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22 April 2019: 16 Shaban 1440:Vol: 11, No:182
INDIA
US removes sanction waivers to India, 7 other
countries importing oil from Iran
US President Donald Trump has decided not to
renew waivers that allowed 8 countries, including India, to buy oil from Iran
without facing sanctions.“President Donald J. Trump has decided not to reissue
Significant Reduction Exceptions [SREs] when they expire in early May,” White
House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement on Monday. “This
decision is intended to bring Iran’s oil exports to zero, denying the regime
its principal source of revenue.”The waivers are due for renewal on May 2,
reported The Hill.“US, Saudi Arabia, and UAE, 3 of the world’s great energy
producers, along with our friends and allies, are committed to ensuring that
global oil markets remain adequately supplied. We have agreed to take timely
action to assure that global demand is met as all Iranian oil is removed from
the market,” the statement said.India has lined up alternate sources to make up
for the likely shortfall in oil supplies, unidentified government officials
told PTI. US had re-imposed sanctions on Iran last Nov, after Trump pulled out
of 2015 Iran nuclear deal. India, China, South Korea, Japan, Greece, Chinese
Taipei, Turkey and Italy were allowed to temporarily import oil from Iran
without sanctions.“Trump Administration and our allies are determined to
sustain and expand maximum economic pressure campaign against Iran to end the
regime’s destabilizing activity threatening US, our partners and allies,and
security in the Middle East,” Sanders said.scroll
Sexual harassment allegations against CJI
should be dealt with as per procedure: SC lawyers’ forum
New Delhi:The Supreme Court Advocate on Record
Association (SCAORA) today expressed “deep reservation” against “procedural
impropriety” shown by CJI Ranjan Gogoi in dealing with sexual harassment
allegations against him and said the charges should be dealt with as per
established procedure.In a resolution passed on April 22, the top court
lawyers’ body said, “The allegation of the ex-employee of the Supreme Court
have to be dealt with as per the established procedure of law and law must be
applied in each and every case uniformly”. “It is therefore resolved that the
Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association strongly disapproves the manner
in which the complaint was dealt with and seeks enquiry and action in the above
matter and further seeks immediate appointment of a committee headed by full
court of the SC to impartially investigate and inquire into the allegations
made against CJI Gogoi, and give independent finding into the matter,” the
resolution said.PTI
Bulandshahr violence: ‘Bajrang Dal convener
called accused before cop’s killing’
Noida:Bajrang Dal convener Yogesh Raj and
other accused exchanged several phone calls hours prior to the violence which
claimed the life of police officer Subodh Kumar Singh in Bulandshahr on Dec.3,
stated the chargesheet filed by UP police SIT. As per the chargesheet, accused
Sachin Ahlawat made a 28-second call to Yogesh at 8.55 am on Dec.3, informing
him of an alleged cow-slaughter incident in Mahav. Yogesh’s location at the
point of call was Nayabas, where he resides. Between 9 am and 10.30 am several
phone calls were exchanged between Yogesh and other accused Ashish Chauhan,
Satish Chandra, Sachin Jat, Pavan, Satyendra and Vishal Tyagi. Yogesh’s
location changed from Nayabas to Siyana within 45 minutes of receiving the
first call. The chargesheet was filed in March.“Hence it is clear that the
information of the cow-slaughter incident was given by accused Sachin Ahlawat
to Bajrang Dal convenor Yogesh Raj. After this Yogesh directed the other
accused to gather with their supporters at the scene of crime. Yogesh and rest
of the accused put the carcass on the tractor trolley and carried it in front
of Siyana police station on Bulandshahr highway and raised slogans against the
police”,stated the chargesheet.The chargesheet claimed that the route of Ijtema
devotees, which was being held in Bulandshahr during the same time-period, was
