Saudi-led coalition to start 48-hour truce in Yemen
A truce has been reached that Saudi Arabia says could be extended if Houthi rebels adhere to it.
A Saudi Arabia-led coalition supporting Yemen's government against Houthi rebels has declared a 48-hour ceasefire to begin on Saturday, according to local media.
"It has been decided to begin a 48-hour ceasefire from 12:00 noon in Yemen's timing (09:00 GMT) on Saturday," a coalition statement carried by Saudi Arabia's official SPA news agency said, adding that the truce could be renewed if Houthi fighters and their allies abided by it and allowed aid into besieged cities.
The coalition announcement came after a request for a ceasefire by Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, himself based in Riyadh, to Saudi King Salman, the statement said.
Thousands call for Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak to quit
Protesters march in Kuala Lumpur just hours after activists and opposition leaders were arrested in a government crackdownSaturday 19 November 2016 05.28 GMT
Thousands of anti-government protesters marched in Malaysia’s capital on Saturday demanding the resignation of the prime minister, Najib Razak, over his alleged involvement in a multibillion-dollar misappropriation scandal.
Clad in yellow shirts and unfazed by arrests of activists and opposition leaders just hours before the rally, protesters marched from various spots towards the heart of Kuala Lumpur amid tight security.
The mood among those gathered was festive, with drums and vuvuzelas heard along with speeches, songs and chants by participants calling for a clean Malaysiaand people power.
Donald Trump to inherit drone assassination programme which has 'no effective rules'
Exclusive: Fears that President-elect could ramp up use of CIA and Pentagon drones as new figures show hundreds of civilians killed under Obama
Donald Trump will inherit a military drone targeted assassination programme for which Barack Obama failed to put any effective rules in place and which has killed up to 4,666 people, including 745 civilians, under his presidency, new figures show.
Experts on America’s covert use of drones in its war on terror believe Mr Trump could use the sophisticated military hardware, which are mostly piloted remotely from the US, to fulfil previous pledges to “bomb the s**t out of Isis” and “wipe Somali pirates off the face of the Earth”.
There are worries this could result in an increased death toll of innocent civilians, or "collateral damage" as some military strategists label them.
Greek far-right groups accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at refugees tents
Refugees and volunteers at Souda migrant camp on the Greek island of Chios say that far-right elements threw Molotov cocktails at tents where refugee families were staying Thursday night. After two tents burnt to the ground, terrified refugees fled the camp for the night. This incident follows numerous disturbances in the camp as well as in the town of Chios, after a rally for a neo-Nazi group was held on Tuesday.
The town of Chios, which is just seven miles from Turkey, contains three refugee camps where an estimated 3,000 people live. Two camps are official camps, guarded by the Greek military. Souda is an informal camp managed by NGOs.
The large number of refugees has been wearing down the patience of the inhabitants, who have become increasingly hostile to the refugees, especially as their tourism industry has dried up. All of these different tensions have already boiled over into several upsurges of violence this year: there have been clashes between different ethnic groups and refugees have also reported attacks by “right-wing locals”.
Amid higher global temperatures, sea ice at record lows at poles
Updated 0428 GMT (1228 HKT) November 19, 2016
For what appears to be the first time since scientists began keeping track, sea ice in the Arctic and the Antarctic are at record lows this time of year.
"It looks like, since the beginning of October, that for the first time we are seeing both the Arctic and Antarctic sea ice running at record low levels," said Walt Meier, a research scientist with the Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, who has tracked sea ice data going back to 1979.
While record low sea ice is nothing new in the Arctic, this is a surprising turn of events for the Antarctic. Even as sea ice in the Arctic has seen a rapid and consistent decline over the past decade, its counterpart in the Southern Hemisphere has seen its extent increasing.Iraqi children return to school, eager to shed ISIS ‘language of violence’
As teachers set about untangling the violent programming Islamic State militants had imposed on the children, one student's comments echo an unquenchable spirit of humanity among everyday Iraqis.
"One bullet plus two bullets equals how many bullets?"
These were the kinds of questions teachers were forced to ask Iraqi students in math class during the militant group known as the Islamic State’s two-year reign of terror in the northern town of Qayyara.
Militants from the self-declared caliphate were driven from Qayyara three months ago, during the beginning stages of the United States-backed Iraqi military campaign to recapture the city of Mosul about 40 miles to the north of the town. But as students who stopped attending school during the group’s reign of indoctrination return to class, some teachers believe it will take years to unwind the damage done to their pupils. Still, amid the concern, one student's comments highlight a remarkable resilience among everyday Iraqis.
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