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spokesman Josh Earnest speaks at the daily briefing at the White House
in Washington, DC, on July 11, 2016. (Photo by AFP)
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Sep 21, 2016
Russians bear responsibility for UN aid convoy strike: US officials
Russian Sukhoi Su-24 fighter jets (File photo by Sputnik News)
Two top US officials say Russians bear responsibility for an airstrike that destroyed a UN humanitarian aid convoy near Syria’s Aleppo province on Monday.
US Air Force Colonel J.T. Thomas, spokesman for the US-led coalition in Iraq and Syria, and Democratic Senator Ben Cardin, ranking member of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said on Tuesday that two Russian Sukhoi Su-24 fighter jets were in the skies at the precise...
Sep 20, 2016
Refugee workers remain unpaid in Qatar
This May 3, 2015 photo shows an Indian laborer working in Qatar, sitting in his tiny over-crowded room at a private camp housing foreign workers in Doha. (Photo by AFP)
Qatar has once again faced criticism over the way it deals with refugee workers, with reports saying a significant number of laborers, mostly from India, have gone unpaid for months.
Sources from the Indian community living in Qatar said Tuesday that a staff of about 400 working for an electrical company in the...
Sep 9, 2016
Clinton warns Israel cannot trust flip-flopping Trump
Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a voter registration event at Johnson C. Smith University on September 8, 2016 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (AFP photo)
US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has warned that the Israeli regime cannot trust her Republican rival Donald Trump, who has “no reason to his comments about Israel.”
"He has said that we should be neutral on Israel on Monday. Then on Tuesday he has said that, oh he’s really...
Protesters stage massive rally against newly-installed president in Sao Paulo
Union members and social activists demonstrate in support of Brazil’s impeached president Dilma Rousseff and against President Michel Temer in Sao Paulo, Brazil, September 8, 2016. (Photo by AFP)
Thousands of Brazilian demonstrators have held a massive rally to protest against the newly-installed President Michel Temer.
The supporters of former president Dilma Rousseff — who was ousted in an impeachment supported by Temer, once her ally — and others opposing the new government took to the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has given reasons for retracting its earlier stance to proceed with the Edo State governorship election initially scheduled for Saturday.
Hours after the commission said it would go ahead with the election despite the contrary advice of the Police and the State Security Service, SSS, it retracted saying it had postponed the election by two weeks.
In a joint statement on Wednesday, the Police and the SSS called on INEC to postpone the election...
Sep 6, 2016
Israeli tanks once again fire shells at Gaza homes
Israeli soldiers run next to a tank in the Negev desert on June 7, 2016. ©AFP
The Israeli military has heavily shelled residential areas in the Gaza Strip days after a similar attack injured three Palestinians in the Israeli-besieged enclave.
The Palestinian Naba news agency reported that Israeli tanks fired artillery shells at Palestinian homes and agricultural lands in the eastern part of Deir al-Balah city in central Gaza early on Tuesday.
Israeli military officials claimed...
We have not sacked Adeyanju as PDP New Media Director – Makarfi
The Peoples Democratic Party on Monday said its Director of New Media, Deji Adeyanju, has not been removed.
Ahmed Makarfi, Chairman of the party’s Caretaker Committee, told PREMIUM TIMES that the leadership of the party only had issues with some “far-reaching statements” distributed by Mr. Adeyanju “without clearance.”
Mr. Adeyanju was announced removed in a statement distributed by Dayo Adeyeye, the party’s publicity secretary, on Friday afternoon. The statement cited different acts of...
Falana condemns Nigerian Army for ‘illegal’ occupation of property owned by Jonathan’s cousin
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to call to order soldiers who invaded a property owned by Robert Azibaola in Abuja.
In a statement on Sunday, Mr. Falana described the soldiers’ occupation of the premises of Kakarta Civil Engineering Limited, owned by Mr. Azibaola, former president Goodluck Jonathan’s cousin, as illegal.
“The troops who were reported to have driven away the workers in the premises have since seized the property without a court order,” said Mr. Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria.
“Sequel...
Nigerian journalist, Ahmed Salkida, declared wanted by the Army arrested – Reports
Ahmad Salkida, a Nigerian journalist declared wanted by the military overBoko Haram’s latest video, has been arrested, Nigerian media reported on Monday.
Sahara Reporters, a Nigerian news website, reported Monday afternoon that Mr. Salkida was apprehended by the State Security Service at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
Mr. Salkida travelled aboard an Emirates Airlines flight from Dubai using an emergency travel certificate and expressed fears about his possible...
We will not increase fuel price, Kachikwu says after meeting Buhari
After a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, said the government has no plans to increase the price of petrol.
Mr. Kachikwu’s statement comes a day after former Group Managing Directors, GMDs, of the state oil firm, NNPC, advised the government to increase the price.
The former state oil chiefs argued that the current price cap of N145 per litre of petrol was “not congruent with the liberalization policy.”
The removal...
Israel detained 30 Palestinian teenagers in August: Rights group
In this file photo, Israeli soldiers are seen arresting a Palestinian teenager during a protest against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel and the construction of a separation wall in Salwad village, eastern Ramallah, occupied West Bank.
A Palestinian human rights body says Israeli military forces arrested some 30 Palestinian teenagers last month, amid continued aggression in the occupied territories.
The Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs announced in a statement on...
Obama backs down from Duterte showdown at ASEAN summit
US President Barack Obama (left) and Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte
US President Barack Obama has canceled a planned meeting with his Filipino counterpart Rodrigo Duterte after the latter insulted him with vulgar and undiplomatic language.
The two leaders were scheduled to meet on the sidelines of the 28th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit on Tuesdayafternoon in Vientiane, the capital of Laos.
White House officials previously said Obama would confront...
Clinton rejects invitation to visit Mexico
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a campaign event in Reno, Nevada on August 25, 2016. (photos by AFP)
US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says she will not travel to Mexico, rejecting an invitation by the country’s president, Enrique Pena Nieto.
Clinton made the decision after her Republican rival Donald Trump created what the former secretary called a "diplomatic incident" in his foray there.
According to a written excerpt from an interview with ABC...
US must scrap Syria regime change plan, analyst says
The United States must stop insisting on a regime change in Syria if it wants to reach a deal with Russia to effect peace in the Arab country, an analyst suggests.
In a phone interview with Press TV on Monday, James Jatras, a former diplomat and adviser at the US Senate Republican leadership, said failure to reach a deal on the Syria crisis following myriads of meetings between Russian and US officials is “hardly surprising.”
US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin met on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hangzhou, China,...
Sep 5, 2016
Two blasts go off near defense ministry in Afghan capital
Afghan policemen stand guard at the site of an attack at the American University of Afghanistan in the capital, Kabul on August 24, 2016. © Reuters
At least two explosions have rocked the Afghan capital with casualties feared, an army official says.
The blasts went off near the Defense Ministry building in Kabul during late afternoon rush hour on Monday, the unnamed official added.
There is as of yet no immediate official report on the cause of the blasts and the casualties.
The explosions...
UK becomes world’s second biggest arms dealer
One of the Saudi Air Force's UK-made Typhoon fighter jets (file photo)
The UK government has become the world’s second biggest arms dealer, with bulk its weapons fueling deadly conflicts in the Middle East, according to official data.
According to latest data by the UK Trade and Investment, a government body that promotes British exports overseas, over the last 10 years the UK’s average arms sales exceeds that of Russia, China, or France and is only second to the United States.
According...
