US President Donald Trump signs an executive order banning U S American investments financing Chinese military

New Delhi/Washington DC, November 14, 2020: The executive order banning American investments financing Chinese military was signed by United States President Donald Trump on Thursday.The executive order tasked the secretaries of Treasury, State and Defense and other various heads of executive agencies to carry out the order and is set to go into effect January 11, 2021. The executive order that bans American investment in Chinese companies linked to the country's military indicates that ....- Read More

United Nations rights urges SaudiArabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt to withdraw sanctions against Qatar

New Delhi/Doha-Qatar, November 14, 2020: The UN Special Rapporteur on the negative impacts of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, Alena Douhan, on Thursday urged Middle East countries to lift sanctions against Qatar. The report followed Douhan’s 12-day visit to Qatar to “assess the impact of unilateral sanctions imposed by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Arab Republic of Egypt.” ....- Read More

UK's House of Commons Justice Committee recommend age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales be reviewed

New Delhi/London, November 14, 2020: The United Kingdom's House of Commons Justice Committee on Thursday recommends that the age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales be reviewed. Currently children in England and Wales can be arrested and charged with a crime from the age of 10.  And under the Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019, the age of criminal responsibility in Scotland is 12. The Minister of Justice ....- Read More

Switzerland’s Federal Council approved law amending the Federal Act on the Tax Treatment of Financial Sanctions

New Delhi/Swiss, November 13, 2020: The Switzerland's Federal Council approved a law amending the Swiss tax code - The Federal Act on the Tax Treatment of Financial Sanctions (FATTFS) on Wednesday. The law was adopted by the Swiss Parliament last June. The FATTFS will come into force on January 1, 2022. The Federal Act on the Tax Treatment of Financial Sanctions (FATTFS) implements several changes ....- Read More

UAE amends Personal, Succession Laws and decriminalizes Suicide, Drinking Alcohol, Unmarried Couples Cohabitation

New Delhi/Riyadh/Jeddah, November 10, 2020: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) President, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, approved federal law decrees to amend various personal, succession and criminal laws, the leading UAE daily 'The National' reported. According to the media, the amendments is one of the biggest overhauls of the legal system in years. Attempted suicide and Alcohol consumption is no longer a criminal offence, as per the new laws ....- Read More

India Condemns Pakistan decision to move management from Pakistan Sikh Gurudwara Prabhandhak Committee to administrative control of the Evacuee Trust Property Board

New Delhi/Karachi, November 06, 2020: The India on Thursday described as “highly condemnable” Pakistan’s decision to transfer the management of the Kartarpur Sahib gurudwara from the Pakistan Sikh Gurudwara Prabhandhak Committee to the administrative control of the Evacuee Trust Property Board, a non-Sikh body, saying it runs against the religious sentiments of the Sikh community. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said India received representations from the Sikh community expressing grave concern over the decision by Pakistan....- Read More

India wants to take Kulbushan Jadhav case to International Court again: Pak Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi

Islamabad/New Delhi, October 24, 2020 (IANS): The Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that the reason why India is reluctant to take Islamabad’s offer for another consular access to Kulbushan Jadhav is because it wanted to take the case to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) again. The Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi made these statements while speaking at the ceremony held at the foreign ministry marking the 75th anniversary of the United Nations.........- Read More

Pak Assembly's Committee on Law & Justice approves bill to seek review of Jadhav conviction to avoid UNSC sanction

New Delhi/Islamabad, October 22, 2020: The Pakistani National Assembly's Standing Committee on Law and Justice has approved government bill titled “the International Court of Justice (Review and Reconsideration) Ordinance” that seeks a review of the conviction of death-row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav, complying with the directives of the International Court of Justice. According to a media report on Thursday that the draft bill titled “the International Court of Justice (Review and Reconsideration) Ordinance” was discussed and approved........- Read More

India cancelling contracts with Chinese companies might eventually end up in international arbitration as claims may brought by investors from China

New Delhi, July 04, 2020: China is contesting the ban arguing it violates obligations that India owes to it under the World Trade Organization (WTO) rules. While the potential violation of WTO rules has been discussed, the ban on the apps and cancellation of contracts also needs to be looked through the prism of international law on foreign investment contained in bilateral investment treaties (BITs)........- Read More

‘Any Military Intervention in Libya by Egypt Will Be According to International Law’: Egyptian President

Libya, JUNE 20, 2020: During his inspection tour of Egypt’s army forces in the Western Military Zone, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi stated that “any military intervention by Egypt will be according to principles of international law,” and will be aimed towards protecting the stability of Libya and maintaining peace in the region......- Read More

U.S. bill on China's Xinjiang violates international law, says Egyptian ex-ambassador

CAIRO, June 20, 2020 (Xinhua) -- The recent U.S. bill on China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region violates the Charter of the United Nations and undermines China's sovereignty, an Egyptian official said in a recent interview with Xinhua. "This bill is illegal and illegitimate because it is issued by the U.S. Congress for another country. Neither the U.S. administration nor the U.S. Congress has the right to issue bills to be implemented in other countries," said Mohamed Noman Galal, a membe, Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs......- Read More

World needs to know the truth about the history of World War - II, Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasizes

MOSCOW, June 19, 2020:TASS - Russian President Vladimir Putin says he has no intention to become an arbiter on the history of the World War II, but he believes that the truth about the war is needed to everyone. Putin said so in his article on the history of the War, published in The National Interest journal.Crimes of Nazi collaborators cannot be justified, and there is no statute of limitations for them, Putin said......- Read More

Russian constitution changes absolutely legitimate in terms of international law - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

MINSK, June 19, 2020. /TASS/. Amendments to Russia’s constitution regarding the priority of national legislation are absolutely legitimate in terms of international law, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told TASS on Friday during his visit to Minsk. He recalled that the amendment to Article 79 of the Russian constitution, which is put to a vote, pursues a goal of "ensuring the implementation of all international obligations once they do not contravene the constitution of the Russian Federation". .....- Read More

Nepal Parliament unanimously passes bill to redraw its political map incorporating 3 Indian areas

Kathmandu, June 18, 2020: The Nepal’s President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Thursday signed the Constitution amendment bill to update the country’s new political map which incorporated three strategically important Indian areas, hours after the Parliament approved it, notwithstanding New Delhi’s strong protests against such an “artificial enlargement” of territorial claims......- Read More

Democratic Republic of Congo opens murder investigation over stabbing of judge overseeing corruption trial

JUNE 18, 2020: The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s justice ministry opened a murder investigation on Tuesday for the judge overseeing the corruption trial for President Tshisekedi’s Chief of Staff. Judge Raphael Yanyi died on May 26, which police initially said was caused by a heart attack. However, the autopsy revealed that Yanyi died by multiple stab wounds to the head, not natural causes.....- Read More.

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