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Assange is currently in prison in Britain and is also fighting extradition to the US, which accuses him of publishing secret documents.

In a move away from US' four-decade-old position, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday announced that the settlements were not 'per se, inconsistent with international law'.

Presidency minister Jerjes Justiniano said that the government of interim President Jeanine Anez had established an 'air bridge' to supply La Paz, using planes to bypass barricades on highways surrounding the highland capital.

The 70-year-old politician, who as a former military man attended the counter-insurgency and jungle warfare school in Assam in 1980, served as the defence secretary during his elder brother Mahinda Rajapaksa's tenure as president from 2005 to 2014.

The death occurred Friday in the central city of Sirjan, where protesters had tried to set a fuel depot ablaze but were thwarted by security forces.

The presence of PLA troops on the streets, even to help clean up roads near their base, could enrage protesters and stoke further controversy over the Chinese-ruled territory's autonomous status.

A spokesman for the Japanese foreign ministry said the report by the US global affairs publication is incorrect and no US-Japan negotiations on a new agreement have taken place.

But Andrew admits in an interview with the BBC due to be broadcast on Saturday that his decision to remain friends with Epstein after he was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor in 2008 was a serious error of judgement.

Pakistan's counterterrorism forces have announced the arrest of accused IS members before, although the government says the group has no organized presence in the country.

The teenaged gunman, whose name was not provided by police, survived the self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head but was in grave condition in hospital, law enforcement officials said.

A spokesperson for Hong Kong's Prince of Wales hospital said in a statement that the patient's situation continuously deteriorated. He passed away late on Thursday.

Foreign ministers or other senior officials from 31 nations came to Washington for the meeting initiated by France after President Donald Trump stunned them last month by announcing a US troop withdrawal from Syria.

Before the truce was announced, a pre-dawn Israeli airstrike killed eight members of the same family in Gaza. Among them were five children, the youngest being 7 years old.

Pompeo said the United States looks forward to working with Bolivia and its people 'as they prepare to hold free, fair elections as soon as possible'.

At least 19,400 of the 2017 deaths were attributable to household pollution, which also contributed to a loss of two years and two moths of life expectancy at birth, according to the State of Global Air survey.

As emergency services took to the canals to survey the damage, Italian media reported that a 78-year old local had been killed by electric shock as the waters poured into his home.