5 International Neighbor News Trump Says in ‘No Hurry’ for Iran Strikes Parliamentarians Recommend WASHINGTON - President Trump campaigned for the Various Options to Make Budget Donald Trump said Fri- presidency on a platform of People Friendly day he is in “no hurry” to extricating the United States ISLAMABAD - Par- positive for people of bomb Iran, revealing that from military quagmires. liamentarians from the country that will be US forces were “cocked and However, some of his clos- Treasury and Opposi- helpful in improving loaded” to retaliate after the est advisers, such as nation- tion benches on Fri- the economic situation downing of a US spy drone al security adviser John Bol- day participated in the of the country besides but that he called them back ton and Secretary of State budget discussion and changing the life of in order to avoid mass casu- Mike Pompeo, are said to recommended various common man. Howev- alties. favor a far more muscular options to make it more er MNAs from opposi- “I am in no hurry,” Trump US strategy. effective and helpful for tion benches criticized said in a series of tweets de- Trump has labeled Iran a improving the living the budget, suggesting tailing his thought process danger and has sought to standard of country’s the government to in- during the late Thursday wreck a complex interna- people. clude inputs from the decision to send, and then tional accord on rewarding Parliamentarians from parliamentarians for recall, US forces. the country for allowing government benches further improving it. “10 minutes before the strike verification of its nuclear termed the budget as (Monitoring Desk) I stopped it,” the president industry, primarily by uni- said, explaining that a gen- laterally withdrawing from eral had told him to expect the deal. Iran Will Take US to UN Over 150 deaths on the Iranian At the same time, Trump Drone Encroachment: Zarif side and that he had con- Trump said the Pentagon had selected three sites for a president and they gave new insight into has repeatedly sought to TEHRAN - Iran’s For- aircraft violated Iranian cluded this would not be a in Iran for bombing. the long-running internal debate at the White downplay moments of ten- eign Minister Moham- airspace. “proportionate” response. The revelations by Trump were highly unusual House over its Middle East policy. sion, ...(More on P4)...(12) mad Javad Zarif says Hours after the inci- the country will take dent, the US military Turkey Could Face the case of US drone confirmed that one of Iran Has ‘Indisputable’ Evidence encroaching on its ter- its drones had been Consequences If It Doesn’t ritory to the United shot, claiming that the Change Tack, Says Greece US Drone Violated Airspace, FM Says Nations to prove Wash- incident took place in ATHENS - Greek told reporters at the TEHRAN - Iran’s deputy age have been retrieved ington is lying about international airspace. Prime Minister Alexis end of an EU summit. foreign minister claimed from Iranian territorial the aircraft having been Navy Captain Bill Ur- Tsipras said on Fri- Turkey launched a Thursday that his coun- waters.” shot down over inter- ban, a spokesman for day Turkey could face second drilling ship try has strong evidence Earlier on Thursday, the national waters. the US military’s Cen- consequences from on Thursday for nat- that the downed US Iranian military pub- Zarif made the remarks tral Command, also Europe if it persisted ural gas operations Navy surveillance drone lished a video which they in a tweet on Thurs- alleged that it was “an on a course of action off Cyprus, a move violated Iranian airspace, say shows the nation’s air day, in reference to re- unprovoked attack.” challenging Cyprus’s which risks aggravat- adding that Tehran defenses shooting down marks made by the US The top Iranian dip- right to explore for ing a conflict with Cy- won’t hesitate “a mo- a high-altitude US Navy military alleging that lomat added that the gas. prus over jurisdiction ment” to tackle any ag- surveillance UAV. In its spy drone has been Islamic Republic does “There is an upsurge rights for oil and gas gression. the phone call, Araqchi shot down over the not seek war with any in Turkish aggres- exploration. “There [is] indisputable also urged Washington high seas. country, but Iranians sion, something we At an EU summit in evidence about the pres- to respect Iran’s borders, Earlier on Thursday, “will zealously defend don’t only observe in Brussels, leaders is- ence of this drone in both aerial and mari- the Islamic Revolution our skies, land & wa- the relations of Tur- sued a statements say- Iran’s airspace,” Seyyed time, telling Leitner “the Guards Corps (IRGC) ters.” key with Greece and ing Turkey’s drilling Abbas Araqchi said in a Islamic Republic of Iran A similar call was ternational community announced that its air He further noted that Cyprus, but also im- is “illegal” and that phone call with the Swiss would not hesitate for a made by Majid Takht-e pressured the US into defense force had shot encroaching on Iran’s portant countries like the bloc “stands ready envoy, Markus Leitner, moment to decisively de- Ravanchi, Iran’s ambas- ending its “unlawful and down an intruding territory was another the United States, and to respond appropri- adding that “some parts fend its territory against sador to the UN, saying destabilizing” actions in American spy drone in aggressive step taken with Europe,” Tsipras ately.” (Reuters) of [the drone’s] wreck- any aggression.” it is high time the in- the Persian Gulf. (RT) the country’s southern by the United States coastal province of Hor- against Iran after it EU Leaders Warn Next mozgan. waged economic ter- Putin Says US Military Action against Iran In a statement issued, rorism against Tehran British Pm: No Brexit the IRGC said the US- and conducted covert made Global Hawk action against it. Would Be A ‘Catastrophe for The Region’ Renegotiation surveillance drone The Islamic Republic U.S. military action al surveillance and intel- BRUSSELS - The EU’s May struck with Brus- was brought down by uses the term to refer against Iran – which ligence gathering in the leaders Friday fired sels after two years of its Air Force near the to the United States’ re- Washington blames for region. a Brexit warning to painful negotiation -- a Kouh-e Mobarak re- enforcement of draco- both events -- would be The downing of the whoever wins the bat- deal which British law- gion — which sits in nian sanctions against a “catastrophe for the drone by a surface-to-air tle to become the next makers have rejected the central district of the Iranian nation. region as a minimum” missile earlier Thursday British prime minister, three times. Jask County — after the (Press TV) and trigger an escalation was the most recent Ira- insisting the existing At a leaders’ summit of hostilities with unpre- nian provocation in the divorce deal will not be in Brussels, European Caspian Green Ports of dictable results. region, coming on the changed. Council President Don- The comments came just heels of a disputed at- Hot favourite Boris ald Tusk said the bloc , Kazakhstan, days after the Trump ad- tack on a pair of oil tank- Johnson faces foreign would remain “very Turkmenistan Aim for Next Level ministration announced ers in the Gulf of Oman minister Jeremy Hunt precise and also pa- ASHGABAT - The implemented in part- that 1,000 additional last week -- which the in a run-off vote to de- tient” despite the high OSCE Economic and nership with the American troops would U.S. has blamed on Iran. cide who takes on the political drama unfold- Environmental Activi- European Bank for MOSCOW - Russia’s downing of an Ameri- be deployed to the Mid- Iran claimed the U.S. tricky task of piloting ing in Westminster. ties Co-ordinator to- Reconstruction and President Vladimir Pu- can drone and attacks dle East. drone on Thursday was the country’s departure “Maybe the process gether with the Direc- Development, UN- tin warned the U.S. on oil tankers near the The Pentagon has said over Iranian airspace from the EU. of Brexit will be even tor of the Port of ECE and leading pri- Thursday not to take Strait of Hormuz. that deployment in- when it was shot down. Both say they want to more exciting than be- launched the project vate sector experts. military action against Speaking on a televised cludes security forces A ministry spokesman, renegotiate the deal that fore because of some Promoting Green During a workshop Iran following the recent call-in show, Putin said and troops for addition- ...(More on P4)...(13) outgoing PM Theresa ...(More on P4)...(15) Ports and Connectiv- on digitalization held ity in the with the , Georgia Parliament Xi’s DPRK Visit Writes New Chapter of India Uses Yoga Region, Trend reports participants discussed Head Quits after 240 Diplomacy to Assert with reference to the plans to establish a press office of the digital platform to fa- Injured in Crackdown Friendship, Promotes Peninsula Stability Rising Global port. cilitate data exchange TBILISI - The head of Georgia’s parlia- PYONGYANG - Chi- Influence The project aims to between Caspian Sea ment quit Friday after at least 240 peo- nese President Xi Jin- NEW DELHI — If China has panda support Azerbaijan, Ports in Azerbaijan, ple were injured in a police crackdown ping’s two-day state diplomacy, India has yoga. Prime Kazakhstan and Turk- Kazakhstan and Turk- on mass protests, which erupted over a visit to the Democratic Minister Narendra Modi success- menistan in strength- menistan. At the trade controversial address to lawmakers by a People’s Republic of fully lobbied the United Nations to ening green ports and facilitation workshop, Russian MP. Korea (DPRK) is a ma- designate June 21 International Yoga connectivity in the participants discussed Opposition leaders have vowed to hold jor diplomatic action Day in his first year in power in 2014. Caspian Sea Region. how the ports would demonstrations until parliament is dis- that comes as the world Since then, just as China under Pres- Feasibility studies, ex- benefit from reduced solved and snap elections are held. is undergoing changes ident Xi Jinping