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Turkey renews extradition requests with Sweden, Finland after NATO membership deal
"Today we have renewed some requests that were rejected before and reminded them of some requests that were not responded to," Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said in a televised interview on Haber Global broadcaster. Bozdag said the two countries previously did not respond to any of Turkey's extradition requests for "terror suspects" although they were in line with both the international and bilateral agreements.
Biden's communications director to leave White House
Bedingfield, 40, is a longtime aide to US President Joe Biden, as well as a senior strategist both in the administration and on his 2020 campaign, Xinhua news agency reported. The White House said Bedingfield will step down "in late July to spend more time with her husband and young children." Bedingfield first worked for Biden as his communications director during his time as US vice president.
US sanctions should be lifted to assure foreign investment in Iran: Official
Shamkhani made the remarks in a meeting with visiting Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Xinhua news agency reported, citing Iran's Nour News. Iran will be committed to diplomacy until the realisation of its legal rights in nuclear talks, he was quoted as saying. Al Thani's visit to Tehran followed the recent indirect talks between Iran and the US in Doha over their differences on reviving the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
Humanity to reach Mars in your lifetime: Elon Musk
On Twitter, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO wrote that "without a common goal, humanity will fight itself". "Moon brought us together in a69, Mars can do that in the future," Musk said. Last month, the tech billionaire said that his space venture SpaceX aims to build over 1,000 Starships to transport life to Mars. SpaceX is developing Starship to take people and cargo to the moon, Mars and beyond.
Putin likely to attend G20 summit
The format of Putin's participation will depend on the global situation, taking into account the sanitary and epidemiological situation in Southeast Asia, the ministry said in a statement, Xinhua news agency reported. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will lead the Russian delegation to the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting on Thursday and Friday in Indonesia's Bali, the statement added.
Pressure mounts on UK PM as ministers ask him to step down
Newly-named Chancellor of the Exchequer Nadhim Zahawi, who succeeded Rishi Sunak who announced his resignation on Tuesday, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, Welsh Secretary Simon Hart are among those at 10 Downing Street to convince Johnson to quit over his handling of sexual misconduct claims against former Deputy Chief Whip Chris Pincher, the BBC reported.
Vandalism cases: Pakistan court extends Imran's bail till July 18
Imran Khan did not appear in person unlike in previous hearing. PTI's lawyer sought extension of interim bail from the Additional and Sessions court on Imran Khan's behalf, which was granted, Geo News reported. Earlier, on June 24, the court had granted bail to Imran Khan in 10 cases, against surety of Rs 5,000 in each case.
Iran urges US to choose between clinching nuke deal or insisting on "unilateral demands"
"Agreement is possible only based on mutual understanding and interests," Amir-Abdollahian tweeted after a phone conversation with EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell on Tuesday night. "We remain ready to negotiate a strong and durable agreement," he said, insisting that the United States "must decide if it wants a deal or insists on sticking to its unilateral demands."
Indian and Pakistani origin UK ministers combine to corner Boris Johnson
Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for Health, and Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced their resignations from the Cabinet within 10 minutes of each other on Tuesday to significantly deepen the 10-month crisis that's been brewing for Johnson because of alleged serial untruths and incompetence on his part. While both Javid and Sunak denied to have conspired to evict Johnson, BBC reported that the two had met over the weekend.
Imran threatens to spill secrets if ignored by establishment (world)
Khan said that he would unmask all the characters involved in the alleged regime change conspiracy if pushed against the wall, hinting indirect pressure and threat to the country's military establishment, which has been one of the targets of PTI's social media campaigns and has also been openly called out by Khan in public gathering, interviews and statements.
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