shifted from Aurangabad to Jahangirabad which otherwise could have resulted in
riots on an “unimaginable” scale.SIT has submitted that Bajrang Dal activists
“led” the crowd which formed the blockade outside Siyana police booth with the
tractor that contained the alleged cow carcasses. “The crowd was responsible for
destroying State property and the violence was incited to create law and order
problems. Objectionable slogans were raised against the police”, stated
chargesheet. indianexpress
Najeeb case: Give closure report documents to
his mother, Delhi HC directs CBI
New Delhi:A Delhi court on Monday directed CBI
to give copies of all statements and documents related to the closure report of
probe into missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed’s case to his mother within two
weeks.CMM Naveen Kumar Kashyap directed the probe agency to supply the
documents in physical or electronic form and asked the investigating officer of
the case to appear before it in person on May 7.The court’s order came while hearing
a protest petition filed by Ahmed’s mother, Fatima Nafees, against CBI’s
closure report in the case.The lawyer appearing argued that she has not been
supplied statement of witnesses.indianexpress
Our Son's Life is in Danger: Father-Mother of
Muslim Prisoner Branded with 'Om' Symbol in Tihar Jail
New Delhi:Father and mother of the Muslim
prisoner who was burn-stamped with ‘Om’ symbol allegedly by a jail
superintendent inside the high-security Tihar jail are in shock and pain. Even
as the court has issued a notice to the jail authorities, the family expressed
apprehension that their son could be killed inside the jail.“I am feeling sad
and pained. Injustice has been down with my son. It’s too much. Should that
happen? Will you change anyone’s religion? They have not done right with my
son,” says Zareena Begum,mother of under-trial prisoner Nabbir @Shabbir.She
alleged that the accused jail superintendent Rajesh Chauhan even threatened to
kill or get killed her son.“He (jail official) even threatened that if he had
power he would have killed him or got him killed. He forced him to observe
fasting on navratra. He branded ‘Om’ on his back and burnt his lower parts of
the back with cigarette butts. I want justice with my son. I can’t do anything.
The court should give justice to my son. I will accept court’s order. Judge is
good. He immediately took action on the plea of our lawyer,” said Zareena.India
Tomorrow
Authorities don’t want us to speak out, claim
Kashmiri students of Dehradun college
Dehradun:Kashmiri students of a Dehradun-based
private engineering college have alleged that the college authorities have been
coaxing them to present the college in ‘good light’ in front of members of
Kashmir’s civil society.The matter pertains to the alleged attacks that took
place on Kashmiri students in Dehradun by members of right-wing groups after
the Pulwama attacks in J&K. Students of BFIT said college authorities are
asking them to praise the college in front of members of J&K’s civil
society who are due for a visit.“We were informed by our teachers that certain
activists and other members of civil society from Kashmir will be visiting the
college to interact with the Kashmiri students about what happened here after
the Pulwama attack and how the right wing groups of Dehradun were trying to
target us,” a third year engineering student of BFIT, said.“They asked us to
project the college and its efforts at that time in a good light and to refrain
from making any negative comments,” student said. Another second year student
from the same college said, “The college authorities got scared and did not do
anything for us at that time. They even signed a letter stating they will not
give admissions to Kashmiri students from the next academic session and now
they want us to lie for them.”HT
ELECTIONS
Polling for 3rd phase of LS polls
to be held tomorrow
All arrangements are in place for tomorrow's
polling for the third phase of Lok Sabha elections. 116 constituencies, spread
over 13 States and two Union Territories, are going to polls in this phase.
