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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Calls for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to be held accountable for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi are a “red line”, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said Wednesday. In a BBC television interview, Jubeir said any disparaging discussion about Prince Mohammed or his father, the Saudi monarch, would not be tolerated. “In Saudi Arabia our leadership is a red line. The custodian of the two holy mosques (King […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) — An armed gang abducted an Italian woman from a village in southeast Kenya, shooting and wounding five residents in the raid, police said Wednesday. “The attackers fired indiscriminately at residents” before kidnapping the 23-year-old, who worked as a volunteer at an orphanage, during the attack after dark on Tuesday evening at Chakama, a small village in the coastal Kilifi county, police said in a statement. Three children were among those injured, […]
by Marzooq al-Jabiry with Dana Moukhallati in Dubai Agence France Presse TAEZ, Yemen (AFP) — Skin and bones, 10-year-old Ghazi Saleh lies on a hospital bed in the southwestern Yemeni city of Taez barely breathing. He only weighs eight kilograms. Starving and too weak to move or even cry, Ghazi can only look down at his emaciated body as he struggles to keep his eyes open. Some 14 million Yemenis are at risk of famine, […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — The man chosen to temporarily replace fallen auto star Carlos Ghosn at Renault is an industry insider with many years of experience working in Asia. Thierry Bollore, a 55-year-old father of five, has been declared deputy CEO to ensure day-to-day management following Ghosn’s stunning arrest in Tokyo on charges of under-reporting his pay at Nissan. Before his temporary elevation to the top of Renault, Bollore was the French car giant’s Chief […]
by Stephen Weizman Agence France Presse JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) — A key Israeli minister said Monday he will not quit Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government for now despite sharp disagreements, handing the premier a victory and potentially ending a crisis that has threatened to provoke snap elections. The announcement by Education Minister Naftali Bennett was a dramatic climbdown from his Jewish Home party’s earlier threat to leave the coalition if he was not named defense […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo prosecutors confirmed Tuesday that they had arrested auto industry titan Carlos Ghosn a day earlier on allegations he under-reported his income over the course of several years. In a statement, prosecutors said Ghosn had reported income of 4.9 billion yen ($51.5 million) over five years when his actual income for that period had been nearly 10 billion yen. © Agence France-Presse
(Eagle News) – Around 3,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Taiwan were shown care and given “goodwill bags” in a recent “Lingap sa mga Overseas Filipino Workers” event of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ). The event was held at the Huanan Commercial Bank International Commercial Hall in Songren Road, Taipei City on Nov. 18. Those who came said the INC event somehow helped them ease their longing for their friends and relatives back […]
by Anuj CHOPRA Agence France Presse RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Saudi King Salman stood by the crown prince and heaped praise on the judiciary Monday, in his first public remarks since critic Jamal Khashoggi’s murder tipped the country into one of its worst crises. The public prosecutor last week exonerated Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the king’s son, of involvement in the murder in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2, but the […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — Fierce fighting broke out in the Yemeni port city of Hodeida late Monday, between rebels and pro-government forces, despite progress in peace talks and appeals for calm, pro-government military officials said. The fighting, the worst since forces loyal to Yemen’s government halted an offensive on the lifeline port last week, was concentrated on the eastern part of the city where rebels fired artillery, the loyalist sources said. Pro-government forces […]
by Natsuko FUKUE Agence France Presse YOKOHAMA, Japan (AFP) — Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn faces being fired this week after being arrested in Japan over allegations of financial misconduct, the firm said Monday, in a stunning fall from grace for one of the world’s best-known businessmen. Ghosn’s arrest and his likely dismissal from Nissan, as well as possibly from Mitsubishi and Renault, sent shockwaves through the auto industry, where he is a towering figure, credited […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — Germany will bar 18 Saudis from entering its territory and Europe’s Schengen passport-free zone over their alleged links to the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Monday. Maas said the move was “coordinated very closely with” states France and Britain and the broader EU as they seek more information in Khashoggi’s death last month in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Berlin has “decided that Germany should impose […]
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — The death toll from a cyclone that battered India’s eastern coast has reached 33, a disaster official said Sunday, as authorities assessed the damage caused by the powerful storm. Cyclone Gaja, which packed winds of up to 120 kilometers (75 miles) per hour, had barrelled into Tamil Nadu state after hitting the coast on Friday. Thousands of trees were felled by winds that destroyed homes and hundreds of thousands were […]
