Digest for international stories for week Oct 7 - Oct 13, 2017

SaturdayLondon: At least 11 people were injured today when a carjumped on to a pavement and hit pedestrians near the NaturalHistory Museum in Lon...
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SaturdayLondon: At least 11 people were injured today when a carjumped on to a pavement and hit pedestrians near the NaturalHistory Museum in London, the police said.

Islamabad: Pakistan has decided to recommend theappointment of former chief justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillanias an ad-hoc judge to the International Court of Justice tohear the case of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav.

Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina todayaccused neighbouring Myanmar of provoking a "war" amidst theRohingya refugee crisis and said her government avoided theconflict by "exercising restraint".

SundayCox's Bazar (Bangladesh): A boat packed with Rohingyarefugees fleeing violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state capsizedtoday in a river near the coast of Bangladesh, leaving atleast two people dead and scores missing, officials said.

Ankara: US consulates in Turkey indefinitely halted allnon-immigrant visa services today, the American embassy said,after one of the mission's Turkish staffers was arrested inthe latest dispute between the NATO allies.

Barcelona: Hundreds of thousands of flag-wavingdemonstrators packed central Barcelona today to rally againstplans by separatist leaders to declare Catalonia independentfollowing a banned secession referendum.

MondayWashington: The head of the US Environmental ProtectionAgency said today that President Donald Trump's administrationwill move to repeal his predecessor Barack Obama's plan torestrict greenhouse gas emissions.

New York: A handful of quick-thinking Las Vegas policeofficers may have prevented a thousand deaths after theystormed a hotel and killed the lone shooter, the Sheriff ofAmerica's gambling hub, who had visited Mumbai to study the2008 terror attack, has said.

Shah Porir Dwip (Bangladesh): At least 14 Rohingyarefugees, most of them children, drowned and scores more weremissing today after their overloaded boat capsized in thelatest tragedy to strike those fleeing violence in Myanmar.

TuesdayWashington: The series of reforms initiated by the Modigovernment like demonetisation and the GST has put the Indianeconomy on a "far more stronger track", Union Finance MinisterArun Jaitley today said.

Colombo: Sri Lankan police today arrested the legislatorson of a former president for leading violent anti-Indiademonstrations over alleged plans to sell an airport built andnamed after his father.

Los Angeles: Italian film star Asia Argento and two otherwomen claim that disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinsteinraped them, in a bombshell New Yorker expose published onTuesday.

WednesdaySanta Rosa (US): The death toll from some of California'sworst ever wildfires rose to 17 as thousands of firefightersbattled today to bring the infernos under control.

Karachi: Pakistan has shown "genuine desire" to havepeaceful relations with its "belligerent" neighbour India butit takes two to tango, the country's Army chief General QamarJaved Bajwa said today.

Islamabad: Pakistan's Election Commission today rejectedan application for registration of Milli Muslim League, anoffshoot of Hafiz Saeed's banned Jamaat-ud-Dawah, as apolitical party after the Interior Ministry raised objectionsover its links with the terrorist groups.

ThursdayBeirut: A jihadist car bombing targeting displacedSyrians in the northeastern province of Hasakeh today killedat least 18 people, including Kurdish security forces, amonitor said.

Islamabad: Pakistan today briefed the envoys of the P5countries -- the US, China, Russia, the UK and France -- overalleged ceasefire violations by India along the Line ofControl (LoC).

Islamabad/Washington: A family of five Western hostages,including three children, were recovered after five years oftheir abduction by terrorists with ties to the Afghan Talibanin an operation based on intelligence shared by the US, thePakistan Army said today.

FridayLondon: The leaders of Britain, France and Germany todaysaid they remain committed to the international nuclear dealwith Iran after US President Donald Trump refused to certifythe agreement.

Washington: Condemning Iran as a "fanatical regime",President Donald Trump today threatened to terminate thelandmark Iran nuclear deal if Congress and US allies failto amend the agreement in "significant ways".

Islamabad: PakistanÂ’s ousted prime minister Nawaz Shariftoday filed a petition in the Supreme Court, challenging thefiling of multiple graft cases against him by the country'santi-corruption watchdog. PTI TRSTRS.

This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.

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