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Emir of Qatar, UK Prime Minister stress priority of achieving immediate ceasefire in Gaza
6 Aug 2025 23:55 DOHA (WAM)His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, discussed during a phone call with Keir Starmer, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, bilateral cooperation relations between the two countries and ways to support and enhance them in various News Agency (QNA) reported that the call also touched on the latest regional and international developments, particularly the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories and the Gaza Strip, where both sides stressed the need to ensure sufficient humanitarian aid reaches the people of the Strip, and the priority of achieving an immediate ceasefire.
The Hindu
25-06-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Vietnam to remove death penalty for embezzlement, sparing tycoon's life
Vietnam will remove the death penalty for eight offences from next month, including embezzlement and activities aimed at overthrowing the government, parliament said on Wednesday (June 25, 2025), sparing the life of a tycoon in a $12-billion fraud case. The National Assembly, the country's lawmaking body, unanimously ratified the amendment to the Criminal Code earlier on Wednesday to abolish the death penalty for the crimes, it said in a statement. Other crimes that will no longer lead to the death penalty include vandalising state property, manufacturing fake medicine, jeopardising peace, triggering invasive wars, espionage and carrying drugs, officialVietnam News Agency said. The maximum sentence for these crimes will now be life imprisonment, the report said. Those who were sentenced to death for these offences before July 1 but have not yet been executed will have their sentences commuted to life imprisonment, the report added. These will include real estate tycoon Truong My Lan, the chairwoman of real estate developer Van Thinh Phat Holdings Group, who was sentenced to death last year on embezzlement charges. Lan's lawyers didn't immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. "According to the amendment of the Criminal Code, her sentence will automatically be reduced to life imprisonment," lawyer Ngo Anh Tuan, who is not part of Lan's defence team, told Reuters. Ten offences will remain subject to capital punishment in Vietnam, including murder, treason, terrorism and the sexual abuse of children, according to the report. Drug trafficking will also remain a capital offence. Capital punishment data is a State secret in Vietnam, and it is not known how many people are currently on death row in the country. Lethal injection is the only method of execution after firing squads were abolished in 2011.
Al Etihad
13-06-2025
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At least 78 killed, 329 injured in Israeli strikes, say Iranian media
13 June 2025 20:15 TEHRAN (WAM) Israeli strikes in Iran have killed at least 78 people and injured 329, according to Iranian News Agency said the exact death toll will be announced later by official announced that Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri, Chief Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami, and other military and civilian figures have been killed in Israeli strikes in Tehran on a related development, the Iranian Mehr News Agency reported this afternoon that several loud blasts were heard in the cities of Kermanshah and Hamadan, western Iran, near the Nojeh Air the Iranian mission at the United Nations has called for an urgent Security Council meeting after Israel conducted airstrikes on some Iranian nuclear sites and civilian areas early on to the state-run news agency (IRNA), Iran - in a letter to the UNSC - also called for a UNSC emergency meeting to condemn Israel's attack on nuclear facilities and civilian areas. Iran's mission also denounced the Israeli attack as a clear violation of the UN Charter, warning that its dangerous consequences jeopardise regional and international peace and security.
Yahoo
13-06-2025
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Iran suspends nuclear talks with U.S. after Israeli attacks
June 13 (UPI) -- Iran said Friday after Israel's strikes on multiple Iranian targets that it is pulling out of nuclear talks with the United States. Iranian state media and Oman's News Agency reported the talks are suspended indefinitely. Another nuclear talks session had been set for Sunday as the Trump administration worked to reach a deal with Iran on its nuclear program. Iran state media said," Iran announced it will not participate in nuclear negotiations with the United States scheduled for Sunday, suspending its involvement "until further notice" after a series of Israeli strikes that targeted senior Iranian officials and nuclear infrastructure. President Donald Trump Friday called on Iran to continue to try to reach a deal even after Israel's widespread attack on Iran. In May the Trump administration said the talks with Iran mediate by Oman had produced encouraging results. Oman's News Agency said Iran has announced its withdrawal from the nuclear talks following Israel's airstrikes on Iran. Iran Thursday vowed to significantly increase its enriched uranium output. The International Atomic Energy Agency, a U.N. nuclear watchdog, on Thursday determined that Iran is in breach of its Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty obligations.
Miami Herald
13-06-2025
- Politics
- Miami Herald
Iran suspends nuclear talks with U.S. after Israeli attacks
June 13 (UPI) -- Iran said Friday after Israel's strikes on multiple Iranian targets that it is pulling out of nuclear talks with the United States. Iranian state media and Oman's News Agency reported the talks are suspended indefinitely. Another nuclear talks session had been set for Sunday as the Trump administration worked to reach a deal with Iran on its nuclear program. Iran state media said," Iran announced it will not participate in nuclear negotiations with the United States scheduled for Sunday, suspending its involvement "until further notice" after a series of Israeli strikes that targeted senior Iranian officials and nuclear infrastructure. President Donald Trump Friday called on Iran to continue to try to reach a deal even after Israel's widespread attack on Iran. In May the Trump administration said the talks with Iran mediate by Oman had produced encouraging results. Oman's News Agency said Iran has announced its withdrawal from the nuclear talks following Israel's airstrikes on Iran. Iran Thursday vowed to significantly increase its enriched uranium output. The International Atomic Energy Agency, a U.N. nuclear watchdog, on Thursday determined that Iran is in breach of its Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty obligations. Copyright 2025 UPI News Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