Voting will take place for all 26 constituencies in Gujarat; all 20 in Kerala;
14 each in Maharashtra and Karnataka; 10 in UP ; seven in Chhattisgarh; six in
Odisha; five each in Bihar and West Bengal; four in Assam; two in Goa; one each
in J&K , Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu and Tripura. The political
fate of several prominent leaders of various parties will be decided in this
phase. BJP President Amit Shah, Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi, SP leader Mulayam
Singh Yadav and RJD leader Sharad Yadav are among them.AIR
PM Modi uses blasts in Sri Lanka to ask for
votes for BJP in Lok Sabha polls
PM Narendra Modi was addressing a poll rally in
Chittorgarh, Rajasthan on Sunday when he urged voters, in the name of the
recent Sri Lanka terror attacks, to vote for the BJP.After he spoke at length
about achievements of his govt’s schemes and the failures of the Congress, Modi
went on to condemn the eight bomb blasts in Sri Lanka.“My condolences to people
who have lost loved ones who were in prayer on this holy festival,” he said,
before making a case for his party to eradicate terror. “When you all go to
vote and press the button next to the lotus, bear in mind that you are pressing
the button to destroy terrorism. There is power in your vote. When you vote for
the lotus, I will get the strength to fight against terror.” thenewsminute
8 ex-DGPs come out strongly against Pragya’s
‘despicable’ comments on Karkare
New Delhi :8 former top police officers Sunday
strongly condemned the “despicable” remark of BJP’s Bhopal Lok Sabha seat
candidate Pragya Singh Thakur that her “curse” killed Hemant Karkare, and
demanded those who laid down their lives for the country be respected. In a
statement, the former DGPs said the country owes Karkare, who headed
Maharashtra ATS and was killed during the 26/11 attack, a huge debt of
gratitude and anything that detracts from this is worthy of strong
condemnation.“This despicable and regrettable statement of Thakur only serves
to highlight the need to publicly recognise the supreme sacrifice made by the
35,000 police personnel from all corners of India who since Independence have
laid down their lives in the line of duty,” the statement said.Those who signed
the statement include: ex Punjab DGP Julio Ribeiro, ex-BSF chief and UP and
Assam DGP Prakash Singh, ex Kerala DGPs PKH Tharakan and Jacob Punoose,
ex-National Police Academy (Hyderabad) DGP Kamal Kumar, ex Maharashtra DGP
Sanjeev Dayal, ex Assam DGP and NSG DG Jayanto N. Choudhury, and N
Ramachandran, ex-DGP Meghalaya. Ex police officers said Sadhvi Pragya, a
contestant from the Bhopal constituency, made some unfortunate remarks
referring to the late Karkare. She has since retracted.“Karkare would probably
be alive today had he not volunteered to return to Maharashtra cadre from a
plum posting at Centre with the specific intention of working with ATS to
prevent and investigate the activities of terrorists so that the rest of us
could sleep safe in our beds,” the statement said.PTI
No more controversial remarks, BJP tells Pragya
Bhopal: BJP leadership on Sunday asked Bhopal
candidate Sadhvi Pragya Thakur to exercise restraint and avoid provocative
statements. She is, however, free to speak about her alleged “torture” in
custody as a Malegaon blast accused, say sources.Pragya, who was fielded four
days ago, was handed 2 Election Commission notices on Saturday for violation of
model code — first for her ‘curse of death’ remark on Hemant Karkare, and then
for her boast that she climbed atop Babri Masjid and was proud to demolish it.TOI
Hyderabad safe haven for terrorists: BJP
leader
Hyderabad :BJP leader and Secunderabad MP,
Bandaru Dattatreya, alleged that Hyderabad is a safe haven for Islamic
terrorist activities and that the police are not taking stern action because K
Chandrashekhar Rao-led TRS govt is aligned with AIMIM.“Recent investigations of
NIA reveal that Hyderabad is a safe haven for Islamic terrorist activities. A
large number of people are being recruited in Hyderabad,” said Dattatreya.ANI
Goof-up? BJP leader asks to vote for ‘cycle’,
another wants Amit Shah as PM
New Delhi :In a major goof-up, BJP leader
Ashok Bajpai on Sunday appealed to the people of UP to vote for ‘cycle’ to ensure victory for PM Narendra Modi. In a video clip shared on
Twitter, Bajpai is heard addressing an election rally in UP : “To make Narendra
Modi PM once again, please stand in the queue on polling stations since morning
on April 29. Press the ‘cycle’ button to make PM Narendra Modi win (Cycle wali button dabakar
Modiji ko jeetane ka kaam karna).”video garnered a lot of attention online,
leaving most users in splits. While addressing the same rally, another BJP
leader Naresh Agrawal, who was earlier with Samajwadi Party, expressed his desire to make party president
Amit Shah the PM . “Our PM (candidate) is Amit Shah. Who will be your PM,”
