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US pitch for 'Pakistan-paid Islamists' angers Bangladesh war heroes
Jamaat-e-Islami, which was an auxiliary force of Pakistan Army in the then East Pakistan, had led in crimes against humanity and atrocities along with Pakistani soldiers, said the veterans who fought the Liberation War back in 1971, expressing their anger and frustration for the unabashed lobbying of US for a party that had been convicted of war crimes with Pakistan forces by a judicial process.
Republicans, Democrats in close race to capture House of Representatives
A new poll out this week shows the Republican and Democratic Parties effectively tied in the battle for control of Congress with the midterms a little less than four months away. The issues at stake are on the one side stricter gun laws and end to violence, restoration of abortion rights, and inflation and soaring prices of groceries and gas on the other.
Sri Lanka President emails resignation; Speaker to announce officially on Friday
Rajapaksa has sent his resignation, but Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena was in confusion on its legality, whether such communication could be sent via email. While Rajapaksa has assured the authenticity of the letter, the Speaker has sought legal advice from the Attorney General and has decided to make the official announcement only on Friday.
Sunak still on top in UK PM race, Suella Braverman out
Sunak, with 101 votes, maintained his lead over Trade Secretary Penny Mordaunt, who got 83 votes. In the first round on Wednesday, he had got 88 votes, with Mordaunt in second place with 67 votes. In Thursday's vote, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss still remained third with 64 votes, Equalities and Levelling Up Secretary Kemi Badenoch got 49 votes, and backbench MP Tom Tugendhat got 32 votes.
Short, sharp slogans mark campaigns for UK premiership
In Britain, Boris Johnson, now ousted as Prime Minister, achieved runaway success with a simple slogan of 'GET BREXIT DONE'. This helped him sweep the 2019 general elections. He judged the public frustration about the delay in implementing the 2016 referendum verdict of British voters to leave the European Union correctly. And he kept his promise simple.
17 killed in Russian missile strikes in Ukraine's Vinnytsia
Ukrainian Prosecutor General office said, "Seventeen people were killed and several dozen people were injured in the missile strikes." Three Russian missiles hit a building with office space in city, also affecting the nearby residential buildings, Ukrainska Pravda reported. The State Emergency Service of Ukraine said that 25 cars burned out completely in the incident.
One dead, 84 injured in Sri Lanka protests
The 26-year-old man died from breathing difficulties after police lobbed teargas at protesters to disperse them, BBC reported. The injured included protesters who were outside the prime minister's office as well as those who were outside parliament later in the evening on Wednesday.
Sri Lankan protesters to hand back President's house, other occupied buildings
The protesters, who had occupied the entrance to the President's office and the Galle face green for more than three months, took over President's house, President's office and Prime Minister's official residence Temple Trees on July 9. On Wednesday, they also took over Prime Minister's office despite standoff with police in which more than 40 people injured.
Sri Lankan President leaves for Singapore
President Rajapaksa is accompanied by his wife and two security officials who flew with him from Colombo on a Saudi Airlines plane, Daily Mirror reported. They were escorted to the plane by special forces of the Maldives Defence Force. President Rajapaksa had left crisis-hit Sri Lanka early Wednesday for the Maldives.
As Sri Lanka crisis deepens, UN chief calls for addressing root causes of conflict
Taking to Twitter, the UN chief said, "I continue to follow the situation in Sri Lanka very closely. It is important that the root casues of the conflict and protesters' grievances are addressed. "I urge all party members to embrace the spirit of compromise for a peaceful and democratic transition." On Wednesday, a sea of protesters gathered outside Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's office.
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