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Dubai security chief calls for bombing of Al Jazeera NEWS / UAE Media UAE Qatar Middle East SIGN UP Khalfan has made several controversial comments in the past [File: Ahmed Jadallah/ Reuters] A senior security official in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has sparked outrage after calling for the bombing of Al Jazeera, the Qatar-based media network. In a series of posts on Twitter on Friday, Dubai Lieutenant General Dhahi Khalfan launched a scathing attack against Al Jazeera, accusing it of provoking a bomb and gun assault on a mosque in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula earlier in the day. ﻋﻠﻰ ﺍﻟﺘﺤﺎﻟﻒ ﺃﻥ ﻳﻘﺼﻒ ﺍﻵﻟﺔ ﺍﻟﺪﺍﻋﻴﺔ ﻟﻼﺭﻫﺎﺏ ..ﻗﻨﺎﺓ ﺩﺍﻋﺶ ﻭﺍﻟﻘﺎﻋﺪﺓ ﻭﺍﻟﻨﺼﺮﺓ ﺟﺰﻳﺮﺓ ﺍﻻﺭﻫﺎﺏ 3:41 PM - Nov 24, 2017 674 488 914 ﺿﺎﺣﻲ ﺧﻠﻔﺎﻥ ﺗﻤﻴﻢ @Dhahi_Khalfan "The alliance must bomb the machine of terrorism ... the channel of ISIL, al- Qaeda and the al-Nusra front, Al Jazeera the terrorists," the former police chief and now head of security in the Emirate told his 2.42 million followers on the social media s...

Pakistan calls in army to end anti-blasphemy protests NEWS / ASIA Pakistan Asia SIGN UP More than half of those injured in the clashes were members of the security forces, according to a hospital official [Asad Hashim/Al Jazeera] Islamabad, Pakistan- The Pakistani army has been called in to restore order to the capital after clashes between anti- blasphemy protesters and police left at least 174 people injured. Thousands of riot police and paramilitary personnel on Saturday fired tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon at the protesters in an attempt to dislodge them from a major highway into Islamabad. The protesters, numbering as many as 2,000, stood their ground, fighting back by throwing stones and beating police with sticks and metal rods in running battles that continued throughout the day. The protesters have been blocking the Islamabad expressway, the main road into the capital, since November 8, demanding the resignation of Federal Law Minister Zahid Hamid over a perceived s...

10 dark pieces to listen to on darker evenings What's the perfect musical accompaniment for a gloomy winter's night? New teaching resources for Ten Pieces are available for use across the 2017/18 academic year and are packed with ways to get young people inspired by classical music. The pieces themselves provide a great musical introduction to the classical world for all ages. We've dipped into this year's list of pieces plus the Ten Pieces back catalogue to find some mysterious, atmospheric and suitably sinister music to soundtrack your winter season. Mussorgsky's A Night on the Bare Mountain is the piece for you. A Night On The Bare Mountain is based on a short story set near Kiev in the old Russian Empire. A wild and terrifying witches' party is taking place on a mountainside, but when the church bell chimes at 6am and the sun comes up... the witches vanish. The unsettled strings with trombones, tuba and bassoons thundering out the theme make it a perfect acc...

Oxford Circus: Platform 'altercation' caused tube panic Police have released images of two men they want to speak to, after an altercation at a central London Tube station created mass panic on Friday. Officers want to speak to anyone who was at Oxford Circus underground station at the time of the evacuation. Sixteen people were treated after they were injured fleeing the station, following reports of gunshots being fired on a Central Line platform. There was no evidence any weapons had been fired, police said. Shoppers were barricaded inside stores on Oxford Street and armed police were deployed after the alarm was raised during the evening rush hour on Black Friday. Police initially treated the incident as potentially terrorism-related, before standing down. The British Transport Police said it believed there had been an altercation between two men on the platform before the scare. Oxford Circus scare: As it happened The Metropolitan Police said it began receiving "numer...