Agrawal said.indianexpress
Will help with jobs even if you don’t vote for
me, Varun Gandhi tells Muslim voters in Pilibhit
New Delhi :Days after his mother drew flak for
telling Muslim voters that she won’t work for them if they don’t vote for her,
BJP leader Varun Gandhi, while campaigning in UP ’s Pilibhit Sunday, said that
even if Muslims don’t vote for him, he’s ready to give them jobs.Varun, who is
contesting from Pilibhit this time, said he will provide jobs to Muslim voters
who don’t even support him but added that if they vote for him, he will be very
happy.He said, “I just want to say one thing to my Muslim brother that if you
vote for me, I will feel good. But even if you don’t, its okay. You can still
demand jobs from me.indian express
LS elections: Congress goes solo, fields
Sheila Dikshit from North East Delhi, Maken from New Delhi
New Delhi :Sheila Dikshit, former Delhi CM and DPCC president, has been named as
Congress’s candidate from North East Delhi and JP Aggarwal from Chandni Chowk. The
party Monday announced its candidates for six out of seven seats in Delhi for
the Lok Sabha elections. Former DPCC president Ajay Maken is in the fray from
New Delhi while Arvinder Singh Lovely from East Delhi.A 5-time MLA, Lovely held
important portfolios such as education,tourism, urban development and transport
as a minister. Olympic wrestler Sushil Kumar, whose name was in the running for
West Delhi, has not been given a ticket. The party’s Purvanchali face Mahabal
Mishra has been given ticket instead.Rajesh Lilothia has been chosen to contest
from North West Delhi.The party is yet to announce a candidate for South Delhi.
The probable names for the seat are Ramesh Kumar Chauhan and Sushil Kumar. This
announcement has virtually closed all doors on the possibility of an alliance
with AAP — the two parties had previously agreed to a 4-3 formula before talks
were disrupted. They have not been able to reach an agreement in Haryana
either.indianexpress
Welfare Party’s SQR Ilyas Poses Fresh
Challenge to Pranab Mukherjee’s Son in Jangipur
Kolkata;It’s been 5 months since Dr SQR Ilyas,
president of WPI, has been diligently engaging in door to door campaign in
Jangipur, a constituency of West Bengal which shall be going to poll on
Tuesday. Jangipur or Jahangirpur, a town set up by Mughal emperor Jahangir has
sent MPs from CPM and Congress to the Parliament, but despite all the ‘bidi
town’ of India, situated along the banks of river Bhagirathi has seen little to
no progress, claimed Dr Ilyas, who has been regularly visiting Jangipur since
2012. In an interview with Caravan
Daily, Dr Ilyas said, "This constituency used to first vote for CPM and
now it is Congress. Pranab Mukherjee was elected as MP twice from Jangipur and so
has been the case of his son Avijeet Mukherjee. The common man from this area
had invested a great deal of trust in the father-son duo only to be let down.
If you will check the performance of Avijeet, you will be surprised that he has
returned around 2.5 crores of the 25 crore MP fund that he was given by the
centre. My question is why return the money when there is so much work to be
done. Didn’t he have plans to take care of the issues plaguing the
constituency? People of this area need
real change. Our party is not contesting election from here with the simple
agenda of winning a seat but to bring in democratic reforms which is very much
needed here. The deplorable condition of this constituency made us choose this
seat. " caravandaily
‘Pakistan’s nuclear bombs are not kept for Eid
either’: Mehbooba Mufti hits back at Modi
PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti hit out at PM
Narendra Modi for bragging about India’s nuclear capability. She accused Modi
of “stooping low” and lowering the country’s political discourse.On Sunday,
Modi had said that his Govt had refused to be intimidated by Pakistan’s nuclear
threats and that with the Balakot air strike, India had given Pakistan a
“fitting reply”.“What do we have then? Have we kept our nuclear bomb for
Diwali?” Modi had said at a rally in Rajasthan.scroll.in
SRI lANKA BLASTS
Indian Muslim organisations condemn bombings
in Sri Lanka
New Delhi: India’s prominent Muslim body Jamaat-e-Islami
Hind has strongly condemned the deadly serial blasts in Sri Lanka on Sunday and
termed them as unforgivable heinous crimes against humanity.President of
Jamaat, Syed Sadatullah Husaini expressed deep sorrow over the tragedy and
extended his sympathy with the families of over 200 people killed in the
blasts. He also expressed solidarity with over 500 injured people and prayed to
Allah for their speedy recovery.Husaini said that our neighbouring country Sri
Lanka was living peacefully after passing through years of internal strife,
violence and killings. It is surprising that when there was full peace in the
country, this violent incident took place and hundreds of people were killed.
