By Angus McDowall RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi King Salman appointed a new heir and made his young son second in line to rule on Wednesday, a major shift in power toward two princes who have overseen a more assertive stance at a time of almost unprecedented regional turmoil. By making Interior Minister Mohammed bin Nayef, 55, crown prince and Defence Minister Mohammed bin Salman, 30, deputy crown prince, King Salman
Greece has only days left to reach a cash-for-reforms deal with creditors because it needs to start negotiating a third bailout that would save it from bankruptcy after the current program ends in June, euro zone officials said on Wednesday. Cut off from markets, Athens is fast running out of cash to pay salaries, service loans and redeem maturing debt. The 240 billion euro bailout from euro zone governments and
Greece has only days left to reach a cash-for-reforms deal with creditors because it needs to start negotiating a third bailout that would save it from bankruptcy after the current program ends in June, euro zone officials said on Wednesday. Cut off from markets, Athens is fast running out of cash to pay salaries, service loans and redeem maturing debt. The 240 billion euro bailout from euro zone governments and
By Kanupriya Kapoor CILACAP, Indonesia (Reuters) – An Indonesian firing squad executed eight drug traffickers, including seven foreigners, in the early hours of Wednesday, sparking condemnation from Australia and Brazil who had made final, desperate pleas to save their nationals. The mass execution cements the hard line on enforcing the death penalty adopted by Indonesian President Joko Widodo as part of his war on drugs, an approach criticized by the
By Kanupriya Kapoor CILACAP, Indonesia (Reuters) – An Indonesian firing squad executed eight drug traffickers, including seven foreigners, in the early hours of Wednesday, sparking condemnation from Australia and Brazil who had made final, desperate pleas to save their nationals. The mass execution cements the hard line on enforcing the death penalty adopted by Indonesian President Joko Widodo as part of his war on drugs, an approach criticized by the
Air strikes by Syrian government forces killed at least 21 people, including six children, and wounded 50 on Wednesday in the northern provinces of Aleppo and Idlib, a monitor said. In the south of Aleppo city, a small girl was among four civilians killed in the rebel-held neighbourhood of Ferdus, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Another seven civilians died in Deir Hafer and Bab, two areas located in
Air strikes by Syrian government forces killed at least 21 people, including six children, and wounded 50 on Wednesday in the northern provinces of Aleppo and Idlib, a monitor said. In the south of Aleppo city, a small girl was among four civilians killed in the rebel-held neighbourhood of Ferdus, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Another seven civilians died in Deir Hafer and Bab, two areas located in
A cigarette-begging woman at an Israeli petrol station was so inflamed by a man’s refusal that she ignited the fuel at his petrol pump, police said on Wednesday. The motorist is seen yanking the hose from the tank, and police said forecourt staff were able to extinguish the flames before anyone was hurt.
A cigarette-begging woman at an Israeli petrol station was so inflamed by a man’s refusal that she ignited the fuel at his petrol pump, police said on Wednesday. The motorist is seen yanking the hose from the tank, and police said forecourt staff were able to extinguish the flames before anyone was hurt.
Cartoonist Luz, who drew Charlie Hebdo’s front cover picture of Mohammed following the massacre of the satirical weekly’s editorial team by jihadists in January, has told a French magazine he will no longer draw the prophet. “I will no longer draw the figure of Mohammed.