Emmanuel Macron: Domestic violence is 'France's shame' French President Emmanuel Macron has spoken out against domestic violence, saying it shames France that a woman is killed every three days. In a speech marking International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, he said the silence around the issue must be broken. He has made gender equality one of the main themes of his five-year term in office. A number of demonstrations are being held across France to mark the day. During his election campaign last year, Mr Macron said that the issue of violence against women would be a priority for his presidency. Polls conducted by his then movement, En Marche, suggested that it was the French public's top concern. During his speech, Mr Macron observed a minute's silence for the 123 women killed by their partner or ex-partner in 2016. Nearly 225,000 women were physically or sexually abused by their spouses, but fewer than one in five filed a complaint about it....

Egyptian air raid kills 'terrorist' mosque attackers NEWS / SINAI PENINSULA WATCH 10:14 The silence in Sinai: Covering Egypt's 'war on terror' ISIS Sinai Peninsula Egypt Middle East War & Conflict SIGN UP Wounded people are evacuated from the scene of the mosque attack on Friday [The Associated Press] The Egyptian army says an air raid killed some of the attackers involved in Friday's massacre when at least 305 people died in a bomb-and-gun attack on a mosque. In a statement late on Friday, army spokesman Tamer Rifai said the Egyptian air force chased down the assailants who, according to officials, arrived in four 4WD vehicles and carried out the attack during noon prayers. "The air forces chased the terrorists and discovered and destroyed a number of vehicles that were involved in carrying out the brutal terrorist attack ... Those on board were also killed," Rifai said. The massacre occurred in Bir al-Abed, a town in North Sinai province. Adverti...

US to stop arming anti-IS Syrian Kurdish YPG militia - Turkey The US is to stop supplying arms to the Syrian Kurdish militia the YPG, Turkey has said. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said President Donald Trump had made the promise in a phone call to his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The White House said it was making "adjustments" to its support for partners inside Syria but did not explicitly name the YPG. Turkey has long complained about US support for the group. Washington has viewed the YPG as a key player in the fight against so-called Islamic State (IS), but Ankara brands the group's fighters as terrorists. Turkey says the YPG is as an extension of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a group it has been fighting for decades in south-eastern Turkey. The US, however, has seen the YPG as distinct from the PKK. In May it announced it would supply arms to the Kurdish elements of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which were poised to drive IS fro...

Mexico creates huge national park to protect marine life The Mexican government has created a large marine reserve around a group of islands home to hundreds of species including rays, whales and sea turtles. The Revillagigedo Archipelago is a group of volcanic islands off the country's south-east coast. With a protection zone of 57,000 square miles (150,000km), it has become the largest ocean reserve in North America. The move will mean all fishing activity will be banned, and the area will be patrolled by the navy. It is hoped the move will help populations hit by commercial fishing operations in the area recover. The park was designated by a decree signed by Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto. It will also forbid natural resources being extracted from the land or the building of new hotel infrastructure. The area, which is about 250 miles (400km) south- east of the country's Baja California peninsula has been described as the Galapagos of North America, because of its volc...

Zimbabwe: What citizens want from President Mnangagwa NEWS / ROBERT MUGABE Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe Africa SIGN UP Harare, Zimbabwe - Thousands of Zimbabweans from all walks of life have celebrated the inauguration of the country’s third president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, a man in whom many are placing their hopes for the future. Mnangagwa is taking over from Robert Mugabe , the 93-year-old longstanding leader who resigned as the country's president on Tuesday after 37 years in power. Inaugurated on Friday, Mnangagwa symbolises a potential change from his predecessor. He promised economic change, political inclusiveness and unity in his inauguration speech, saying that the country belongs to "the [bigger] family of nations".some of the people spoke to Zimbabweans on the issues they want the country's new president to tackle: Theresa Hanga, 53, war veteran Theresa Hanga, 53, says she hopes the new president is 'not like Mugabe' I came all the way from Rusape [a small...

