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US attorney general ready to release Mueller report 'within a week'
AFP, Published on 09/04/2019
» WASHINGTON - US Attorney General Bill Barr said Tuesday his review of the Mueller Russia meddling investigation report is on schedule and he could release a redacted version by next week.
Bouteflika ally named Algeria's first new president in 20 years
AFP, Published on 09/04/2019
» ALGIERS - Algerian lawmakers appointed a regime stalwart as the country's first new president in two decades Tuesday, dismaying protesters seeking sweeping change following the resignation of veteran leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
Piyabutr faces two charges
Online Reporters, Published on 09/04/2019
» Future Forward Party secretary-general Piyabutr Saengkanokkul says he has been summoned to hear charges of computer crime and contempt of court involving a video clip of him reading the party's statement on the court's decision to dissolve Thai Raksa Chart party in early March.
Libyan strongman under pressure to end Tripoli assault
AFP, Published on 09/04/2019
» TRIPOLI - Libya's warring parties Tuesday faced mounting international pressure to halt fighting near the capital that has caused thousands to flee and left several dozen people dead.
Navalny hails 'victory' as European rights court condemns Russia
AFP, Published on 09/04/2019
» STRASBOURG (FRANCE) - Russia violated the human rights of anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny, a leading opponent of President Vladimir Putin, by holding him under house arrest for a lengthy spell in 2014, Europe's top rights court said Tuesday.
PM unsure if foreign observers were representing embassies
Wassana Nanuam, Published on 09/04/2019
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has questioned whether the foreign observers present were actually representing embassies when Future Forward leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit reported to police to hear charges against him on Saturday.
Russia violated Navalny's rights in house arrest: European rights court
AFP, Published on 09/04/2019
» STRASBOURG (FRANCE) - Russia violated the human rights of anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny, a leading opponent of President Vladimir Putin, by holding him under house arrest for a lengthy spell in 2014, Europe's top rights court said Tuesday.
German IS woman in court over Yazidi 'slave' girl's death
AFP, Published on 09/04/2019
» MUNICH, Germany: A German woman who joined the Islamic State jihadist group went on trial Tuesday accused of the war crime of letting a five-year-old Yazidi "slave" girl die of thirst in the sun.
Suspect of murder in front of 9-year-old boy arrested
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 09/04/2019
» SONGKHLA: A 38-year-old man who allegedly shot dead a rival in full view of a 9-year-old boy in September last year was arrested at a shrimp pond in Khuan Niang district of this southern province on Tuesday.
Protesters warn of Chinese 'invasion' of Philippines
AFP, Published on 09/04/2019
» MANILA: Protesters descended on the Chinese embassy in Manila on Tuesday to oppose the Asian superpower's growing sway in the Philippines and as tensions rise over Beijing's presence in the disputed South China Sea.