Zimbabwe latest: Emmerson Mnangagwa urges Mugabe to quit now
Zimbabwe's former vice-president, whose sacking led to last week's army takeover, has urged President Robert Mugabe to resign immediately.
Emmerson Mnangagwa said he fled abroad two weeks ago when he learned of a plot to kill him, and he would not return until he was sure of his security.
The ruling Zanu-PF party is expected to begin impeachment proceedings in parliament later on Tuesday.
Mr Mugabe is accused of allowing his wife to "usurp constitutional power".
Speaking from an undisclosed location on Tuesday, Mr Mnangagwa said the 93-year-old president should heed the "clarion call" of his people and step down.
"I told the President that I would not return home now until I am satisfied of my personal security, because of the manner and treatment given to me upon being fired," he said in a statement.
'Travesty' trial ends in China with lawyer Jiang Tianyong jailed
Court sentences human rights defender to two years’ prison but his supporters say guilty plea on subversion charges was likely to have been coerced
China has sentenced a prominent civil rights lawyer to two years in prison in a trial that was denounced as political theatre by critics.
Jiang Tianyong, whose past clients include a wide range of activists such as the exiled dissident lawyer Chen Guangcheng, was sentenced on charges of “inciting subversion of state power” in the central city of Changsha on Tuesday morning, after languishing in detention for the past year.
Jiang said he would not appeal against the conviction, according to the court’s official social media account. He was also deprived of political rights for three years.
'Mission accomplished': Vladimir Putin meets with Bashar al-Assad to discuss end of Russia's Syria campaign
Leaders gather in Sochi for surprise talks
“Mission nearly accomplished” was Vladimir Putin’s message following a surprise meeting with Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in Sochi on Monday.
“We’re still a long way off fully defeating terrorism,” the Russian President is ascribed as saying. “But as far as concerns our work… on Syrian territory, the military operation is coming to an end.”
The fact of Mr Assad’s visit to Russia was revealed only by a read-out published on the Kremlin’s website early on Tuesday morning. According to the statement, the Syrian leader was presented to Russian military leaders, whom he thanked for “defending the territorial integrity of [his] country.”
North Korea punishes top military leaders, South Korea says
Updated 0736 GMT (1536 HKT) November 21, 2017
Two key figures in the North Korean military have been punished for "impure behavior," according to a South Korean lawmaker, a move analysts say is likely intended to help leader Kim Jong Un tighten his grip on power.
A closed-door briefing by South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) identified the two officials as Hwang Pyong So, the director of North Korea's General Political Bureau (GPB), and his deputy Kim Won Hong, said South Korean Rep. Kim Byung-kee after the meeting.
The General Political Bureau, which is also referred to as the General Political Department (GPD), is being audited for the first time in 20 years, Rep. Kim added, citing the NIS.
Bosnia war victims on why Mladic's verdict means little
by Mersiha Gadzo
Ratko Mladic, known as the "Butcher of Bosnia", is accused of heading one of the worst massacres in recent history.
Between 100,000 and 200,000 people were killed in the Bosnian War between 1992 and 1995, and as many as 50,000 women were raped.
On Wednesday, a UN judge will hand down Mladic's verdict for genocide and crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), in the Netherlands.
The former Serb general is now 74 years old
IN YEMEN’S “60 MINUTES” MOMENT, NO MENTION THAT THE U.S. IS FUELING THE CONFLICT
SAUDI ARABIA’S YEARS-LONG blockade and bombing campaign in Yemen has gotten very little coverage in the United States, even as the extreme food and fuel shortages have developed into one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
Now, as the Saudi noose on Yemen tightens — leaving 7 million people facing starvation and another 1 million infected with cholera — the war is having its moment in the media spotlight.
On Sunday, “60 Minutes” aired a 13-minute segment on the war’s devastating humanitarian toll. The program featured imagery of starving children and interviews with displaced people, all obtained after Saudi Arabia blocked “60 Minutes” from entering the country.
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