Day: September 24, 2019

UK Supreme Court to rule on Johnson’s shutdown of Parliament

2:46 pm September 24, 2019

London: Britain’s Supreme Court plans to give its verdict Tuesday on the legality of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s five-week suspension of Parliament. The case marks a historic confrontation between the prime minister, the courts, and Parliament over their rights and responsibilities. Johnson has refused to say whether he will resign if he is found to […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

S Arabia blocking approval of UN oceans report: participants

2:43 pm September 24, 2019

Monaco: Oil giant Saudi Arabia is blocking the adoption of a major UN report on oceans and climate change by challenging an earlier UN assessment highlighting the need to slash carbon emissions caused by burning fossil fuels, multiple sources told AFP. Already deep into overtime, a meeting of the 195-nation Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change […]

Israel braces for bitter fight after Netanyahu indictment

Israel’s main parties begin talks on coalition government

2:39 pm September 24, 2019

Jerusalem: Israel’s two largest parties met Tuesday to discuss the possibility of forming a unity government, in a long-shot effort to solve the political paralysis that has emerged from last week’s deadlocked national elections. The meeting between party representatives comes a day after Blue and White leader Benny Gantz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of […]

Joaquin Phoenix walks off interview over question on ‘Joker’ violence

2:36 pm September 24, 2019

Los Angeles: Hollywood star Joaquin Phoenix walked off an interview after he was asked whether the violence in “Joker” will encourage people to become violent. The actor later returned to complete the interview with The Telegraph film critic Robbie Collin but avoided the question. Collin asked Phoenix if he worries “Joker” might “perversely end up […]

Bipin Rawat appears before parliamentary panel on defence, members question him on eastern Ladakh situation

Indian Army’s statement on reactivation of JeM terror camp in Balakot ‘completely baseless’: Pak

2:29 pm September 24, 2019

Islamabad: Pakistan on Tuesday rejected as “completely baseless” the Indian Army chief’s statement on the reactivation of a Jaish-e-Muhammed (JeM) terror camp in Balakot that was destroyed by the IAF in February Army chief General Bipin Rawat in Chennai on Monday said Pakistan has reactivated the Balakot terror camp very recently and about 500 infiltrators […]