This is highly condemnable and tragic.Dr SQR Ilyas, National President of WPI
and the MP candidate from Jangipur seat strongly condemned the suicide attack
that rocked the island country of Sri Lanka which killed 180 people and injured
300 in 8 serial blasts and called it an act against humanity.He said this
incident which has shocked the entire world was done to cause terror and to
rupture the social fabric in that country. Dr SQR Ilyas called it a complete
failure on the part of intelligence where innocent people are falling victims
to these insensitive suicide bombers all over the world with the recent ones
like Phulwama in India and a mosque attack in New Zealand.theindianawaaz
Indian Church, Muslim Organizations Condemn
Sri Lanka Bombings
5 Indian party workers on post-election break
among dead in Sri Lanka
Bengaluru: At least 5 workers from an Indian
political party on a break after working on India’s general election were among
some 290 people killed in bomb attacks in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, a govt
official said.Another two from a 7-member group from the party, Janata Dal
Secular, were missing.The group was on an outing after voting took place on
Thursday in India’s general election in Karnataka. They were staying at the Shangri-La
hotel in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo. A suicide bomber attacked the hotel
as guests sat down to a buffet breakfast.“They were having breakfast on the
second floor when the blast occurred,” Rajath B, a family friend of one of the
victims, told Reuters.Reuters
Local group linked to deadly attacks claims Lankan
minister
Sri Lanka's health minister has claimed that a
local organisation was linked to the string of bombings.Rajitha Senaratne on
Monday blamed President Maithripala Sirisena's govt for failing to act on
intelligence shared 14 days before the multiple blasts that targeted churches
and luxury hotels across the island nation.
Senaratne said that failure to act against National Thowheeth Jama'ath,
a local organisation, had devastated the entire country."Unfortunately,
despite all these revelations by the intelligence units we could not avert
these attacks," Senaratne, who is also the Cabinet spokesman, said.No
group has claimed responsibility for the attacks so far. Senaratne's criticism
of President Sirisena, who heads the security forces, comes a day after PM Ranil Wickremesinghe acknowledged that
"information was there" about possible attacks.Ties between the two
leaders are at an all-time low following Sirisena's sacking of Wickremesinghe
in October. The move triggered a weeks-long political crisis that ended only
when the Supreme Court overturned that decision. aljazeera
Sri Lanka imposes emergency, says
international network involved in attacks
Colombo: Sri Lanka said on Monday it was
invoking emergency powers in the aftermath of devastating bomb attacks on
hotels and churches, blamed on militants with foreign links, in which 290
people were killed and nearly 500 wounded.The emergency law, which gives police
and the military extensive powers to detain and interrogate suspects without
court orders, will go into effect at midnight on Monday, the president’s office
said.
