Tuesday, November 20, 2018

World News Briefs -- November 20, 2018 (Evening Edition)



Al Jazeera: Hodeidah clashes flare around key port, despite calls for truce

Hodeidah residents report most intense fighting in days as UN envoy lays groundwork for peace talks in Sweden.

Fighting between the Saudi-UAE coalition and Houthi rebels in Yemen has flared up again around the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, despite the United Nations calls for a ceasefire there, Yemeni officials and witnesses say.

Saudi-UAE coalition planes launched at least 10 air raids on positions held by the Houthis late on Monday, witnesses told Al Jazeera. The rebels fired artillery in response.

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MIDDLE EAST

US sanctions Iran for shipping oil to Syria.

UN prepares ground for Yemen peace talks as battles flare.

Yemen war: Fighting resumes at key port of Hudaydah. Hodeidah clashes flare around key port, despite calls for truce.

Russia, Turkey, Iran to start new peace talks with both sides of Syria conflict.

Trump administration to accuse Iran of chemical weapons violations: report.

Pompeo cites ‘positive momentum’ in US-Turkey ties.

Chilling quotes from alleged Khashoggi murder audio tape revealed.

US Democrat senator demands public intelligence assessment on Khashoggi killing.

Saudi Arabia defends prince from Khashoggi murder claims.

Trump says no new Saudi punishment for Khashoggi murder.

Turkey must free Selahattin Demirtas, European rights court says.

ASIA

War of words: Trump and Xi spar over trade ahead of Argentina meeting.

US sounds word of caution on expansion of Korea ties.

Kabul explosion: Wedding hall blast kills 40.

North Korea demolished ten guard posts with explosives, Seoul says.

North Korea's Kim Yong Nam seen leaving Beijing airport.

U.S., South Korea launch working group on North Korea issues.

China's Xi arrives in Manila with focus on infrastructure pledges.

Russia rules out 'automatic' return of disputed islands to Japan.

Filipino protesters fear losing territory to China.

PNG security forces storm parliament over Apec pay dispute.

U.N. panel recommends Japan to compensate comfort women victims.

AFRICA

Madagascar presidential hopeful sues over poll conduct.

Libya uses tear gas, rubber bullets to force migrants off ship.

'Worsening violence' in Cameroon's anglophone regions: UN.

US, China at odds over UN push to fund African peacekeeping.

U.S. military says strikes killed over 30 suspected militants in Somalia.

Chad pushes out ‘enemy forces’ in north after heavy fighting.

Hundreds of thousands displaced by Ethiopia clashes.

Powerful Ethiopian party accuses government of ethnic crackdown.

Nine farmers killed in Boko Haram attack in Nigeria.

Libya: child refugees abused in UK-funded detention centres.

Egypt, Ethiopia vow to find solution for Nile river dispute.

EUROPE

Spain Brexit: PM Sánchez threatens to vote no over Gibraltar. Spain to vote against Brexit accord if text on Gibraltar not changed: PM.

Kremlin foes fume over possible Russian Interpol president.

EU budget talks fail.

German coalition agrees to relax immigration rules for non-EU citizens.

Italy Aquarius: Prosecutors order migrant rescue ship seizure.

French bank pays huge US fine for doing business in Cuba, Iran.

Revealed: one in four Europeans vote populist.

AMERICAS

Trump administration calls U.S. judge's asylum ruling 'absurd'.

Judge blocks Trump from denying asylum to migrants entering US illegally.

New barricades at US-Mexico border as migrant caravan arrives.

Incoming rain could hinder search for California wildfire victims.

Trump set to put Venezuela on the state sponsors of terror list: report.

U.S. prosecutors accuse Venezuela media mogul of bribery, money laundering.

Thousands flee as Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupts.

Peru asks Uruguay to deny asylum for ex-President Alan Garcia.

TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR

ISIS holds a huge amount of territory in Syria.

US puts aide to IS leader Baghdadi on terror blacklist.

Attacker shouting 'Allahu akbar' stabs Belgian policeman.

Melbourne 'terror plot': Three held over 'chilling' gun plan, police say.

Military official worries terrorism could spill into Liberia.

ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS

Markets sink as tech and retail fall; Dow drops 600.

Airbnb removes Israeli-occupied West Bank settlement listings.

France set to remove Carlos Ghosn from Renault after arrest.

What's gone wrong at Victoria's Secret?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I can only assume that the Victoria's Secret link is here because of the battle of the sexes?