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by Jean-Luc Renaudie © Agence France-Presse JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) — One of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s closest confidants has agreed to testify against him in a graft probe, Israeli police said Wednesday, in a fresh threat to his long tenure. Two new corruption investigations announced this week, hot on the heels of a police recommendation that Netanyahu face charges in two other cases, have fuelled growing speculation he could be forced to step down or call […]
by Aminu Abubakar with Phil Hazlewood in Lagos © Agence France-Presse DAMATURU, Nigeria (AFP) — More than 100 girls were missing on Wednesday, two days after a Boko Haram attack on their school in northeast Nigeria that has raised fears of a repeat of the 2014 Chibok kidnapping that shocked the world. Islamist militants stormed the Government Girls Science Secondary School in Dapchi, Yobe state, on Monday evening. Locals initially said the girls and their teachers fled. […]
LIMA, Peru (AFP) — A double-decker bus veered off a mountain road and plunged into a ravine in southern Peru Wednesday, killing at least 44 people. The bus tumbled 80 meters (260 feet) down a jagged slope from the Pan-American highway — Peru’s main motorway — in the southern region of Arequipa. Arequipa police chief General Walter Ortiz “confirms 44 deaths,” the interior ministry said on its Twitter account, updating an earlier toll of 35. Ortiz said 45 […]
by Gilles Clarenne with Chris Lefkow in Washington © Agence France-Presse TALLAHASSEE, United States (AFP) — Angered by a shooting rampage that left 17 people dead at a Florida high school, students staged protests in several US cities on Wednesday to turn up the heat on President Donald Trump and lawmakers to take action on gun control. Holding signs reading “Never Again” and “Be The Adults, Do Something,” teenagers who survived last week’s mass shooting at Marjory […]
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — President Nicolas Maduro called Wednesday for snap legislative elections in Venezuela, proposing to bring them forward by nearly two years to coincide with a presidential poll set for April 22. Maduro said he was proposing the change to the all-powerful Constituent Assembly “to advance the elections.” The idea of bringing forward the legislative elections to April 22 was already mooted by the number two of Maduro’s ruling socialist party on Tuesday. He also […]
by Olivia Hampton Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Mike Pence and North Korean officials had planned to meet secretly during the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, but Pyongyang scrapped the talks after the US vice-president denounced abuses from the “murderous regime,” US officials said Tuesday. Pence did not interact with the North Koreans even though he was seated in the same box as them at the opening ceremony of the Games earlier this month […]
AMMAN, Jordan (AFP) — The UN children’s fund on Tuesday expressed “outrage” over the killings of children in Syria by issuing a blank statement, adding in a footnote that “no words will do (them) justice”. The statement came after a ferocious Syrian regime bombing campaign pounded the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta on Monday, killing 127 civilians, 39 of them children. “No words will do justice to the children killed, their mothers, their fathers and […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he supported moves to ban “bump stocks” — an accessory which can turn a semi-automatic weapon into an automatic one, and which was used in last year’s mass shooting in Las Vegas. Trump announced his support for the ban nearly a week after 14 students and three teachers were killed at a high school in Florida by a former student. “Just a few moments […]
DOHA, Qatar (AFP) — Qatar and Chad are to restore diplomatic relations, severed in August soon after the start of a Saudi-led boycott of the emirate, Doha’s foreign ministry said Tuesday. Lolwah Al-Khater, Qatar’s foreign ministry spokeswoman, said on social media that both countries would return their ambassadors with immediate effect. “Moments ago MOU (memorandum of understanding) was signed between Qatar and Chad; Diplomatic relations to be resumed with immediate exchange of ambassadors,” she tweeted. Al-Khater added […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Americans support stricter gun laws by a more-than two-to-one margin, one of the highest levels on record, a polling agency reported Tuesday one week after the latest US school shooting left 17 people dead. The tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida has shocked many Americans, inspired students to launch campaigns to reduce gun violence, and put Congress and President Donald Trump’s administration in the spotlight as they consider […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States said Tuesday it was “deeply concerned” about the escalating Syrian and Russian attacks on the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta, which have left more than 250 civilians dead in two days. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert blamed the Assad regime’s “siege and starve tactics” for adding to the humanitarian disaster in the Damascus district, and endorsed the United Nations’ call for a monthlong halt to violence. “The United States […]
ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) — Turkey’s government said on Tuesday it would consider introducing chemical castration for child abusers after several cases of sexual assault on children sparked public outcry. “The courts will decide on the use and duration of chemical castration to limit or eliminate sexual desire,” said Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul. The government was putting the issue back on its agenda and would be revisited again “within a few days”, he added. Turkey introduced […]