has given countries pert workshops and border crossing times Rallies broke out in the capital Tbilisi on unseen in a century and pandas for their zoos in a show of delegation visits to and enhanced co-op- Thursday after a Russian lawmaker ad- the international situa- goodwill, Modi has used one of In- leading international eration between au- dressed parliament from the speaker’s tion is seeing complex dia’s most popular exports to assert green ports will ex- thorities. seat -- a deeply controversial move in a and profound changes, his nation’s rising place in the world. plore how to make “The new Port of Baku country at loggerheads with Moscow. a senior Chinese official the Chinese president come, Song noted, say- On Friday, the fifth annual Inter- best use of renewable completely operates Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at said on Friday. and general secretary of ing that Kim Jong Un, national Yoga Day, Modi practiced energy, digitalization in line with the mod- crowds, leaving at least 160 demonstra- According to Song Tao, the Central Committee chairman of the Work- various yoga “asanas” alongside an and trade and trans- ern standards,” said tors and 80 officers injured according to head of the Internation- of the CPC, which bears ers’ Party of Korea and estimated 40,000 people in India’s port facilitation to the Director-General the health ministry. ...(More on P4)...(16) al Department of the key significance for the chairman of the State eastern state of Jharkhand as mem- promote sustainable of the Port of Baku, Nuclear Waste, Rising Central Committee of development of bilat- Affairs Commission of bers of his Cabinet and foreign en- connectivity. Dr. Taleh Ziyadov. Seas and Trump: the Communist Party of eral ties. the DPRK, and his wife, voys rolled out their yoga mats in The project will be (Trend) China (CPC), the visit, A NEW CHAPTER Ri Sol Ju, welcomed Xi cities around the world. Marshall Islands Struggles which coincides with FOR TRADITIONAL and his wife, Peng Li- “Let our motto be yoga for peace, Turkmenistan, Singapore Hold to Stay Above Water the 70th anniversary of FRIENDSHIP yuan, at the airport, and harmony and progress,” Modi said Political Consultations GENEVA - The Marshall Islands is liter- the diplomatic ties be- The DPRK has attached accompanied the cou- before joining the hourlong practice. ASHGABAT - Turk- gapore operates in the ally struggling to stay above water but tween China and the a great importance to ple for various activities Most of India’s 191 embassies and men-Singapore political oil and gas market of its President Hilda Heine told Reuters DPRK, is also Xi’s first Xi’s visit and received during the visit. consulates worldwide organized consultations were held Turkmenistan. she had saved her breath rather than trip to the neighboring the Chinese leader with The two leaders had yoga sessions to commemorate the in Singapore, Trend re- The international com- try to persuade U.S. President Donald country since he became grand and warm wel- ...(More on P4)...(14) day, according to the foreign minis- ports with reference to pany Olam Internation- Trump to hear its climate change mes- try. the Turkmen Foreign al Ltd, headquartered sage. The ministry shared photos of yoga Ministry. in Singapore, has taken Heine met Trump at the White House Japan Set to Provide Vaccines to flash mobs on the streets of Kiev, The parties discussed one of the leading posi- last month, along with the presidents colorful yoga mats around Brussels’ the possibility of organ- tions in terms of Turk- of Palau and the Federated States of Mi- Children in Developing Countries Triumphal Arch, sun salutations izing high-level visits men cotton purchases cronesia, both of which are also under TOKYO - The Japanese government deaths caused by various diseases. under the Washington Monument, and holding a business in recent years. threat from rising sea levels. on Friday said it will provide 1.3 mil- By 2021, Japan has also said it will hundreds in seated prayer pose at forum between the Earlier it was reported But they did not talk about climate lion vaccines to children in develop- facilitate quality education being ac- Moscow’s Tagansky Park and more business circles of the that Singapore offers its change. ing countries. cessible to around 9 million children than 500 people in identical trans- two countries, the re- services in staff train- “We made a conscious decision to dis- Japan’s contribution comprises about in developing countries, and by 2022 parent ponchos and black pants in port said. ing in the field of civil cuss those things that we think we could 4 billion U.S. dollars to cover the cost construct infrastructure to protect 5 front of the Yellow Crane Tower in “Yugneftegaz” com- aviation and maritime accomplish, rather than spend time talk- of the vaccines, as well as its commit- million people from disasters. (Xin- rainy Wuhan, China. pany registered in Sin- transport. (Trend) ing about ...(More on P4)...(17) ment to trying to prevent one million hua) At an ...(More on P4)...(18)