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Heatwave adds to the woes of migrants stranded in Bosnia

2:43 pm July 7, 2019

Bihac (Bosnia and Herzegovina): Stranded in Bosnia, thousands of migrants face yet one more hurdle on their journey towards the European Union: the scorching summer heat in the Balkans. Under a leaden sky, Saleh Alhasan and his friends hurry to reach the shade of the woods after failing yet again to cross the border to […]

UK far-right activist in contempt of court over live-stream

3:11 pm July 6, 2019

London: British far-right figurehead Tommy Robinson was found in contempt of court on Friday, having live-streamed a confrontation with defendants in a criminal trial that was subject to reporting restrictions. Two senior judges found he had acted in contempt when broadcasting footage of defendants outside Leeds Crown Court in northern England in May 2018. Robinson […]

Turkey vows to expand anti-PKK operations in northern Iraq

Erdogan says Turkey car blast may be terror-linked

10:17 pm July 5, 2019

Ankara: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said three Syrians were killed in the Turkish town of Reyhanli close to the Syrian border in a car blast that may be terror-related. “The initial findings suggest there may be more of a link with terror,” Erdogan told reporters in Istanbul. “It is clear there was a […]

Not used our capacities in developing trade: EU diplomat

10:34 pm July 4, 2019

Chennai: The European Union and India have not done enough to maximise trade and investments considering the scale and size of the respective economies, EU Ambassador to India Tomasz Kozlowski said Thursday. The EU is the largest trading partner of India and would continue to remain so, he asserted. The United Kingdom’s exit from the […]

Erdogan says US refusal to deliver F-35 jets would be ‘robbery’

2:40 pm July 4, 2019

Ankara: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said it would be “robbery” for the United States to deny Turkey the F-35 fighter jets it has bought, according to comments published on Thursday. Turkey-US ties are under serious strain over Ankara’s purchase of the Russian S-400 air defence system, which is due for delivery in the coming days. […]