Section: The Indian Express (India)
US condemns ‘barbaric’ murder of LGBT magazine editor in Bangladesh
US Secretary of State John Kerry US Secretary of State John Kerry has condemned the “barbaric murder” of Julhash Mannan, the editor of a gay rights magazine, who also worked with the US embassy in Bangladesh. “The men and women of the US State Department join me today in condemning the barbaric murder of Mannan,” Kerry said in a statement Monday....
U.S. begins F-22 fighter deployment to reassure NATO allies facing Russia
One of four U.S. F-22 stealth fighters prepares to land at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. (AP Photo) The United States began its biggest European deployment of F-22 fighters with a visit to the Black Sea in an exercise aimed at beefing up military support for NATO’s eastern European allies who say they...
Barack Obama, top US allies to discuss challenges straining Europe
Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, from left, President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Minister President of Lower Saxony Stephan Weil, are seated in the front row before the opening ceremony of the Hannover Messe trade fair opening ceremony in Hannover, Germany, on Sunday. (AP Photo) Monday’s meeting in Hannover,...
Obama says Queen Elizabeth II ‘one of my favourite people’, ends UK visit
Obama praised the Queen, saying “She is truly one of my favorite people … an astonishing person.” President Barack Obama plunged into a whirlwind of royal socializing Friday that began over a birthday lunch with Queen Elizabeth II and ended at a dinner hosted by the trio of young royals who represent the future of the British monarchy. Obama,...
Obama on royal holiday: Lunch with British queen, dinner with princes
US President Barack Obama, center left, and his wife first lady Michelle Obama, center right, pose with Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, left, and Prince Phillip in the Oak room at Windsor Castle ahead of a private lunch hosted by the Queen. (Source: AP) Bearing a gift and birthday greetings, President Barack Obama on Friday celebrated Queen...
Ukraine to mark 30 years since Chernobyl disaster
Ukraine is preparing to mark 30 years since the Chernobyl disaster, the world’s worst nuclear accident whose death toll remains a mystery and which continues to jeopardise the local population’s health. More than 200 tonnes of uranium remain inside the reactor that exploded three decades ago at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant,...
France to give Lebanon 100 mn euros to aid refugees: Hollande
President of France Francois Hollande French President Francois Hollande announced in Beirut on Saturday 100 million euros in aid for Lebanon which is hosting more than one million refugees from war-torn Syria. “French assistance will be increased to USD 113 million in the next three years,” he said at a joint press conference in the Lebanese...
Russia says respected all safety rules in passes near US warship: Interfax
Russian Su-25 ground attack jets are parked after returning from Syria, at a Russian air base in Primorsko-Akhtarsk, southern Russia, Wednesday, March 16, 2016.(Olga Balashova/Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) Russian aircraft that flew within metres of a US warship in international waters of the Baltic Sea was observing all required...
Panama Papers: Attorney general raids offices of Mossack Fonseca law firm
Photo for representational purpose Panama’s attorney general late on Tuesday raided the offices of the Mossack Fonseca law firm to search for any evidence of illegal activities, authorities said in a statement. The Panama-based law firm is at the center of the “Panama Papers” leaks scandal that has embarrassed several world leaders and...
Ukraine looks to new pro-EU government after PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk quits
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk. (AP Photo) Ukraine prepared Monday to usher in a stable new pro-Western government following the resignation of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk over public anger with his seeming inability to fight government graft. Yatsenyuk’s Sunday announcement came barely two months after he survived a...
