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PKR Central Election Committee refutes Rafizi’s claim on vendor appointment | WN24

JOHOR BAHRU: The PKR Central Election Committee has denied deputy president Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli’s claim that the vendor’s appointment to manage the party’s election system was not discussed. PKR Central Election Committee chairman Datuk Seri Dr Zaliha Mustafa said Rafizi attended the discussion on the appointment of the vendor and auditor held by PKR’s […]

EU proposes allowing deportation of asylum seekers to third countries | WN24

(Reuters) -The European Union executive on Tuesday proposed amending EU law to allow member states to deport rejected asylum seekers to countries with which they have no connection, a move rights groups say would undermine the right to asylum. The European Commission said the changes, which would let countries remove an asylum applicant if they […]

Mexican ship that crashed into Brooklyn Bridge made no distress calls, Mexico says | WN24

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The Mexican ship which crashed into New York’s Brooklyn Bridge over the weekend did not make distress calls before ramming into the bridge, the head of Mexico’s navy said on Tuesday, but rather called for support. Navy chief Raymundo Morales, speaking at Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s morning press conference, said that the […]

UK man loses fight against extradition to US over $100 million wine fraud | WN24

LONDON (Reuters) -A British man accused of defrauding investors out of nearly $100 million through a Ponzi-like scheme involving non-existent luxury wines lost his fight against extradition from Britain to the United States on Tuesday. Andrew Fuller, who was named by U.S. prosecutors as James Wellesley when he was indicted in 2022, is wanted on […]

Russia’s Lavrov says radical groups engaged in ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Syria | WN24

MOSCOW/DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Moscow is deeply concerned by what he said was ethnic cleansing being carried out by “radical militant groups” in Syria. The comments came as Syrian sources and Russian social media channels reported an apparent attack on one of the two military bases Moscow maintains […]

Hungarian parliament approves bill to leave International Criminal Court | WN24

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjen attend the vote to start the withdrawal process from the ICC in Budapest, Hungary, May 20, 2025. MARTON MONUS / REUTERS Hungary’s parliament on Tuesday, May 20, approved leaving the International Criminal Court, which it calls “politically motivated,” becoming the third country after Burundi […]

EU agrees to lift economic sanctions on Syria | WN24

This handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syria’s interim foreign minister Asaad al-Shaibani (R) receiving Jordan’s top diplomat, Ayman Safadi, in Damascus on May 20, 2025. – / AFP European Union countries on Tuesday, May 20, gave a green light to lifting all economic sanctions on Syria in a […]

Poland to try suspect in alleged Russian plot to assassinate Zelenskiy | WN24

WARSAW (Reuters) -Polish authorities have indicted a man charged with planning to help Russian foreign intelligence services prepare a possible attempt to assassinate Ukraine’s president, prosecutors said on Tuesday. The man, identified as Pawel K., was arrested in April 2024 after cooperation between Polish and Ukrainian prosecutors, and faces up to eight years in prison. […]