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This picture taken early on Wednesday shows an aerial view of a hospital that was reportedly hit by an air strike in the Syrian village of Shinan, about 30 km south of Idlib in the northwestern Idlib province.  — AFP
Russia strikes kill 6 civilians in northwest Syria: Monitor
AL-SAHAARA, Syria — Air strikes by regime ally Russia killed six civilians in an embattled anti-government bastion in northwestern Syria on Wednesday, a Britain-based war monitor said.At least 20 others were also wounded in the attack in the village of Al-Sahaara in the militant-run enclave of Idlib, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.At the site of the strikes, a correspondent saw a rescue worker carry the limp body of a tiny girl away from the rubble, her clothes blanketed in fine dust.Bright red blood had gathered around her throat and, under a crop of dusty hair, her eyes were closed peacefully shut.Another emergency worker stood with a body bag at his feet, as colleagues in white hard hats sprayed water onto a building partially pummeled to grey rubble.Wednesday's...
November 06, 2019

Russia strikes kill 6 civilians in northwest Syria: Monitor

A general view shows the River Nile with houses and farmland in Cairo on Wednesday. — Reuters
Water crisis builds in Egypt as dam talks falter, temperatures rise
FAYOUM, Egypt — Ahmed Abd-Rabo used to get all the water he needed to feed his crops in northern Egypt. Then the canal linking his seven acres to the River Nile started drying up and he had to abandon half the plot.His smallholding is one of the victims of a creeping water crisis, exacerbated by Egypt’s growing population and the impacts of climate change.Egypt fears things could get even worse as Ethiopia starts filling the reservoir behind a giant dam upriver. On Wednesday, the United States is hosting talks between the countries and their fellow Nile-user Sudan to try to restart stalled talks over the hydropower project.But even if Washington succeeds where years of trilateral negotiations have failed, Egypt will still have broader water problems that have left it struggling to...
November 06, 2019

Water crisis builds in Egypt as dam talks falter, temperatures rise

A Swiss woman, wounded during a knife attack at the famed archeological site of Jerash in northern Jordan, is pictured at a government hospital in the ancient town, north of the Jordanian capital Amman, on Wednesday. — AFP
Four tourists among 8 wounded in Jordan stabbing
AMMAN — Eight people, including four tourists, were wounded in a knife attack on Wednesday at the famed archeological site of Jerash in northern Jordan, a security spokesman said.Four tourists — three Mexicans and a Swiss woman — were wounded, along with a Jordanian tour guide and a security officer who tried to stop the assailant, public security directorate spokesman Amer Sartawi said.The attack took place around noon (1000 GMT) at the Roman ruins of Jerash, a popular attraction 50 km (30 miles) from the capital Amman.The health ministry confirmed that eight people had been wounded, with Sartawi saying earlier that they had "been transported to hospital for treatment".He said the assailant had been arrested but did not specify his nationality, noting that the motive was...
November 06, 2019

Four tourists among 8 wounded in Jordan stabbing

This picture taken on Wednesday shows a view of the scene where several people, including tourists along with a Jordanian tour guide and a security officer, were wounded in a knife attack in the site of Jerash, a popular attraction 50 km north of the capital. — AFP
4 tourists among 6 wounded in Jordan stabbing: Security official
AMMAN — Six people, including four tourists, were wounded in a knife attack in Jordan on Wednesday, a security spokesman said, adding that the assailant had been apprehended.Four tourists — three Mexicans and a Swiss woman — were wounded in the knife attack, along with a Jordanian tour guide and a security officer, public security directorate spokesman Amer Sartawi said."Around noon, a man attacked tourists, a tour guide and a security officer who tried to stop him in Jerash" a popular attraction 50 km (30 miles) from the capital Amman, Sartawi said."The wounded were transported to hospital for treatment" and "the assailant was immediately arrested", he added.He did not specify the nationality of the attacker or give details on the severity of the...
November 06, 2019

4 tourists among 6 wounded in Jordan stabbing: Security official

Pierre Krahenbuhl, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), attends a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, in this Jan. 29, 2019 file photo. — Reuters
Head of UN Palestinian agency steps aside amid probe
JERUSALEM — The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has stepped aside temporarily as an internal probe into alleged mismanagement at the organization proceeds, it said on Wednesday.Pierre Krahenbuhl, commissioner general of the agency known as UNRWA, will be replaced on an interim basis by the agency's acting deputy chief Christian Saunders, it said.The agency said findings in the probe so far "revealed management issues which relate specifically to the commissioner general.""The commissioner-general has stepped aside until the completion of the process," it said.An internal ethics report has alleged mismanagement and abuses of authority at the highest levels of the agency, which has also faced a financial crisis after US funding cuts.UN investigators...
November 06, 2019

