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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS - May 2017

May 2017

Sep 03, 2018

No Compromise on Brexit Plan

British Prime Minister Theresa May vowed to stand by her blueprint for future trade ties with the European Union, amid fierce opposition from Brexiteers and doubts from the bloc.

Sep 02, 2018

Saudi Arabia Hints at Changing Geography

As per a Saudi official, the kingdom has hinted that it was moving forward with a plan to dig a canal that would turn the neighbouring Qatari peninsula into an island, amid a diplomatic feud between the Gulf nations.

The plan, which would physically separate the Qatari peninsula from the Saudi mainland, is the latest stress point in a highly fractious 14-month long dispute between the two states.

Lula da Silva's Candidacy Voted Down

A majority of Brazil's top electoral court shot down the candidacy of popular leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the country's upcoming presidential vote, telling the jailed former leader cannot participate in October's critical election.

Lula has been incarcerated since April for accepting a bribe, but remains the top contender among Brazilians to lead Latin America's largest economy.

Balochistan's First woman Chief Justice

Justice Tahira Safdar was sworn in as the first woman Chief Justice of Pakistan's Balochistan High Court.

She is the first woman ever to take the position of a Chief Justice in a Pakistan High Court.

Safdar made history in 1982 when she became the first woman civil judge in Balochistan.

Sep 01, 2018

U.S. to Stop Funding UN's Palestine Agency

The U.S. government has decided to stop all funding it gives to a UN agency that provides assistance to millions of Palestinian refugees, ending a decade-long policy of supporting it.

Each year, the State Department transfers money by the end of September to the UN Relief and Works Agency, known as UNRWA, which provides aid to Palestinian refugees across the West Asian region.

Aug 31, 2018

Russia and China Joint Military Exercises

China will join Russia in a giant military exercise, sending a message of deterrence to the U.S. which has designated Beijing and Moscow as revisionist powers.

The five-day Vostok 2018 exercises, to be held from September 11, will be bigger than Zapad 81 �" the mammoth manoeuvres carried out in Eastern Europe by the former Soviet Union in 1981. Mongolia will be the third country participating in the drills.

Trump Revisits War Games with South Korea

President Donald Trump is leaving open the possibility of relaunching military war games with South Korea while saying there's no reason at this time to spend millions of dollars on the exercises.

According to Trump, the joint exercises will be far bigger than ever before if they're needed.

The message came in a series of tweets that blamed China for a lack of progress in getting North Korea to end its nuclear program.

Aug 30, 2018

Astronaut Quits NASA Training

As per the US space agency, for the first time in five decades, a NASA astronaut candidate has resigned from training.

It's not an easy gig to get -- some 18,000 people routinely seek the 12 spots that open each year.

Kulin, who joined his class sounding upbeat, is the first would-be astronaut to leave training since a resignation in 1968.

Myanmar Rejects UN Findings on Genocide

Myanmar rejected the findings of a UN investigation alleging genocide by its military against the Rohingya, after the U.S. and other countries joined growing calls for them to face justice. The UN probe detailed evidence of genocide and crimes against humanity "perpetrated on a massive scale" against the Rohingya.

Government spokesman Zaw Htay said that we didn't allow the FFM (the UN Fact-Finding Mission) to enter into Myanmar, that's why we don't agree and accept any resolutions made by the Human Rights Council.

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