Trump to say Western civilisation is at stake in Warsaw speech
US President Donald Trump is to argue that the future of Western civilisation is at stake in a keynote speech in the Polish capital Warsaw.
Holding up Poland as an example of a country ready to defend civilisation, he will warn against the threats of "terrorism and extremism".
Poland's conservative government shares Mr Trump's hostile view of immigration and strong sense of sovereignty.
Mr Trump is in Poland ahead of a G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany.
"Because as the Polish experience reminds us - the defence of the West ultimately rests not only on means but also on the will of its people to prevail," Mr Trump will say, according to excerpts released from the speech.
Liu Xiaobo, China's most famous political prisoner, 'close to death'
Nobel laureate and democracy campaigner was released from jail last month on medical parole after liver cancer diagnosis
The condition of China’s most famous political prisoner, the democracy campaigner and Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, has worsened, family friends and local reports have said.
Liu, 61, was jailed in 2009 for allegedly trying to topple China’s one-party state. He was given medical parole last month after being diagnosed with terminal liver cancer.
The dissident writer has been receiving treatment at a hospital in the north-eastern city of Shenyang where, according to one report, he has been separated from other patients and is guarded by plainclothes agents from China’s paramilitary armed police.
Amnesty warns that 'reckless' EU policy puts Mediterranean migrants at risk
The rights body has warned that Europe's reliance on Libya in stemming the migrant crisis puts those affected in extreme danger. Migrants risk either dying at sea or face grave rights abuses in Libya, Amnesty said.
Rights group Amnesty International on Thursday condemned the European Union's decision to prioritize funding Libyan coasts guards in a bid to stem the influx of migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea, rather than stepping up rescue missions.
Brussels is looking to Libya, a country besieged by violence and political crises, and providing is its coast guards and the Navy with funds, equipment and training. Its operations focus on rescuing stranded migrants and returning them to Libya, where rights abuses and extremism remain rife.
Libyan leader declares Benghazi ‘liberated’ of jihadists
Latest update : 2017-07-06
Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar on Wednesday announced the "total liberation" of second city Benghazi, which was overrun by jihadists three years ago.
"After a continuous struggle against terrorism and its agents that lasted more than three years... we announce to you the liberation of Benghazi from terrorism," Haftar, in full military regalia, said in a speech broadcast on television.
"Today Benghazi enters a new era of peace, security, reconciliation.... and reconstruction," said Haftar, paying homage to "a caravan of martyrs" who fell in the battle for the city.
Field Marshal Haftar declared war on jihadists in Benghazi, three years after the 2011 uprising that toppled and killed Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi.
Survivors call for action to stop UAE torture
Rights groups say torture is carried out with impunity and political dissidents are singled out for abuse.
Shafik Mandhai
London, UK - Survivors of torture in the UAE have called on the international community to help to put an end to abuse in Emirati prisons.
Activist groups including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and local NGOs say hundreds of people have fallen foul of authorities in the country and were subject to forced disappearances, beatings, electric shocks, and other forms of torture.
Those affected include Emirati citizens, as well as expatriate residents, who are often held for months without formal charge.
CNN Warns It May Expose an Anonymous Critic if He Ever Again Publishes Bad Content
A CONTROVERSY ERUPTED late Tuesday night after CNN published an article announcing that it had uncovered the identity of the anonymous Reddit user who created the video of President Donald Trump punching a CNN logo. CNN and other outlets had previously reported that this user, who uses a pseudonym, had also posted anti-Semitic and racist content on Reddit, including an image identifying all of the Jewish employees of CNN, designated with a Jewish star next to their photos.
Though CNN decided — for now — not to reveal his name, the network made clear that this discretion was predicated on the user’s lengthy public apology, his promise not to repeat the behavior, and his status as a private citizen. But in its article, the network explicitly threatened that it could change its mind about withholding the user’s real name if his behavior changes in the future:
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