A
blast has been reported near the town of Saghbein in a remote area of
Lebanon's western Bekaa, sources told agencies. Hezbollah-run Al
Manar TV said, an Israeli drone was downed in the area and the
airstrike was Israel’s attempt to destroy it.
A
Lebanese security source told Reuters that the cause of the blast "is
still not 100 percent clear but most probably it was an Israeli
airstrike to destroy their drone."
Another
source also told Reuters an Israeli drone may have been downed. The
sources did not elaborate; one added a "proper investigation"
had been launched.
Islamic
State militants have planted mines and bombs in the ancient part of
the central Syrian city of Palmyra, a UNESCO landmark, the Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights said.
The
monitoring group said it was unclear whether the fighters were
planning to destroy the remains of the ancient city, or had planted
the mines in a bid to stop government forces from advancing.
The
mistreatment of refugee seekers who are escaping the atrocities of
their home countries, ”makes one cry” as they are merely the
“victims of injustice, of this throw-away economy” and war, Pope
Francis said.
People
elsewhere might argue that they have to pay water taxes, or charges,
but in Ireland, the citizens are already paying increased rates of
central tax part of which is earmarked to accommodate the cost of
maintaining and upgrading the water supply and infrastructure. Also
in 2000, Irish people were given an exemption to the article 9
requirement of the European Commission domestic water directive which
requires European governments to charge for domestic water supply, an
exemption the current government allowed to expire at the end of
2014.
With
the establishment of the private water company Irish Water the
accompanying instillation of water meters will charge the people of
Ireland for their water a second time. Irish people have already been
burdened with the highest debt per head (per capita) in Europe (yes
more than Greece) and the second highest in the world only behind
Japan. Ireland owes 42% of all Europe’s debt but with the entire
European population estimated at 506,891,000 Ireland makes up less
than 1% of the population with only 4,630,000 people.
The
parliament of Iran has voted to ban IAEA experts from accessing
country’s military installations and scientists “at will.” The
bill might become a major stumbling block on the way to signing the
final nuclear deal between Iran and major world powers.
As
the pressure mounts with the drawing deadline for Greece to repay IMF
a large sum of money, the head of IMF is escalating the situation by
extending financial support to Ukraine amid the EU economic tension.
As
Greece struggles to avoid a default to the International Monetary
Fund on foreign debt, the head of the IMF Christine Lagarde announces
that the organization could lend money to Ukraine even if Ukraine
cannot return its debt.
A
leading Al-Jazeera journalist was arrested at a Berlin airport on
Saturday at the request of Egypt, a lawyer for the Qatar-based
satellite network said, a move he described as part of a crackdown by
Cairo on the channel.
Over
half a million cables and other documents from the Saudi Foreign
Ministry.
Today,
Friday 19th June at 1pm GMT, WikiLeaks began publishing The Saudi
Cables: more than half a million cables and other documents from the
Saudi Foreign Ministry that contain secret communications from
various Saudi Embassies around the world. The publication includes
"Top Secret" reports from other Saudi State institutions,
including the Ministry of Interior and the Kingdom's General
Intelligence Services. The massive cache of data also contains a
large number of email communications between the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and foreign entities. The Saudi Cables are being published in
tranches of tens of thousands of documents at a time over the coming
weeks. Today WikiLeaks is releasing around 70,000 documents from the
trove as the first tranche.
Three
new cases, two involving medical staff, arise as country reports its
25th fatality, health ministry says
Greek crisis: Emergency summit called
An
emergency summit of European leaders will be held on Monday, after
the latest attempt to resolve the Greek debt crisis failed
Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras.
The
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has outlined new proposals aimed
at ending his country's debt crisis, a day before an emergency summit
in Brussels.
Meanwhile,
anti-austerity protesters have gathered in Athens.
In
a telephone call with German chancellor Angela Merkel, French
president Francois Hollande and European Commission president
Jean-Claude Juncker, Mr Tsipras unveiled the proposals on a "mutually
beneficial deal", his office said.
It
said the plans were aimed at reaching a "definitive solution"
to the standoff between Athens and its creditors - the European
Commission, International Monetary Fund and European Central Bank -
amid growing global concern over a potential "Grexit" from
the eurozone.
Pressure
is mounting to find a way of preventing Greece finally defaulting on
its debt repayments due at the end of the month, with an emergency
summit of the leaders of the 19 eurozone countries due on Monday in
Brussels.
Here is Radio NZ's Kim Hill interview with Ross Ashcroft who directed 'the Four Horsemen'
Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras.
The
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has outlined new proposals aimed
at ending his country's debt crisis, a day before an emergency summit
in Brussels.
Meanwhile,
anti-austerity protesters have gathered in Athens.
In
a telephone call with German chancellor Angela Merkel, French
president Francois Hollande and European Commission president
Jean-Claude Juncker, Mr Tsipras unveiled the proposals on a "mutually
beneficial deal", his office said.
It
said the plans were aimed at reaching a "definitive solution"
to the standoff between Athens and its creditors - the European
Commission, International Monetary Fund and European Central Bank -
amid growing global concern over a potential "Grexit" from
the eurozone.
Pressure
is mounting to find a way of preventing Greece finally defaulting on
its debt repayments due at the end of the month, with an emergency
summit of the leaders of the 19 eurozone countries due on Monday in
Brussels.
Here is Radio NZ's Kim Hill interview with Ross Ashcroft who directed 'the Four Horsemen'
Ross Ashcroft: economics and Europe
Rising
intolerance and anti-Semitism have reached the point when “it feels
like Nazi Germany,” pop icon Madonna said, adding that France, in
particular, no longer encourages diversity and freedom.
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