More than 100 killed over 4 days as Afghan army clashes with Taliban Moscow demands Israel return RT equipment, materials seized in Ramallah raid The Russian Foreign Ministry has condemned an Israeli forces raid in the West Bank’s Ramallah, in which some equipment of RTs Arabic service was destroyed and materials and archives were seized. Egypt president won’t interfere in court rulings Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said on Tuesday that he will not interfere in court rulings. The previous day, three Al-Jazeera journalists were sentenced to seven years in prison in a verdict that prompted an international outcry. The president has the right to issue a pardon or commute the sentences. “We will not interfere in judicial matters because the Egyptian judiciary is an independent and exalted judiciary,” AP quoted el-Sissi as saying at a military graduation ceremony. Obama calls for paid maternity leave in the US President Barack Obama called for the US to offer paid maternity leave. “Many women can’t even get a paid day off to give birth — now that’s a pretty low bar,” Obama said at the White House Summit on Working Families. “ Putin Cancels Threat of Ukraine Force Russian news agencies report that President Vladimir Putin is canceling his request for parliament’s approval to use force in Ukraine. Dmitry Peskov, Putin’s spokesman, said the premier made a request on March 1 for military intervention in Ukraine, but he withdrew it in a letter to the upper house of parliament. In March, Russia annexed Crimea, which Putin later admitted was with the help of Russian troops. His withdrawal announcement comes after pro-Russian separatists said they would respect a ceasefire declared by Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko last week. 529 Palestinians detained in Israels crackdown The increase came after Israeli forces detained 61 more Palestinians on Monday as part of the Israeli search operation for three Jewish settlers who went missing in the occupied West Bank earlier this month. Spanish princess faces 11 years for tax fraud Reports indicate that the Infanta Cristina, sister of Spains King Felipe, will be summonsed to court this week to face charges of money laundering and cooperation in the fiscal crimes allegedly committed by her husband, Iñaki Urdangarin, for which she could face up to 11 years in prison. The Noos case in which it is alleged that Urdangarin and a former business partner embezzled €6 million ($8 million) in public funds via the Noos Institute, a charitable foundation he chaired, is being investigated by Judge Castro. Pakistan court bars Musharraf from going abroad Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Monday suspended a high court judgment that had allowed former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf to go abroad for medical treatment. Musharraf is being tried for high treason for imposing a state of emergency on November 3, 2007 and suspending the constitution. Musharraf is also facing trial in the murder cases of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto; former Chief Minister of the southwestern Baluchistan region Nawab Akbar Bugti; and Red Mosque cleric Abdul Rasheed Ghazi.
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