Palestine calls for sanctions against Israel
Ramallah: Palestine has called for imposing international sanctions against Israel to stop its policies against the Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Saturday that it supports an Amnesty International report issued on June 24 saying Israeli security forces committed violations against the Palestinians, reports Xinhua news agency.
Egyptian, Jordanian, Iraqi leaders meet
Baghdad: Egypt’s President arrived in Baghdad on Sunday on a first official visit to the country in over 30 years, for tripartite talks with Jordan and Iraq to deepen economic and security cooperation. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi was greeted by Iraq’s President Barham Saleh upon arriving Sunday morning. It marked the first time Egypt’s President paid an official visit to Iraq since the 1990s when ties between both countries were severed after Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait.
Infr vow not intended to be veto threat: Biden
Washington: Aiming to preserve a fragile bipartisan deal on infrastructure, President Joe Biden endorsed it “without hesitation” on Saturday, walking back from a threat to veto it if Congress also didn’t pass an even larger package to expand the social safety net.
Fire sets 16 boats ablaze in Hong Kong
Hong Kong: A fire engulfed 16 vessels in a Hong Kong typhoon shelter early Sunday, resulting in at least 10 boats sinking and one person sent to a hospital.The fire broke out at about 2:30 am at the Aberdeen South typhoon shelter in Hong Kong, and was extinguished over six hours later.