Colombo, the seaside capital of the Indian
Ocean island, was jittery on Monday. Police said 87 bomb detonators were found
at the city’s main bus station, while an explosive went off near a church where
scores were killed on Sunday when bomb squad officials were trying to defuse
it.A night curfew will go into effect at 8 p.m., the Govt announced.There was no claim of responsibility
for the attack but suspicion was focusing on Islamist militants in the
Buddhist-majority country. Investigators said 7 suicide bombers took part in
the attacks while a Govt spokesman said
an international network was involved.Police said 24 people had been arrested,
all of whom were Sri Lankan, but they gave no more details.Cabinet spokesman
Rajitha Senaratne said an international network was involved, but did not
elaborate.“We do not believe these attacks were carried out by a group of
people who were confined to this country,” Senaratne said.“There was an
international network without which these attacks could not have succeeded.”The
president, Maithripala Sirisena, said in a statement Govt would seek foreign
assistance to track the overseas links. Reuters
OIC Chief Condemns ‘Cowardly’ Sri Lanka
Attacks
Secretary General of the Organization of
Islamic Cooperation has condemned the attacks in Sri Lanka. OIC chief Yousef
al-Othaimeen described them as "cowardly attacks" that targeted
innocent worshippers and civilians.Saudi Arabia also denounced the attacks in
Sri Lanka.Earlier Sunday, other Arab Gulf nations issued similar statements
condemning the attack.AsharqAlAwsat
Hamas condemns Sri Lanka terrorist attacks
Gaza(PIC):Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas,
strongly denounced the terrorist attacks that targeted hotels and places of
worship in Sri Lanka on Sunday. Hamas said in an official statement, "This
barbaric and unjustified act is a crime against humanity."Hamas, on behalf
of the Palestinian people, extended condolences to the families of the victims
and wished those injured in the attacks speedy recovery.
WORLD
Sudan protesters to Saudi, UAE: 'Please keep
your money'
Sudanese protesters have called on Saudi
Arabia and UAE to "keep their money" a day after Riyadh and Abu Dhabi
offered to send Khartoum $3bn aid.Hours after oil-rich Gulf states made the
announcement on Sunday, demonstrators at the sit-in outside Sudan's military
headquarters in the capital started chanting: "We don't want Saudi
support.""They are lobbying and using money to try and control Sudan.
We have enough resources to look after ourselves and our interests," Adil
Gasem Alseed, a trader, told Al Jazeera on Monday."We can rebuild our
country without their help. We say thank you, please keep your money," 52-year-old
said. Other protesters said Sudan needed good leadership and not foreign
aid."We have the resources. With good leadership, we can look after our
country," Hanan Alsadiq, a university student, said."The timing of
their aid says a lot about their intentions. Why did they wait until now? Why
did they not call on Omar al-Bashir to stop when he was killing our people.
Their money will only create problems for us," said Alsadiq, who was born
in Saudi Arabia.The military removed al-Bashir earlier this month after months
of anti-Govt protests during which
dozens of people were killed.The two Gulf countries, in a joint statement, said
$500m would be deposited in Sudan's central bank to "ease the pressure on
the Sudanese pound and achieve more stability in the exchange rate".The
rest of the aid money will be sent in the form of food, medicines and fuel
derivatives, the statement added.Many demonstrators at the sit-in said they
suspected the two countries of trying to influence the ruling military
transitional council with the aid. Sudan's head of the transitional military
council, Lt General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan,was head of the ground troops when
Khartoum sent its soldiers to Yemen as part of a Saudi-led coalition against
the Houthi rebels. Economists say Sudan needs all the financial aid it can get
to improve its economic situation. aljazeera
Former Turkish PM Davutoglu criticizes AK
Party, says alliance politics harmed the Party
Ankara: A former PM and close ally of President Tayyip Erdogan
strongly criticized the ruling AK Party on Monday, blaming policy changes and
an alliance with nationalists for its poor performance in Turkey’s local
elections last month.In his first major public challenge to Erdogan since
leaving office three years ago, Ahmet Davutoglu, an AKP member, slammed the
party’s economic policies, media restrictions and the damage he said it had
done to the separation of powers and to Turkey’s institutions.Davutoglu, a high
profile figure in the party, served as PM between 2014 and 2016 before falling out with
Erdogan, who has ruled Turkey with his AKP for 16 years.In a serious blow to
Erdogan, the AKP lost control of the capital Ankara and Turkey’s largest city
Istanbul in the March 31 polls.AKP and its Islamist predecessors had governed
the two cities for 25 years. “The election results show that alliance politics
have caused harm to our party, both in terms of voter levels and the party’s
identity,” Davutoglu said in a 15-page statement.AKP and Nationalist Movement
Party (MHP) formed an alliance before presidential and parliamentary elections
