EDINBURGH, (MILLAT/APP/AFP) – Scotland’s leader Nicola Sturgeon is expected to win a vote in the Scottish parliament on Wednesday in support of a new independence referendum, despite opposition from London. Lawmakers are due to back Sturgeon’s call for a second referendum when they vote in Edinburgh on Wednesday evening, following a two-day debate in the […]
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Scottish lawmakers to vote on new independence referendum
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S.Korean ex-leader Park home after marathon interrogation
SEOUL, (MILLAT/APP/AFP) – Ousted South Korean leader Park Geun-Hye returned home Wednesday after a marathon interrogation by prosecutors over the corruption and influence-peddling scandal that brought her down. Park — the first South Korean president removed from power by impeachment — spent more than 21 hours in the prosecutors’ office in Seoul from Tuesday morning. […]
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North Korea fails in new missile test: Seoul
SEOUL, (MILLAT/APP/AFP) – A new North Korean missile test failed on Wednesday, the South’s defence ministry said, two weeks after Pyongyang launched four rockets in what it called a drill for an attack on US bases in Japan. “South Korea and the United States are aware of the North Korean missile launch and suspect it […]
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Guatemala gang attacks police after raid on detention center
GUATEMALA CITY, (MILLAT/APP/AFP) – One of Guatemala’s most-feared gangs, Barrio 18, has launched a wave of murderous attacks on police across the country following the storming of a detention center overrun by its jailed members, officials said Tuesday. Police are on “maximum alert” after at least nine assaults on police stations that have killed three […]
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S.Korean ex-president Park interrogated by prosecutors
SEOUL, (MILLAT/APP/AFP) – Ousted South Korean president Park Geun-Hye was questioned by prosecutors Tuesday over the corruption and abuse of power scandal that brought her down, after using executive privilege to avoid them for months while in office. Park apologised to the public as she arrived at the prosecutors’ office in Seoul, adding: “I will […]
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EU’s marks 60th birthday in Rome under Brexit’s shadow
BRUSSELS, (MILLAT/APP/AFP) – European Union leaders gather in Rome this week to proclaim their “common future” on the bloc’s 60th birthday, despite a wave of crises including Britain’s looming exit from the bloc. The 27 leaders will use Saturday’s anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome on March 25, 1957, to hail the […]