinian factions. Forces loyal to Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas withdrew on Sunday from the Rafah border crossing, accusing rivals Hamas of interference. The crossing is the only way…
Arab News: The UN envoy to Yemen said he was “alarmed” over the escalation of violence after a rebel drone attack on the country’s largest air base killed six loyalist soldiers. In tweets posted overnight Thursday Martin Griffiths urged all parties to Yemen’s protracted conflict to exercise restraint. The Shiite Houthi rebels said they carried…
Wio News: Germany “takes total responsibility for crimes committed” by the Nazis in Greece, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday on a visit to Athens. Tensions linger over wartime reparations for the Nazis’ World War II occupation of Greece with Berlin arguing the issue was settled in 1960 in a deal with several European governments….
CNN: China claims to have deployed missiles “capable of targeting medium and large ships” days after the latest US Navy “freedom of navigation” operation near contested islands in the South China Sea, state media announced. The deployment of the DF-26 ballistic missiles in China’s remote northwest plateau, originally announced Tuesday on China Central Television, follows…