Digest year-ender
for international stories for month of June, 2018
June
1: Rome: Giuseppe Conte was sworn in as prime minister of Italy's new populist
government today after a last-ditch coalition deal ended months of political
deadlock and narrowly avoided snap elections in the eurozone's third largest
economy.
June
2: Lahore: Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed's Jammat-ud-Dawah will
contest the July 25 general elections on the platform of Allaha-u-Akbar Tehreek
as the group's Milli Muslim League is yet to be registered as a political
party, a senior member of the outfit says.
June
3: Beijing: China today warned the US that trade negotiations would be void if
it imposes tariffs on Chinese goods, as the latest round of talks organised to
avert a trade war between the two largest economies of the world ended here.
June
4: Islamabad: Pakistan Army says there is no space for any war with India as
both are nuclear powers, but warns that its desire for peace should not be
mistaken for weakness.
June
5: Islamabad: A six-member caretaker federal Cabinet today took oath to run the
Pakistan government under interim Prime Minister Nasirul Mulk till the general
election on July 25.
June
6: Washington: The World Bank has forecast a growth rate of 7.3 per cent for India
this year and 7.5 per cent for the next
two years, making it the fastest growing country among major emerging
economies.
June
7: Washington: Indians account for more than three-fourths of those
highly-skilled professionals waiting in queue to obtain legal permanent
residence status in the US, popularly known as Green Card, according to latest
official figures.
June
8: Washington: India must address the ongoing crisis in its banking sector to
support investment and inclusive growth agenda, says the IMF. June 9: Lahore:
Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed's JuD is fielding more than 200
candidates for national and provincial assembly seats across Pakistan in the
July 25 general election through a dormant political entity as his party has
been denied recognition, even though he himself has decided not to run for
parliament.
June
10: Qingdao: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani slams the Trump administration
for unilaterally dumping the Iran nuclear deal while complimented China, Russia
and Europe for trying to protect it.
June
11: Beijing: China presents an upbeat picture of the talks between Prime
Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping at Qingdao, saying they agreed
to "cherish" the "positive momentum" generated by their
Wuhan meeting and implement the "important consensus" reached at the
summit.
June
12: Singapore: President Donald Trump today announced that the US will stop the
"very provocative" and costly military drills with key ally South
Korea after his historic summit here with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un,
widely seen as a concession to a jittery Pyongyang.
June
13: Islamabad: Pakistan's Election Commission rejects for a second time an
application by the Milli Muslim League, an offshoot of Mumbai attack mastermind
Hafiz Saeed's banned Jamat-ud-Dawah, to register it as a political party just
weeks before the general elections.
June
14: United Nations: The UN General Assembly has adopted by a strong majority of
120 countries an Arab-backed resolution condemning Israel for Palestinian deaths
in Gaza and rejected a US bid to put the blame on Hamas.
June
15: Washington,/Islamabad: Maulana Fazlullah, the dreaded chief of Pakistani
Taliban, has been killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan's restive Kunar
province, according to an Afghan defence ministry official.
June
16: London: The UK government tables changes to its immigration policy in
Parliament, which includes a review of its strict visa quotas available to
professionals from countries like India.
June
17: Islamabad: In fresh trouble for Pakistan's ousted prime minister Nawaz
Sharif, the anti-corruption body has launched another inquiry against him on a
journalist's complaint that over Rs 56 million was sent out of the country by
his family between 1988 and 1991, according to a media report.
June
18: Athens: President Ram Nath Kovind today met with the top leadership of
Greece and discussed issues of economic, political and cultural importance.
June
19: Beijing: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un briefs Chinese President Xi
Jinping on his historic summit with US President Donald Trump in Singapore,
underscoring Beijing's "important role" in the denuclearisation of
the Korean Peninsula.
June
20: Washington/United Nations: The US has quit the United Nations Human Rights
Council, America's Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley announced today, calling it
a "cesspool of political bias" that targets Israel disproportionately
while ignoring atrocities in other countries.
June
21: London: Top Indian industry leaders today waded into the ongoing controversy
over visas and immigration with the UK government, stressing that the data on
Indian students did not back up the apprehension over the so-called visa
overstayers.
June
22: Islamabad: Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf today resigned
as the chief of All Pakistan Muslim League (APML), days after the Supreme Court
barred him from contesting in the July 25 general elections. June 23:
Islamabad: Pakistani Taliban militants today appointed Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud
as their new chief in place of Mullah Fazlullah, who was recently killed in a
US drone strike in Afghanistan's restive Kunar province.
June
24: Riyadh: Saudi women celebrated taking the wheel for the first time in
decades today as the kingdom overturned the world's only ban on female motorists,
a historic reform expected to usher in a new era of social mobility.
June
25: Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today celebrated winning
sweeping new powers in a decisive election victory, as his main rival accepted
the outcome despite complaints over an unequal campaign that alarmed the EU.
June
26: London: The EU Withdrawal Bill, the British government's central
legislation to pave the way for the country's exit from the European Union by
March next year, today officially became
law in Parliament.
June
27: Islamabad: Pakistan's National Security Advisor Lt Gen (retd.) Nasser
Janjua resigned today, amid reports that he had differences with caretaker
Prime Minister Nasirul Mulk.
June
28: Islamabad: Pakistan has lifted a ban on a Sunni extremist outfit and
unblocked assets of its chief, in a surprise decision hours before the country
was placed on the 'grey list' by the Financial Action Task Force for failing to
curb anti-terror financing.
June
29: Brussels: EU leaders clinched a hard-won migration deal during all-night
talks today that Italy's hardline new premier said meant his country was
"no longer alone" in shouldering the responsibility for migrants.
June
30: United Nations: India tells the UN that it has faced the scourge of terrorism
from across the borders for decades, while its counter-terror efforts get
thwarted due to lack of global support in exchange of information and
extradition of the accused "hiding" outside.
(Source PTI)
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