US admits to ‘intercepting’ Iranian passenger plane; passengers injured as plane take precautionary measures

Iranian passenger plane in Syrian airspace WASHINGTON/TEHRAN, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Central Command has claimed responsibility for engaging with an Iranian passenger plane in Syrian airspace. Iranian officials have threatened to take legal and political action over the incident. US Central Command on Thursday confirmed that one of…

Multilateral bodies like UN must become more representative of current world order: Indian PM

KUALA LUMPUR, July 24 (NNN) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called upon the international community to reform multilateral institutions like the United Nations to make it more representative of the current world order. “Today the fury of the pandemic (COVID-19) provides the context for its (UN’s) rebirth and…

US Pres Trump tells Pres Putin hopes to avoid US-Russia-China arms race

WASHINGTON/MOSCOW, July 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that he hopes to avoid an “expensive” US arms race with Russia and China, the White House said. Washington and Moscow are preparing negotiations on a successor to the New START treaty capping their countries’ nuclear…

Covid-19: UN chief tells China coal has no place in post-COVID recovery

BEIJING, July 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Coal power has no place in a post-coronavirus economic recovery plan, the UN chief said in a speech broadcast in China, which has reportedly stepped up production of the polluting energy source. “There is no such thing as clean coal, and coal should have no…

Afghanistan: Taliban say ready for peace talks next month if prisoner swap complete

KABUL, July 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Taliban are prepared to hold peace talks with the Afghan government after a religious holiday next month as long as an ongoing prisoner swap had been completed, the insurgents said Thursday. The group was “ready to begin intra-Afghan negotiations immediately after Eid in case…

China orders closure of US consulate in Chengdu

BEIJING, July 24, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – China said Friday it had revoked the license for the US consulate in the southwestern city of Chengdu, in retaliation for the closure of China’s Houston consulate earlier this week. The tit-for-tat move is a “legitimate and necessary response to the unreasonable measures by…

US arrests 3 Chinese researchers for failing to disclose links to China’s military

WASHINGTON, July 24 (NNN-SPUTNIK) — The US federal authorities have arrested three Chinese researchers for failing to disclose their links to China’s military, and a fourth individual is a fugitive harboured at the consulate in San Francisco, reported Sputnik news agency, quoting the Justice Department in a press release on Thursday. “Four…

WHO chief dismisses Pompeo’s comments as “untrue and unacceptable

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus GENEVA, July 24 (NNN-Xinhua) — The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said that US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo’s latest comments on the relations between the UN health body and China is “untrue and unacceptable, without any foundation.” Speaking at a routine briefing,…

Covid-19: Solidarity, reliable supply chain critical in fighting coronavirus – South African minister

PRETORIA, July 24 (NNN-XINHUA) — The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the importance of working with other countries, building resilient and diversified supply chains, said South African Trade Minister Ebrahim Patel. At the 10th BRICS Trade Ministers Meeting, Patel said that solidarity is critical in fighting the virus. As the pandemic is still raging on, “we…

UN chief calls for talks after Azerbaijan-Armenia clashes

UNITED NATIONS, July 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for “immediate and full de-escalation” and “a return to negotiations” between Azerbaijan and Armenia after recent clashes on the border between the two former Soviet republics. Guterres spoke by telephone separately with Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime…
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