Egypt vows to avenge Sinai mosque massacre NEWS / SINAI PENINSULA WATCH 10:14 The silence in Sinai: Covering Egypt's 'war on terror' WATCH 25:00 Is Egypt's security crackdown working? Egypt Sinai Peninsula Middle East SIGN UP Egyptian media reports say at least 235 people have been killed in a bomb and gun attack on a mosque in the country's northern Sinai Peninsula. The attack occurred in Bir al-Abed, a town in North Sinai province, shortly after Friday prayers. Egyptian state media MENA put the death toll at 235, citing an official security source. It also said that 120 people were wounded in the attack. The mosque in Bir al-Abed, about 40km west of El Arish, the provincial capital of North Sinai, was frequented by Sufis. The government declared a three-day period of mourning for the victims. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi condemned the attack, which he described as "criminal" and "cowardly" in a televised statement on Friday. He expr...

Emmerson Mnangagwa sworn in as Zimbabwe president NEWS / AFRICA READ MORE Zimbabweans hopeful for better future post- Mugabe Zimbabwe Africa Politics SIGN UP Emmerson Mnangagwa became Zimbabwe's third president since independence [Mike Hutchings/Reuters] Harare, Zimbabwe - Emmerson Mnangagwa has been sworn in as president of Zimbabwe, marking the end of Robert Mugabe's 37-year reign over the country. Tens of thousands of cheering supporters on Friday streamed into the capital's National Sports Stadium to witness Mnangagwa, a former vice president, take the oath of office. Read a profile of Emmerson Mnangagwa here. In his inaugural speech, Mnangagwa promised that elections would be held next year and vowed to work to advance the lives of all Zimbabweans. "As we focus on recovering the economy, we must shed misbehaviours and acts of indiscipline which have characterised the past," he said. "Acts of corruption must stop." Tribute to Mugabe Mnangagwa's...

No 'R-word': US groups call to drop NFL team name NEWS / UNITED STATES WATCH 10:03 Taking a knee: NFL as a platform for race politics Sport United States NFL Racism US & Canada SIGN UP Snyder has said Washington 'will never change the name of the team' [Dan Mullan/Getty Images] Civil rights groups in the US are calling on broadcasters not to use the name of a National Football League team playing in a nationally televised Thanksgiving Day game because they say it is "offensive" and "denigrating [to] Native people". The Washington Redskins football team will take on the New York Giants on Thursday - Thanksgiving Day in the US - in a game that will be broadcast across the country. Civil rights and indigenous groups have called for Washington to change its name for several years, but they say using the team's name on Thanksgiving - a national holiday that many Native Americans associate with genocide and mark as a "National Day of Mourning...

Arab nations blockading Qatar expand blacklist NEWS / QATAR READ MORE Bahrain calls for 'freeze' of Qatar's GCC membership READ MORE Kuwait emir warns of GCC collapse and crisis escalation GCC Qatar Saudi Arabia UAE Egypt SIGN UP The Saudi-led bloc, which have imposed a blockade on Qatar, accuses Doha of supporting 'terrorism' [File: Reuters] Two Islamic organisations and 11 individuals have been added to an existing "terror list" drawn up by four Arab nations that are blockading Qatar , claiming the entities and individuals are supported by Doha. State-run Saudi Press Agency issued a joint statement by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Thursday, saying the quartet's move was taken "in light of their commitment to fighting terrorism, drying up their sources of funding, combating extremist ideology…and its promotion". Saudi Arabia and its allies, which have imposed a land, sea, and air blockade on Qatar since J...

