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September 26, 2018
Saudi Arabia welcomes German minister remarks to forge stronger ties
NEW YORK — The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia welcomed the statement by German Minister of Foreign Affairs Heiko Maas that included his intention to work towards strengthening bilateral ties and enhancing cooperation in all areas between the Kingdom and Germany.The Kingdom affirms the deep strategic ties it enjoys with the Federal Republic of Germany, as it is a historic and important relationship for both countries. The Kingdom and Germany play ...
September 25, 2018
Trump hails Saudi achievements, criticizes Iran in UN speech
United Nations -- Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, are pursuing bold new reforms in Saudi Arabia, US President Donald Trump said during his speech at the annual United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday.Trump added that the US is working with Gulf nations, Jordan and Egypt to set up a regional strategic alliance.“Following my trip to ...
September 25, 2018
Trump calls allegations against his court nominee a ‘con game’
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, fighting to shore up his nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court in a divided US Senate, on Tuesday called sexual misconduct allegations against the judge “a con game being played by the Democrats.”Trump’s comments to reporters at the United Nations represented an escalation of his rhetoric on behalf of the conservative federal appeals court judge whose nomination to a lifetime post on ...
September 25, 2018
Cholera death toll rises to 45 in Zimbabwe
HARARE — At least 45 people have been killed by cholera in Zimbabwe in the past three weeks, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, describing the strain as “multi-drug resistant”.It said that an oral vaccine campaign was due to begin shortly with 450,000 people targeted in the worst affected suburbs of the capital Harare.About 500,000 doses were due to arrive in the country on Wednesday for Zimbabwe’s first ...
September 25, 2018
WhatsApp says working with India’s Reliance Jio to curb fake news menace
MUMBAI, India — Facebook’s WhatsApp is working closely with Reliance Jio to spread awareness of false messages, weeks after the Indian telecoms operator opened up the messaging service to tens of millions of customers using its cheap internet-enabled phone.Jio this month gave its more than 25 million JioPhone customers, many of them first-time internet users, access to WhatsApp at a time when the messaging service is battling false and incendiary ...
September 25, 2018
Arbitrary detention, torture by Houthis go unpunished: HRW
New York — The Houthi armed group in Yemen has frequently taken hostages and committed other serious abuses against people in their custody, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.Houthi officials should stop taking hostages, free everyone arbitrarily detained, end torture and enforced disappearances, and punish those responsible for abuses, it said.Human Rights Watch documented 16 cases in which Houthi authorities held people unlawfully, in large part to extort money from ...
September 25, 2018
US imposes sanctions on Venezuelan president’s wife, inner circle
WASHINGTON — The United States went after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s inner circle on Tuesday, imposing sanctions on his wife, vice president and other close associates.President Donald Trump said the penalties were aimed at the “repressive regime” in Caracas that is responsible for a “human tragedy” in the once oil-rich nation.The US Treasury named Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro, a former attorney general and the president’s wife, as one of ...
September 25, 2018
UN chief warns of ‘chaotic’ world order as General Assembly opens
NEW YORK — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday opened the world’s largest diplomatic gathering with a stark warning of growing chaos and confusion as the rules-based global order comes under threat of breaking down.Addressing the opening session of the UN General Assembly, Guterres said trust in the rules-based global order and among states was “at a breaking point” and international cooperation was becoming more difficult.“Today, world order is increasingly ...
September 25, 2018
Pope warns nations against defining power as military strength
TALLINN — Pope Francis said on Tuesday as he wound up a trip to the Baltic states, all nervous about what they see as a newly aggressive Russia next door, that nations should not measure their strength by their military capability to prevail over others.“Some people speak in a loud voice, full of self-assurance — with no doubts or hesitation. Others shout and hurl threats about using weapons, deploying troops ...
September 25, 2018
Weakened Merkel sees ally lose party vote
BERLIN — A key ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday lost his post as the center-right party’s parliamentary chief in a vote that underlined strong headwinds faced by Germany’s veteran leader.Volker Kauder, who has headed the parliamentary group of Merkel’s CDU and Bavarian allies CSU for 13 years, lost in a re-election battle to challenger Ralph Brinkhaus, a relative unknown.The shock 112-125 result came a day after Merkel was ...
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