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January 19, 2019

Houthis fuel war with Iran finance — UN report

UNITED NATIONS — Fuel loaded from ports in Iran has generated revenue to finance the Yemen Houthi rebel war effort against the legitimate government, backed by the Saudi-led coalition, according to a report by a UN panel of experts seen by AFP.The findings are expected to again raise questions about Iran’s support for the Houthis in the war that has pushed Yemen to the brink of humanitarian catastrophe.In its final ...

January 19, 2019

Japan satellite to provide ‘shooting stars on demand’

TOKYO — A rocket carrying a satellite on a mission to deliver the world’s first artificial meteor shower blasted into space on Friday, Japanese scientists said.A start-up based in Tokyo developed the micro-satellite for the celestial show over Hiroshima early next year as the initial experiment for what it calls a “shooting stars on demand” service.The satellite is to release tiny balls that glow brightly as they hurtle through the ...

January 19, 2019

Protester's funeral new flashpoint in Sudan's spreading unrest

KHARTOUM — Sudanese police clashed with mourners at the funeral of a 60-year-old man who died on Friday from a gunshot wound as escalating protests against veteran President Omar Al-Bashir entered a fifth week.Demonstrators originally took to the streets from Dec. 19 to complain about bread prices and cash shortages, but the protests quickly turned into calls for an end to Bashir's 30-year-old rule.Around 5,000 mourners turned out for the ...

January 19, 2019

Divisions overshadow Arab summit

BEIRUT — Divisions among Arab states over Syria, and internal Lebanese disputes, have overshadowed a summit to be held in Beirut this weekend, with several leaders who had planned to come now staying away.At least eight heads of state were originally expected in Beirut, said a source in the organizing committee, but only the Somali and Mauritanian presidents will now join Lebanese President Michel Aoun in attending.A big point of ...

January 19, 2019

Thousands of Palestinians protest at Gaza border

GAZA CITY — Thousands of Palestinians have gathered for a weekly protest along the fence between Gaza and Israel.The Palestinian Health Ministry says that Israeli gunfire wounded 14 Palestinians and that three medics suffered from a barrage of tear gas that targeted their ambulance.The protest appeared subdued compared to last week’s violence, in which one woman was killed and more than two dozen Palestinians and an Israeli soldier were wounded, ...

January 19, 2019

Shocking story of a Yazidi girl: Sold, raped in Baghdad

ABU DHABI — The Iraqi Observatory for Victims of Human Trafficking has revealed the details of a Yazidi girl who was sold and raped in Baghdad after she was lured from the Kurdistan Region, north of Iraq.It all began when the 32-year-old victim fled to the Dohuk Governorate in the Kurdistan Region after Sinjar in Mosul fell under the grip of Daesh (the so-called IS) militants.In 2015, she participated ...

January 19, 2019

Syria opposition sees window for political solution

RIYADH — Syria now has a good opportunity to reach a political solution to its devastating eight-year war as ceasefires have brought calm to many areas of the country, Syria’s chief opposition negotiator said on Saturday.“I think now that we have an opportunity, because nearly in Syria we have a ceasefire now, in the northeast of Syria and the north of Syria, and the efforts of fighting terrorism has achieved ...

January 19, 2019

Anti-Modi parties flex muscles 23 opposition parties stage giant joint rally to show unity ahead of election

By Subrata NagchoudhuryKOLKATA, India — India’s main opposition parties joined forces against Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday at a rally which attracted hundreds of thousands of people months ahead of elections.The 23 regional groups said they forged a common front to stop Modi’s Hindu militant Bharatiya Janata Party, which beat the main opposition Congress and regional parties in 2014.Rural anger over weak farm prices and sluggish job creation mean ...

January 19, 2019

Bali bomb ‘mastermind’ set for an early release

JAKARTA — Abu Bakar Bashir, the Muslim cleric and alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings, will be granted early release from jail on humanitarian grounds, Indonesia’s president said on Friday.Bashir, 81, who is considered the spiritual leader of the Islamist group Jemaah Islamiah (JI), was convicted in 2010 under anti-terrorism laws for links to militant training camps in Aceh province and jailed for 15 years.President Joko Widodo, who is ...

January 19, 2019

Macron’s debate put to test as protesters again take to streets

PARIS — France’s “yellow vests” took to the streets on Saturday for a 10th straight weekend of anti-government protests, defying attempts by President Emmanuel Macron to channel their anger into a series of town hall debates.A police source said the authorities expected the protests to be “at least as big as last week” when over 80,000 people demonstrated over inequality, the privileges enjoyed by senior public servants and the governing ...

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