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The Supreme Court on Wednesday scrapped all the writs filed against the Citizenship Bill.

A meeting of the constitutional bench held this afternoon scrapped all the six writs filed against the ordinance related to the amendment of Citizenship Act brought the then KP Sharma Oli-led government.

The then Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli brought the Citizenship Bill by dissolving the House for the second time to incorporate then Mahantha Thakur group of Janata Samajbadi Party.

Saying that it is unconstitutional to bring an ordinance by ignoring the Citizenship Bill which is under consideration in the Party, senior advocate Borna Bahadur Karki, advocate Bir Bhandra Joshi, advocate Ram Bahadur Shahi, advocate Kul Bahadur Bigota and deputy general secretary on behalf of Maulik Jarakilo Party Laxman Pokharel filed the writs against the Bill.

Prime Minister Deuba's office and President Bidya Devi Bhandari were made the defendants.

A bench of Acting Chief Justice Deepak Kumar Karki, Justices Mira Khadka, Hari Krishna Karki, Ishwor Prasad Khatiwada and Ananda Mohan Bhattarai scrapped the writs today.

Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security Krishna Kumar Shrestha and United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister for Human Resource Abdulrahaman Al Awar held a meeting on Tuesday. 

During the meeting held at Abudhabi, matters related to bilateral interests and welfare of Nepali workers in UAE were discussed, the Labour Ministry informed. 

On the occasion, Labour Minister Shrestha lauded the UAE government noting that the recent labour law was in favour of immigrant workforce. 

The two ministers agreed to work in tandem to resolve the problems of stranded Nepali who came to UAE on visit visa on temptation of employment and bring the guilty to book. 

As informed, the UAE government will help book the guilty and institutions who brought people to UAE on visit visa with false promise of employment. 

Also on the occasion, Minister Awar expressed his commitment to establish skill development training centre and help produce competent human resource by investing on capacity building. 

According to Minister Shrestha's Secretariat, the UAE Minister also pledged to provide support in Nepal's bid for the establishment of laborers’ hospital.

The two ministers also discussed the issues related to social security, workforce safety, health and insurance and increment of remuneration of Nepali workers in UAE. RSS

The US Senate unanimously approved a resolution late Tuesday seeking investigations of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his regime for war crimes over the invasion of Ukraine, Associated Press reported.

The bipartisan measure from Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., says the Senate strongly condemns the “violence, war crimes. crimes against humanity” being carried out Russian military forces under Putin’s direction. It encourages international criminal courts to investigate Putin, his security council and military leaders for possible war crimes.

“These atrocities deserve to be investigated for war crimes,” said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.

The measure was approved swiftly and without dissent as lawmakers in Congress continue to muscle a bipartisan show of force against the Russian war in Ukraine. First introduced almost two weeks ago, the Senate resolution would not carry the force of law, but is another example of Congress providing the Biden administration political support to take a tough line against Putin’s aggression, according to the Associated Press.

Last week, US Vice President Kamala Harris embraced calls for an international war crimes investigation of Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, citing the “atrocities” of bombing civilians, including a maternity hospital.

Speaking alongside Polish President Andrzej Duda at a press conference in Warsaw, Harris stopped short of directly accusing Russia of having committed war crimes.

“Absolutely there should be an investigation, and we should all be watching,” said Harris, noting that the United Nations has already started a process to review allegations. 

The International Criminal Court had earlier announced it has launched an investigation that could target senior officials believed responsible for war crimes and other violations over the war in Ukraine.

The resolution approved by the Senate has been embraced by senators from both parties, Republicans and Democrats, Associated Press reported.

It says the Senate condemns Putin, the Russian Federation, the Russian Security Council, members of the Russian military and others of committing flagrant acts of aggression and other atrocities that rise to the level of war crimes. 

The resolution calls for the US and others to seek investigations of Putin and his regime at the International Criminal Court and International Court of Justice for potential war crimes, according to the Associated Press.

Ukraine has praised the courage of three European leaders who made a long, hazardous journey by rail from Poland to Kyiv in a show of support as the city came under further Russian attack, BBC reported.

The prime ministers of Poland, Slovenia and the Czech Republic met Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday evening as a curfew began in Kyiv.

Afterwards, the Czech leader told Ukrainians that they are "not alone".

The group are the first Western leaders to visit Ukraine since Russia invaded.

"We admire your brave fight," Petr Fiala wrote in a tweet. "We know that you're also fighting for our lives. You're not alone, our countries stand by your side."

Poland's Mateusz Morawiecki said that Europe would never be the same if it lost Ukraine. Instead, he wrote, it would be a "defeated, humiliated and pathetic version of its former self", according to BBC.

"Your visit is a powerful expression of support for Ukraine," the country's president is quoted as telling the group.

Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal wrote on Twitter that "devastating" sanctions against Russia had been discussed, including the "recognition of Russia as a sponsor of terrorism".

Meanwhile, as the talks took place, loud explosions could be heard across Kyiv from fighting on the western edge of the capital. 

The European Union said the politicians were not carrying any particular mandate, but that leaders in Brussels were aware of the trip, as it was mentioned during an informal EU summit in Versailles, France, last week. 

Poland's deputy foreign minister Marcin Przydacz admitted the trip was risky, but said it was "worth taking for the sake of values". He said they had told the Russians the visit was taking place,BBC reported.