Myanmar, Bangladesh sign Rohingya return deal NEWS / MYANMAR READ MORE Rohingya activists demand a halt to 'ongoing genocide' READ MORE Myanmar: Who are the Rohingya? Rohingya Myanmar Bangladesh Asia SIGN UP More than 620,000 people have poured into Bangladesh since August [Anadolu] Bangladesh and Myanmar have signed a deal for the return of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees, who have taken shelter in the border town of Cox's Bazar after a brutal crackdown by the military. Myanmar's foreign ministry confirmed the signing of the agreement on Thursday, without releasing further details. "I didn't find any clear statement how these refugees will be repatriated. I'm not sure whether they will be allowed to return to their original village," Rohingya activist Nay San Lwin told Al Jazeera. "It looks like they will be placed in the temporary camps, and later the refugees will be locked up in the camps for a long time like the Rohingya in Sittwe ...

Russia, Iran and Turkey agree to hold 'Syrian congress' NEWS / SYRIA'S CIVIL WAR WATCH: Assad and Putin meet to discuss post-war phase in Syria WATCH: Is the war in Syria really almost over? Middle East Syria's Civil War Russia Iran Turkey SIGN UP The three leaders met in the Black Sea resort of Sochi [Mikhail Metzel/Kremlin via Reuters] Russian President Vladimir Putin has said his Iranian and Turkish counterparts have supported a proposal to hold a "Syrian people's congress" that will bring together government and opposition figures. The Russian leader on Wednesday hosted Hassan Rouhani and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, just as some Syrian opposition groups met in Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh, ahead of United Nations-sponsored talks in Geneva. "The congress will look at the key questions on Syria's national agenda," Putin told reporters at the summit in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, sitting alongside Rouhani and Erdogan. "First of all, ...

Peter ‘Mr P’ Okoye signs Deal with American Distribution Company & Record Label Empire 05.10.2017 at 11:36 pm By BellaNaija.com — 22 Comments Things are shaping up for Peter Okoye, one half of the former P-Square music duo. Peter Okoye, who now goes by the stage name “Mr P” has just signed a partnership deal with Empire, an American distribution company and record label based in San Francisco, California. He shared the news on his Instagram page and so did the official Empire page. Peter Okoye captioned “Thank you Lord🙏🏽 😇 RepostBy @empire : “Just had a digital distribution deal with @peterpsquare ! Welcome to the #EMPIRE family!”” Empire captioned “Welcome to the #EMPIRE family @peterpsquare ! Thank you for @kingkanja for the introduction & partnership!” The company has worked with artists like Kendrick Lamar, Rich Homie Quan, Cam’ron, Busta Rhymes, Shaggy, Tyga, Migos, Remy Ma and more. Photo Credit: Instagram.com/peterpsquare

Peter Okoye , aka Mr P , one half of the defunct group P Square has announced that he has a new manager. He shared 2 photos of himself with his new manager Emem Ema . Emem was a part of the girl group Kush , with TY Bello and Lara George . Mr P wrote on his Instagram: Formal introduction! Meet my manager @vzhun Welcome to the PClassic team👊🏾 🚀🚀🚀 🚀🚀🚀💨💨💨💨💨 💨 Her contact details on my bio 👆 🏽#KingOfEmpire🤴🏾 #CoolitDown#ForMyHead 🙆♂️ Work Mode! #Manager#Pclassic#coolitdown#formyhead 🚀 💨🚀🚀🚀🚀💨🚀💨 🚀💨🚀💨🚀🚀 See the posts below:

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Ratko Mladic sentenced to life in prison for genocide NEWS / YUGOSLAVIA READ MORE Bosnia war victims on why Mladic's verdict means little Europe Yugoslavia Srebrenica Genocide Crimes against humanity SIGN UP Bosnian Serb wartime general Ratko Mladic appeared in court the receive the verdict [Peter Dejong/Reuters] Former Bosnian Serbian commander Ratko Mladic has been sentenced to life in prison for genocide and war crimes during the Balkans conflicts more than two decades ago. The presiding judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Wednesday found that the 74-year-old general "significantly contributed" to genocide committed at Srebrenica. Previous judgments of the tribunal in the Netherlands already ruled that the massacre of about 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica was genocide. Judge Alphons Orie ruled that the perpetrators of the crimes committed in Srebrenica intended to destroy the Muslims living there. 'Heinous crime...

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