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Biden to meet Putin in Geneva on June 16: White House

Russians hit out at Kremlin ban on flights to Georgia

8:47 pm June 22, 2019

Moscow: Russia’s travel industry hit out Saturday at a decision by the Kremlin to suspend flights to Georgia as a politically motivated move that has little to do with safety concerns. President Vladimir Putin signed a decree banning Russian airlines from flying to Georgia from July 8 late Friday in response to anti-government rallies in […]

European leaders remain attentive, cautious in US-Iran spat

10:58 pm June 21, 2019

Brussels: European leaders are being guarded in their responses to the deepening tensions between the United States and Iran, urging both sides to step back from confrontation. Influential European countries have for months been steering a delicate path between Washington and Tehran, since the President Donald Trump’s administration last year pulled out of a nuclear […]

Georgia parliament head quits after 240 injured in crackdown

10:54 pm June 21, 2019

Tbilisi: The head of Georgia’s parliament quit Friday after more than 240 people were injured in a police crackdown on mass protests, which erupted over a controversial address to lawmakers by a Russian MP. Opposition leaders have vowed to hold demonstrations until parliament is dissolved and snap elections are held. Rallies broke out in the […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Hundreds injured in Georgia protest crackdown: Ministry

8:45 pm June 21, 2019

Tbilisi: At least 240 demonstrators and police officers were injured during an overnight anti-government protest in Georgia after riot police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at a largely peaceful rally, the health ministry said Friday. It added that “102 people were being treated for injuries in Tbilisi hospitals”.

UK minister in charge of India suspended amid assault claim

6:25 pm June 21, 2019

London: A minister in charge of India in the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) was suspended on Friday after footage showed him grabbing and forcibly ejecting a climate activist at a political event in London. Mark Field, Britain’s minister of state for Asia and the Pacific, was a guest at the formal black-tie dinner […]