China denounces repeated US Navy patrols in South China Sea
Here is a round-up of global news developments:
- China has denounced US navy patrols in the South China Sea as provocative actions that uncover Washington’s designs to create chaos in the region. The Chinese Defense Ministry says it will boost defense capabilities of the islands it controls in the face of US navy patrols.
- An advisor to the leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution says Tehran needs no one’s permission in order to defend itself. Ali Akbar Velayati comment comes in response to a US official who has said Iran’s missile program is in violation of a UN Security Council resolution.
- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff says she'll stay in office until her term formally expires in 2018. Rousseff has promised to fight an impeachment process against her both through legal means and a struggle in the streets. The Senate is to vote Wednesday on whether to suspend her from office.
- US presidential hopefuls Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have won Republican and Democratic primaries in the state of West Virginia. Trump has also won the Nebraska Republican primary with 36 delegates at stake. On the Democratic side, despite Sander’s victory, the gap between him and front-runner Hillary Clinton is wide.
- Two people have been killed and four others injured in a stabbing attack in the US state of Massachusetts. The deaths took place when a man attacked the victims in Boston and then crashed a car into a storefront. The assailant has been shot dead by an off-duty officer.
- Australian police have arrested five men in Queensland on suspicion of planning to join Daesh in Syria. Police say they had the suspects’ passports canceled to prevent them from leaving the country. Security officials estimate that 110 Australians are fighting for Daesh in the Middle East.
- A British parliamentary report has warned that ministers, pilots and intelligence officers could face murder charges if the government fails to clarify its policy on drone killings. The report by the Joint Committee on Human Rights comes after UK drones killed two Daesh terrorists in Syria who were British nationals.
- A report by the Norwegian Refugee Council says the number of internally displaced people by wars and violence topped 40 million in 2015. According to the report, there were more than eight million fresh cases of people fleeing within their war-hit countries worldwide.
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