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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

Algerian protesters march with a giant national flag in the centre of the capital Algiers as anti-government demonstrations continue on November 5, 2019.    Despite fierce opposition from the streets, Algerian authorities have been pushing forward with presidential elections set for December 12. / AFP / RYAD KRAMDI
Algerian court detains ex-minister over corruption allegations
ALGIERS — Algeria's supreme court on Monday placed in custody a former culture minister over corruption allegations under former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, state television reported.Khalid Toumi became the 12th ex-minister to be detained since Bouteflika resigned in April under pressure from protesters demanding the removal of the ruling elite and the prosecution of people suspected of involvement in corruption.Toumi, who served as culture minister for 12 years, is accused of squandering public funds and awarding illegal privileges, state TV said.Her lawyer was not available for comment.Two former prime ministers have also been in detention over alleged corruption since the protests erupted on Feb. 22.Protesters now demand the cancellation of a Dec.12 presidential election,...
November 06, 2019

Algerian court detains ex-minister over corruption allegations

 A file photo taken on April 2, 2003 shows a woman walking amid the Roman columns of the ancient city of Jerash, a popular attraction 50 km (30 miles) from the  Jordanian capital Amman. — AFP
3 tourists among 5 wounded in Jordan stabbing: Security official
AMMAN — Five people, including three tourists, were wounded in a knife attack in Jordan on Wednesday, a security spokesman said, adding that the assailant had been apprehended."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 from the capital Amman, a spokesman for the public security directorate said in a statement."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 of those wounded, nor give details on the severity of their injuries.It is not the first time tourist sites have been targeted by attacks in Jordan.In December 2016, at Karak, home to one of the...
November 06, 2019

3 tourists among 5 wounded in Jordan stabbing: Security official

Demonstrators scuffle with members of Iraqi security forces during one of the ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad on Wednesday. -Reuters
Iraqi security forces use live fire to disperse Baghdad protesters
BAGHDAD — Iraqi security forces fired live ammunition at protesters in the capital on Wednesday as tensions rose elsewhere in the country between persistent anti-government demonstrators and paralyzed politicians.Mass rallies have continued in the capital and across Iraq's Shiite-majority south, despite a renewed internet blackout and violence that has left nearly 280 dead.They broke out on Oct. 1 in anger over corruption and unemployment but have morphed into demands that the entire ruling system be upended.In Baghdad, protesters had been concentrated in the iconic Tahrir Square but have increasingly spilled over onto nearby bridges leading to the western bank of the Tigris.For days, they have faced off against security forces on the Al-Jumhuriyah bridge, which links them to the...
November 06, 2019

Iraqi security forces use live fire to disperse Baghdad protesters

Civilians celebrate during a visit by Sudan's Prime Minister in the transitional government Abdalla Hamdok to the camps of El-Fashir in North Darfur, Sudan on Monday. -Reuters
'There are problems': Doubts in Darfur as new PM promises peace
EL FASHER, SUDAN - Saleha Nour sits selling nuts in the market in El Fasher, Darfur and dismisses her new prime minister's promise of a brighter new future with a wave of her hand.She is talking on the eve of a visit by the premier - Abdalla Hamdok - who is coming to set out his plans to settle the near 17-year-old conflict in the west Sudanese region and repair the damage done by ousted president Omar Al-Bashir.But Nour has heard all the promises before and long given up hope of returning to the village she was forced to flee at the start of the fighting.Violence may have subsided since the days when Bashir mobilized mostly Arab militia to crush an uprising by mostly non-Arab rebels, unleashing a wave of killings and mass displacement that Washington and others called genocide.But it...
November 06, 2019

'There are problems': Doubts in Darfur as new PM promises peace

Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan is seen with Faisal Al Bannai, CEO and Managing Director of EDGE, and other officials during the launch. — Courtesy photo
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince unveils EDGE, one of Mideast's largest defense groups
ABU DHABI — Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Tuesday inaugurated EDGE, a company set to re-position the UAE as a notable global player in advanced technology.With the digital era creating unprecedented challenges and opportunities, EDGE is positioned to disrupt capabilities across a wide breadth of industries. Starting with break-through innovations in the high investment defense sector, and with a priority on national security, EDGE is consolidating more than 25 entities, including subsidiaries from the Emirates Defense Industries Company (EDIC), Emirates Advanced Investments Group (EAIG), Tawazun Holding, and other independent organizations.Faisal Al Bannai, CEO and Managing Director, EDGE said,...
November 05, 2019

Abu Dhabi Crown Prince unveils EDGE, one of Mideast's largest defense groups

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