Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Six In The Morning Wednesday July 20


Syria war: Dozens killed in 'US-led strikes' on Manbij

Coalition strikes on northern Manbij kill 56 civilians, bringing death toll to 167 in last two months, monitor says.


Dozens of civilians have been killed in  US-led air strikes against areas in Syria held by the Islamic State of Syria and the Levant group (ISIL, also known as ISIS), a monitoring group said.
At least 56 civilians, including 11 children, were killed in air strikes on the Tokhar area in the northern city of Manbij in the Aleppo governate on Tuesday, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Ten others, including four children, were killed in coalition strikes on the village of Hamira, in the southern suburbs of Manbij.





Ukraine journalist Pavel Sheremet killed in Kiev car bombing


Prominent writer for the investigative Ukrayinska Pravda was driving to work when it was blown up, says official

A prominent journalist working for a Ukrainian online investigative newspaper has been killed by a car bomb in central Kiev.
Pavel Sheremet, who wrote for Ukrayinska Pravda, was driving to work in the car of the newspaper’s owner on Wednesday morning when it was blown up, an adviser to the interior minister, Anton Gerashchenko, said.
Two witnesses said they had heard a loud blast and saw an explosion from underneath the car, which lay charred in the middle of the street.
“I’m in shock, I don’t know what to say. It is a matter of honour for the police to investigate the case,” said the head of the national police force, Khatia Dekanoidze. “I will personally take charge of the case.”

20 July 2016 - 10H45

Turkey bans academics from work trips abroad

    ISTANBUL (AFP) - 
    Turkey's higher education council has banned academics from work trips abroad and urged those overseas to quickly return home, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Wednesday.
    Turkey has widened its massive post-coup purge from the military and police to the education sector to root out supporters of US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom it accuses of orchestrating the attempted putsch.
    The council asked university rectors to "urgently examine the situation of all academic and administrative personnel linked with FETO" -- or the "Fethullah Terrorist Organisation", as it labels Gulen's supporters -- and report back by August 5.
    It also told universities that academics who are already abroad on work or study missions should return home "within the shortest possible time".





















Parliament LIVE: We condemn the flogging of Dalit men in Gujarat, says Rajnath Singh

BSP Supremo Mayawati led the protests against the government, forcing the House to be adjourned twice.

By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: July 20, 2016 1:32 pm

Day three of the Parliament Monsoon Session began on a stormy note with Opposition parties demanding justice for the Dalit family who were flogged by Gau Rakshaks for allegedly skinning a cow carcass in Una, Gujarat.
The session began with AAP MP Bhagwant Mann moving an adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha, seeking discussion on the Una incident. BSP Supremo Mayawati lead the protests against the government, forcing the House to be adjourned twice.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi, targeting the BJP-led government, said that “brutal atrocities against SC, ST and minorities are continuing with impunity and shaming us all”. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee described the incident as “organised crime against Dalits”.

Australia complicit in 1965 anti-communist purge in Indonesia: civil tribunal


 
Jakarta: Australia was complicit in crimes against humanity committed by Indonesia during an anti-communist purge after October 1, 1965, according to a civil society initiative held in a church in The Hague.

The International People's Tribunal, which was held in The Hague over four days last November, is not a criminal court and has no power of enforcement.
The tribunal said the brutal murder of around 500,000 people was aimed at annihilating a section of the population and could be categorised as genocide

Pokemon Go players at risk of landmines in Bosnia

Updated 0824 GMT (1624 HKT) July 20, 2016


A Bosnian nongovernmental agency is urgingPokemon Go users to be aware of their surroundings, for a good reason -- land mines.
Distracted users are roaming into areas dotted with the unexploded ordnances (left over from the 1990s conflict in that region) while trying to catch the virtual reality monsters, Posavina bez mina said on its Facebook page.
    "We received information that there are cases where users of the Pokemon Go app in Bosnia are entering into mined forests and risky areas in order to find Pokemon," it said this week.


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