Greek parliament approves asylum amendment bill

Here is a round-up of global news developments:

• Iraqi Special Forces have made sweeping gains in the country’s restive Anbar province, clearing several key areas of Daesh terrorists. The operation against the Takfiri terrorists is underway around the district of Hit. The operation is part of a wider push to capture the ISIL-held city of Mosul in Nineveh province.
   
• US President Barack Obama has acknowledged that US drone attacks have killed civilians in Muslim nations over the past years. Obama made the remark after a nuclear security summit in Washington. He added that his country has to take responsibility when such attacks kill civilians.
   
• Activists have staged a protest outside the Washington Convention Center where more than 50 world leaders gathered for the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit. They called for an end to nuclear weapons while some directed their protests at the leaders taking part in the summit.
   
• The IAEA chief has verified that Iran is implementing its safeguards agreement with the agency and its Additional Protocol. Yukiya Amano also stressed that Iran and the IAEA have agreed on transparency measures, which go beyond Iran’s obligations under its nuclear deal with the P5+1 group.
   
• The US military has reportedly restarted a controversial program to train and equip dozens of so-called moderate militants in Syria. The Pentagon resumed the program after coming under fire just last year for admitting that much of the 500-million dollar effort to equip the trainees ended up in Daesh's hands.
   
• Russia has accused Turkey of arming Daesh terrorists in Syria. Russia's Ambassador to UN Vitaly Churkin said in a letter to the UN Security Council that 1.9 million dollars worth of explosives and chemicals has been smuggled across Turkey's border to the Takfiris and other terrorist groups in Syria.
   
• Greece’s Parliament has approved a bill that allows the deportation of refugees back to Turkey as part of an agreement between Ankara and the European Union. Meanwhile, refugees have blocked the country’s railway lines. They say they will continue their protests until they’re allowed into Macedonia.
   
• The UN Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution that paves the way for deploying UN police force to Burundi to help end nearly a year of violence. The UN Secretary General has 15 days to provide options for the proposed police force, in consultation with Bujumbura and the African Union.

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