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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS - May 2017

May 2017

Jul 06, 2018

Sri Lanka's Lone Tamil Woman Minister Resigned

Sri Lanka's lone Tamil woman Minister, State Minister of Child Affairs Vijeyakala Maheswaran resigned, after her remarks on the LTTE sparked an uproar in Parliament and a strong backlash in the Sinhala-majority south.

DNA Tests to Reunite Children with Parents

U.S. officials have resorted to DNA testing on up to 3,000 detained children, who remain separated from their migrant parents, as President Donald Trump's administration struggles to rapidly reunite families at the centre of a border crisis.

Defence against Debt-trap Claims

China mounted a defence to allegations that the Asian giant was trapping Sri Lanka in debt, saying its partnership was in the interest of the island's development.

Unleashing a direct attack on the West, the spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy said that the so-called debt trap is a false proposition created by the Western media, with a direct attempt to obstruct the joint development of China and other developing countries.

Jul 05, 2018

Obama Era Affirmative Action Policies Rolled Back

The Trump administration is abandoning Obama administration policies that called on universities to consider race as a factor in diversifying their campuses, signalling that the administration will champion race-blind admission standards.

In a joint letter, the Education and Justice Departments announced that they had rescinded seven Obama-era policy guidelines on affirmative action which, the departments, said, "advocate policy preferences and positions beyond the requirements of the Constitution".

Trump Cautioned against Launching Trade War

German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned U.S. President Donald Trump against unleashing an all-out trade war after he threatened to impose steep tariffs on cars from the European Union.

Ms. Merkel said that both sides were effectively locked in a trade conflict since Mr. Trump's decision to slap punitive tariffs on steel and aluminium imports.

Thai Children Trapped in Cave

Rescue teams in northern Thailand were giving crash courses in swimming and diving as part of complex preparations to extract a young soccer team trapped in a cave, and hoping for a swift end to their harrowing 11-day ordeal.

Jul 04, 2018

Pakistan's National and Provincial Assemblies' Elections

As many as 11,855 candidates are in the fray for 849 general seats of Pakistan's national and provincial assemblies' in the July 25 elections.

The figures show a significant decrease compared to the 2013 general elections.

Jul 03, 2018

Mike Pompeo to Travel to Pyongyang

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who last week abruptly announced the postponing of the July 6 2+2 dialogue with India, will be travelling to Pyongyang this week

Jul 02, 2018

New Presidential Candidate of Maldives

The Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), the main opposition party leading the joint coalition that has vowed to topple incumbent President Abdulla Yameen, has declared senior lawmaker Ibrahim Mohamed Solih as its presidential candidate, after former President Mohamed Nasheed pulled out of the race.

Mr. Nasheed announced that he was relinquishing his presidential ticket, after the Election Commission barred him from contesting.

Iran vows to foil U.S. efforts to block its oil exports

As per Iran's first Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri, Iran will surely do something to thwart the U.S. rallying cry that Iranian oil (exports) must be stemmed.

The official warned countries including China and India, who are key buyers of Iranian oil, that they should stop purchasing crude from the country before the November deadline or face U.S. sanctions. Mr. Jahangiri's remarks came a day after Mr. Trump said that Saudi Arabia's King Salman had agreed to his request to ramp up oil production.

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