Modi hopes for early resumption of Israel-Palestine talks
PTI, United Nations
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hoped for early resumption of dialogue between the Palestinian and Israeli sides to move towards finding a comprehensive negotiates resolution.
In a message on the occasion of the UN International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, he also reiterated India’s steadfast support for the Palestinian cause.
Six Britons freed from Indian jail
AFP, New Delhi
Six Britons who were among 35 crew on a US-operated anti-piracy ship serving jail terms for illegal weapons possession left an Indian prison on Tuesday after their court acquittal.
The six were collected from prison by British embassy officials and were seen being driven away.
“Officials from the UK embassy came and took them after completing their paperwork,” Murugesan, deputy inspector general of prisons in the southeastern city of Chennai, told AFP.
President favoured in Hondurans vote
Reuters, Tegucigalpa
Honduras’ U.S.-friendly leader looked poised to win a second term as voters cast their ballots in the Central American country on Sunday, eight years after he supported a coup to remove a previous president who flirted with re-election. President Juan Orlando Hernandez, 49, of the center-right National Party, has lowered a sky-high murder rate, accelerated economic growth.
Erdogan will speak to Trump again this week
Reuters, Ankara
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he would hold another phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump this week, after the two leaders spoke last week.
Speaking to reporters in parliament, Erdogan also said Turkey’s National Security Council (MGK), which will convene later Tuesday, will discuss a statement by the Pentagon on the provision of weapons to Syrian Kurdish militants.
