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“We will follow the (implementation of) promises and guarantees given by the Swedish side… and take action according to the steps Sweden takes,” Erdogan told reporters on his flight back to Turkey on Friday, according to the state-run TRT broadcaster.”It will be in Sweden’s favour if the Nordic country takes concrete steps in the fight against terrorist organisations and the extradition of terrorists,” the President noted.The NATO accession process requires the approval of all member states. Sweden and Finland applied to join the military alliance last year but faced objections from Turkey, which argued that the two countries harbour members…

The Move Forward Party will nominate a Pheu Thai candidate as Prime Minister in the next parliamentary vote and support the Pheu Thai Party in forming the government run by the eight-party alliance, said its Secretary-General Chaithawat Tulathon on Friday.Parties in the coalition vowed to do their best in a race against time to seek additional support from MPs and senators for the prime ministerial nomination, Pheu Thai Party leader Cholnan Srikaew said in a separate news briefing.The Move Forward Party emerged as the largest party in the lower house of the National Assembly in Thailand’s general election in May.…

With the help of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the operation was carried out at dawn in the village of Akidat in the province’s eastern countryside, the state news agency SANA report said.After intense and random firing on homes and farmlands, the US forces and the SDF encircled a home in the village, captured three of its occupants and took them to nearby US bases, the report added, without providing details about the identity of the captured people.The US forces frequently carry out similar operations to capture suspected Islamic State (IS) agents, particularly in Deir al-Zour which has a…

The two leaders on Friday expressed their delight in the development of the relationship between the two sides, especially after it was upgraded to a strategic partnership in 2015, Xinhua news agency reported.The two Prime Ministers affirmed that the two sides would enhance delegation exchanges and high-level contacts through party, state, government and National Assembly channels.The two leaders also agreed that Vietnam and Malaysia would consider establishing a mechanism for the two Prime Ministers to have regular or periodic meetings and exchanges in flexible formats at multilateral forums.Malaysia is Vietnam’s second largest trading partner in ASEAN and ninth in the…

West Indies made an impressive comeback in the second session bowling out India for 438, as the visitors lost the wickets of Ishan, Ashwin, Jaydev Unadkat and Mohammed Siraj. India, who were 373/6 at lunch, scored 65 runs in 20 overs and lost four wickets to finish the innings with 438 at Tea.Ashwin and Ishan began the second session with a couple of boundaries. But the West Indies struck early in the session, dismissing Ishan for 21.Ishan got caught behind on the bowling of Jason Holder, who bowled well outside off stump but the left-hander edged it and Joshua Da…

The accused were identified as Arun Kumar (24), Ankit Kumar (24) and Hemant Kumar alias Omkar (38), all residents of Jhajjar district, Haryana.According to police, on June 4, an FIR was registered wherein the complainant said that his Maruti S-cross car was stolen from the Marble Market Sector-20, Dwarka.”During investigation, it came to notice that the complainant has contacted the owner of the car through the OLX app and transferred the money in an HDFC bank account. On June 17, another case was registered, wherein the complainant alleged that he purchased a Maruti Swift car through the OLX app and…

The apprehended individuals have been identified as Mukesh Kumar and Satbir a.k.a. Santu.According to a police officer, on Friday, Inspector Pankaj Kumar conducted a raid after receiving information that two individuals are involved in online gambling in a flat located in Eldeco Apartment in Sohna.”These accused were found using various websites Punjab Super to carry out online gambling,” Varun Dahiya, ACP (Crime), Gurugram, said.An FIR under Section 420 IPC & 13 Gambling Act, 66D IT Act, was registered against the suspects at Sohna City police station.During questioning, they revealed that the suspects had been operating this racket for the last…

The Qalandars, who had Tim Seifert get them off to a flyer, put in a team performance and survived a scare as the experienced Indian cricketer Parthiv Patel almost won it with a late counter-attack. Batting first, under the lights, the Durban Qalandars were off to an absolute flyer, giving the packed house a lot to cheer about. Hazratullah Zazai and Tim Seifert were scoring at good clip right from the get-go, and dealt in boundaries from either end.None of the Cape Town Samp Army bowlers were able to put the brakes on the opening batters, who were quick to…

The APCC held an evening earthen lamp lighting programme in Guwahati’s Rajiv Bhawan, the state headquarters of the Congress party.As a sign of support for the two women, opposition party leaders and members attended the programme.On July 19, a video that showed two tribal women being paraded naked and assaulted by a group of men had gone viral.Four suspects have been arrested so far and sent to 11 days in police custody.The opposition party’s district women’s wings organised protests against the prevailing situation in the neighbouring state.At Rajiv Bhawan, a demonstration was also organised by the women’s wing of the…

In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt said that the government has taken several policy initiatives in the past few years and brought in reforms to encourage indigenous design, development, and manufacture of defence equipment by Indian industry, including MSMEs and start-ups, thereby promoting ease of doing business in defence manufacturing and technology in the country. He also said that the government promotes participation of MSMEs and startups for development of defence technology under various schemes like Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX), Technology Development Fund (TDF), and ‘Make’ procedure under Defence Acquisition…