in June last year in which Erdogan won the executive presidency but saw the
level of support for his party fall.Davutoglu said the party’s reformist,
liberal ethos had been replaced in recent years by a more statist,
security-based approach that was driven by concerns about preserving the status
quo.He also said recent economic policy decisions showed a move away from free
market principles and that “scaring global investors necessary to the
development of the country is a dead-end”.“Main reason for the economic crisis
is an administration crisis.Trust in the administration vanishes if economic
policy decisions are far from reality,” Davtoglu said.He also warned against
cronyism in public administration and said that recruitment should be
transparent and based on competence and qualifications, not on personal
connections. He stressed the need for reform within:“I call on our party’s
executives and relevant bodies to assess all these subjects and our future
vision sensibly and with cool heads.” Reuters
US to end sanctions waivers for Iran oil
imports
US is expected to announce on Monday that all
buyers of Iranian oil will have to end their imports shortly or face sanctions,
according to US officials.US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was expected to
announce that the Trump administration would not be renewing sanctions waivers
it granted to eight importers of Iranian oil late last year.Washington had
granted the waivers to China, India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, Italy
and Greece - allowing them limited purchases for 6 months. They expire on May
2.The decision not to to extend the waivers, which was first reported by The
Washington Post, was finalized on Friday by President Donald Trump, according
to the officials.aljazeera
Pak, Iran to form rapid reaction force along
border area
Pakistan and Iran will establish a joint
border security force to respond to an uptick in violence along the countries'
shared border, the Iranian president has announced, as Pakistan's PM concludes a two-day visit to the Iranian
capital.Last week, at least 14 Pakistani security forces personnel were killed
in a bus ambush that Pakistani Govt blamed on Iran-based armed groups. Border
security was top of the agenda for Pakistani PM Imran Khan's visit to Tehran,
where he met Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Supreme Leader Ali
Khamenei." Both countries [have] agreed to set up a joint rapid reaction
force that will be operating on the borders of the two countries to fight
terrorism," said Rouhani at a joint press conference following the talks. Khan
pledged that his Govt would not allow Pakistani soil to be used by armed groups
against any country. "We will not allow any militant groups to operate
from our soil," he said. "This govt for the first time in Pakistan's
[history] is dismantling any militant group in our country". Both
countries also agreed to establish a barter committee to aid in a planned
increase in trade between them, bypassing US sanctions that punish direct
financial transactions with most Iranian entities.aljazeera
Imran Khan visits Iran amid tense relations
Khamenei names new chief for Iran's
Revolutionary Guards: Reuters
Iran’s top authority Supreme Leader Ayatollah
Ali Khamenei has replaced head of influential Revolutionary Guards Corps, state
TV reported, days after US designated elite group a foreign terrorist
organisation. TV station did not give a reason for the change when it announced
the appointment of Brigadier General Hossein Salami to position and his
promotion to the rank of Major General. He served as deputy commander of Guards
for years and is known for his hardline comments against Israel and US. “Supreme
Leader has appointed Salami as the new commander-in-chief of the Guards, who
will replace Mohammad Ali Jafari,” it said.
US tells Afghan president Qatar talks best
chance for peace
Afghan-to-Afghan talks in Qatar were scheduled
to start last week when they were scuttled after a falling out over who should
attend.US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called the Afghan president to
express disappointment over the indefinite postponement of talks with the Taliban
and to condemn the insurgent’s latest “spring offensive.”Afghan-to-Afghan talks
in Qatar were scheduled to start last week when they were scuttled after a
falling out over who should attend. It would have marked the first time that
Taliban and Kabul govt officials sat together.State Department says Pompeo
called President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday and condemned the Taliban’s recent
announcement of starting another offensive in the spring. The Taliban have,
however, managed to keep up a steady tempo of attacks even during the harsh
winter months.AP
Algeria: 5 billionaires arrested as part of
anti-corruption drive: aljazeera
Algerian authorities have arrested five
billionaires as part of an anti-corruption investigation, State TV reported. Issad
Rebrab, the founder and CEO of Cevital, Algeria's biggest privately held
company, was arrested on Monday alongside four brothers from Kouninef
family. Reda, Abdelkader, Karim and
Tarek Kouninef are believed to be part of ex President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's
inner circle while Rebrab, owner of the critical Liberte newspaper, opposed the
president's 2014 re-election.