Head of UN Palestinian agency steps aside amid probe

Lebanese students wave national flags and chant slogans as they gather in an anti-government demonstration in the southern city of Sidon on Wednesday. — AFP
Hundreds skip school in Lebanon to press for change
BEIRUT — Hundreds of schoolchildren led anti-government demonstrations across Lebanon on Wednesday, refusing to return to class before the demands of a nearly three-week-old protest movement are met.In the capital Beirut, dozens gathered in front of the education ministry, brandishing Lebanese flags and chanting slogans demanding the removal of a political class seen as incompetent and corrupt."What will I do with a school leaver's certificate if I don't have a country," one pupil told Lebanese television.In the largest pupil-led protest, crowds streamed into a central square in the southern city of Sidon, demanding better public education and more job opportunities for school leavers, the state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported.In a school in the resort town of...
November 06, 2019

Hundreds skip school in Lebanon to press for change

Iraq's Oil Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi listens to questions by the press after a meeting with the French president at the Elysee palace in this April 2, 2015 file photo. — AFP
Iraq PM sees power clipped by rivals amid pro-Iran pressure
BAGHDAD — As anti-government protests sweep his country, Iraq's embattled premier has found his decision-making powers clipped by rivals and his entourage subject to increasing pressure from Iran, Iraqi officials said.Adel Abdel Mahdi, 77, came to power last year as the product of a tenuous alliance between populist cleric Moqtada Sadr and pro-Iran paramilitary chief Hadi Al-Ameri, with the required blessing of Iraq's Shiite religious leadership.He was seen as an almost professorial figure who could tackle unemployment and government graft as Iraq's first prime minister since the defeat of Daesh (the so-called IS).Most observers expected summer protests would put an early end to his mandate, and even he said he had his resignation letter "in his pocket."So when...
November 06, 2019

Iraq PM sees power clipped by rivals amid pro-Iran pressure

French President Emmanuel Macron holds a press conference at the French embassy at the end of his three days official visit in China, in Beijing, on Wednesday. — AFP
Macron says Iran's nuclear decisions are 'grave'
BEIJING — French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said Iran had made "grave" decisions after Tehran took another step back from a troubled 2015 nuclear agreement with major powers."I will have discussions in the coming days, including with the Iranians, and we must collectively draw the consequences," Macron said at a news conference during a trip to Beijing.Iranian President Hassan Rohani said on Tuesday that Iran would resume uranium enrichment at an underground plant south of Tehran.Macron said it was the first time that Iran explicitly withdraws from the nuclear deal, calling it a "profound change" from Tehran's previous position.The next few weeks will be dedicated to increasing pressure on Iran to return within the framework of the pact, the...
November 06, 2019

Macron says Iran's nuclear decisions are 'grave'

The inside of reactor at the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant is seen in southern Iran, 1200 km south of Tehran, in this Oct. 26, 2010 file photo. — AFP
Iran starts injecting uranium gas into centrifuges at Fordow
DUBAI — Iran has started to inject uranium gas into centrifuges at its underground Fordow nuclear facility, state TV reported on Wednesday, further distancing itself from a 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers that curbed its atomic work.The deal bans nuclear material from Fordow and, with the injection of uranium gas into its centrifuges, the facility will move from its permitted status of research plant to become an active nuclear site."With the presence of inspectors from International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran started injecting (uranium) gas into centrifuges in Fordow," TV reported.Iran agreed in 2015 to turn Fordow into a "nuclear, physics and technology center" where 1,044 centrifuges are used for purposes other than enrichment, such as producing...
November 06, 2019

Iran starts injecting uranium gas into centrifuges at Fordow

Sami Fehri
Tunisian TV channel owner arrested on corruption allegations
TUNIS — The owner of a Tunisian private television channel that has been critical of the government was arrested on Tuesday on allegations of corruption, an official said, the latest move in a government campaign against corruption launched this month.Sami Fehri is the owner of El Hiwar Ettounsi, a TV channel that has been critical of Prime Minister Youssef Chahed."After hours of continuous investigation, Sami Fehri was arrested on suspicion of financial corruption and money laundering," said Sofian Sliti, a spokesman for the Tunisian judiciary. He did not give further details.Fehri's lawyer could not immediately be reached for comment.Since the election of law professor Kais Saied as Tunisian president last month, the government has launched an anti-corruption campaign and...
November 06, 2019

Tunisian TV channel owner arrested on corruption allegations

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