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July 14, 2017 7:02 PM

Achieving UNHRC resolution goals ground to a virtual halt: Special Rapporteur

United Nations has said that Sri Lanka's progress in achieving the goals set out in UNHRC resolution is not only slow, but seems to have grounded to a virtual halt. Addressing a press conference after his five-day visit to Sri Lanka, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism, ...

July 14, 2017 1:13 PM

US Judge expands list of relatives exempted from travel ban

In the US, a federal court in Hawaii has expanded the list of family relationships needed by people seeking new visas from six Muslim-majority countries. <br/><br/>District Judge Derrick Watson ordered Homeland Security and the State Department not to enforce the ban on grandparents, gra...

July 14, 2017 12:14 PM

Al-Qaeda in Indian subcontinent getting more active: US

A US counter-terrorism expert has said, al-Qaeda is getting more active in the Indian subcontinent.<br/><br/>A strategic expert Seth G Jones said this in his Congressional testimony before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counter-terrorism and Intelligence. <br/><br/&...

July 14, 2017 12:05 PM

India, Pakistan should resolve Kashmir issue through talks: UN chief

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has reiterated the need for India and Pakistan to find a peaceful solution to the Kashmir issue through engagement and dialogue. <br/><br/>Guterres' spokesman Stephane Dujarric's remarks came when he was asked if the Secretary-General is pa...

July 14, 2017 11:32 AM

China under pressure to free widow of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo

China faced international calls today to free the poet Liu Xia, widow of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo. The US and the European Union urged President Xi Jinping's government to let Xia leave the country. <br/><br/>She has been under house arrest since 2010. US Secretary of State Rex Til...

July 14, 2017 8:16 AM

Brazil congressional panel votes against putting Temer on trial

A Brazilian congressional committee has voted against sending a corruption charge against President Michel Temer to the Supreme Court for the leader to be put on trial. <br/><br/>The vote is non-binding and the full house must still vote on the charge, which would only be approved if two...

July 14, 2017 8:16 AM

UAE welcomes US-Qatar agreement on fighting terrorism financing

UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan welcomed Thursday the signing of the counter-terrorism memorandum between the United States and Qatar. <br/><br/>On Tuesday, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that the United States a...

July 14, 2017 7:50 AM

Liu Xiaobo: China criticised over late dissident's treatment

China is facing international criticism for not allowing its most prominent dissident, Liu Xiaobo, to be treated abroad for terminal liver cancer. <br/><br/>The activist, who had been serving an 11-year prison term for subversion, died in a hospital in China aged 61. <br/><br/&g...

July 14, 2017 7:36 AM

FDA panel recommends approval for gene-altering leukemia treatment

A US Food and Drug Administration panel opened a new era in medicine, unanimously recommending that the agency approve the first-ever treatment that genetically alters a patient's own cells to fight cancer. <br/><br/>The treatment transforms genes into what scientists call a living ...

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