Israeli forces arrest 10 Palestinians,including
minors
Israeli forces detained at least 10
Palestinians, including minors, across the occupied East Jerusalem, on predawn
Monday, Ma’an Agency reports.According to Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS),Israeli
forces detained four Palestinians in the southern West Bank district of
Bethlehem.MEMO
Israel seals off Ibrahimi Mosque to Muslim
worshipers
Israeli forces sealed off the Ibrahimi Mosque
in front of Muslim worshipers, on Monday, in preparation for Israeli settlers
raid for the third day of the Jewish holiday of Passover. Israeli forces were
heavily deployed around the holy site.The mosque, believed to be the burial
place of the prophet Abraham, is sacred to both Muslims and Jews and has been
the site of oft-violent tensions for decades. middleeastmonitor
Israeli minister, settlers storm Al-Aqsa for
Passover
Israeli Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel along
with scores of Jewish settlers forced their way on Monday into East Jerusalem’s
flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Passover,
according to a Palestinian official, Anadolu reports.“Ariel along with 170
settlers stormed the compound and performed Talmudic rituals near the Dome of
the Rock Mosque,” Firas al-Dibs, a spokesman for Jerusalem’s Jordan-run
Religious Endowments Authority, told Anadolu Agency.He said the settlers were
backed by Israeli police.According to al-Dibs, Jewish groups have called on
followers to converge on the Al-Aqsa compound to mark the week-long Jewish
holiday of Passover.
Arab League pledges $100m to Palestinian
Authority in summit
Arab League has pledged to pay $100m a month
to the Palestinian Authority (PA) to plug the gap left when Israel blocked tax
transfers earlier in the year."We confirm that Arab countries will support
the Palestinian state's budget ... [to] resist the political and financial
pressure it faces," the League said on Sunday following a meeting in the
Egyptian capital, Cairo.Israel collects taxes on behalf of the PA, but withheld
$138mn in transfers in Feb.over Palestinian payments to political prisoners
jailed for attacks against Israelis.The PA sees the payments as a kind of
welfare system for families who have lost a breadwinner.aljazeera
Comedian wins Ukraine's presidential vote
Comic Volodymyr Zelensky has won Ukraine's
presidential runoff vote, defeating incumbent President Petro Poroshenko with
more than 73 % of the vote against about 25, according to official preliminary
results. Poroshenko conceded defeat on Sunday at a press conference minutes
after the exit polls were announced, saying he would help the new president
prepare for the role between the official announcement of the election results
and his inauguration."Next month, I will leave the office of the head of
state. This is the decision of the majority of Ukrainian people. I accept this
decision. I am leaving the office, but I want to highlight that I am not
leaving politics. I will fight for Ukraine," he said.aljazeera
4 killed in 'foiled' attack on Saudi police
station: Reports
4 people have been killed in a foiled attack
on a police station in Saudi Arabia's central Riyadh province, Saudi-owned Al
Arabiya TV said on Sunday, citing sources.The 4 casualties had helped carry out
the attack at the police station in Zulfi, a small city around 250km northwest
of the capital Riyadh, Al Arabiya said.Official Saudi Press Agency (SPA),
quoting a spokesman for the state security services, said three policemen were
also wounded and that an investigation had been launched to identify the
perpetrators."A group of terrorists launched a desperate attack that was
repelled," SPA said, without giving further details.aljazeera
Attackers kill 12 Mali soldiers in major
attack on military base
Fighters killed at least 12 soldiers in an
attack on Sunday in central Mali.The military outpost at Guire was attacked at
about 5am, a source told AFP."Terrorists came out of the forest. They were
on motorcycles and pick-up trucks. They burned vehicles and took away
others," said the source, who asked not to be named. "The new toll is
at least 12 dead, including the post commander, a captain."Mali armed
forces confirmed the attack on Twitter, without saying how many soldiers had
been killed. They said reinforcements were sent to the Nara sector, about 370km
north of the capital, Bamako.A local resident said there had been heavy gunfire
and the military was "taken by surprise" in the attack.aljazeera
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