Trump decries immigrants from 'shithole countries' coming to US
Updated 0545 GMT (1345 HKT) January 12, 2018
President Donald Trump expressed frustration behind closed doors with people coming to the US from "shithole countries," sources told CNN on Thursday.
One of the sources briefed on the Thursday Oval Office meeting with lawmakers confirmed Trump asked, "Why do we want all these people from 'shithole countries' coming here?"
A person familiar with the meeting said Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin and South Carolina GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham brought a plan to Trump that involved cutting the visa lottery in half and, at the behest of the Congressional Black Caucus, the rest would go to underrepresented countries in Africa and Temporary Protective Status nations, including Haiti. The person said the language was salty on both sides.
IOC accused of 'backroom deals' with Russia over doping scandal
Film-makers behind Olympic doping exposé say athletes may be allowed to take part as neutral competitors
The film-makers behind the documentary which exposed Russia’s state-sponsored doping programme have accused the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of doing “backroom deals” with Moscow ahead of next month’s winter Games in south Korea.
In December, the IOC banned Russia’s Olympic committee from taking part in the games in Pyeongchang, and disqualified 43 Russian athletes following a report by the World Anti-Doping Agency which revealed a massive doping operation at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, masterminded by Vladimir Putin’s FSB spy agency.
The whistleblower who exposed the programme, Dr Grigory Rodchenkov, is currently in hiding in the US. Rodchenkov – the former director of Moscow’s anti-doping centre – is the subject of the Netflix documentary Icarus, which was nominated for a Bafta on Tuesday.
Zainab Ansari killing: What has the reaction been in Pakistan and why have the protests turned violent?
Police said eight girls have been sexually assaulted in the region in recent months, as public outrage grows over perceived inaction of authorities
The rape and murder of Zainab Ansari has had a profound impact on Pakistan, including protests and the sacking of a local police chief, in the two short days after the eight-year-old's body was found on a rubbish tip in eastern Punjab on Tuesday.
Along with an international outcry, there have been violent protests in Lahore and Karachi, as well as in the city of Kasur, eastern Punjab, where she lived. Police said Zainab had been raped and strangled to death.
Public officials have attempted to contain the outpouring of anger from the public, saying that they are working hard to investigate whether there is a connection between Zainab's death and the sexual assaults on eight other girls in the region in recent months.
Aid groups slam Macron’s reform of asylum law
French President Emmanuel Macron faces a backlash over plans to tighten immigration law as the number of asylum seekers soars, with aid and emergency agencies accusing his government of planning mass expulsions.
To try to ease the tension, Macron dispatched Prime Minister Edouard Philippe to meet aid organisations on Thursday and explain legislation due to go in coming weeks to parliament where his Republique En Marche group has an absolute majority.
Before Thursday's meeting, the Secours Catholique charity denounced the policy plans -- which will clarify when migrants must be returned to their countries of origin -- as a simplistic and backward step. Another charity said it planned to boycott the meeting with Philippe.
Laurent Giovannoni of Secours Catholique said the new law would trigger the expulsion of anyone not classified as a war refugee in the strictest sense, meaning scores of people in dire need or danger would be forced out.
Opposition lashes out at Punjab govt over 'inaction on recurring killings, rape in Kasur'
In the wake of the sexual assault and murder of 6-year-old Zainab in Kasur, members of the National Assembly urged the house to draft legislation to ensure protection of children in the country during a Parliament session on Thursday.
Speaking to the Parliament, Opposition Leader Khursheed Shah termed the Kasur incident a failure on part of the government. He claimed that the government had not taken appropriate steps to ensure the safety of the citizens.
Shah said that the Parliament must pressure the government to do its job and protect the people. He also said that child abuse is not only limited to Kasur, but is widespread throughout the country.
Stricken Iranian oil tanker drifts into Japan's economic zone
By Yuka Obayashi
A stricken Iranian oil tanker has drifted into Japan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ), a spokesman for Japan's Coast Guard told Reuters on Friday, as strong winds pushed the burning ship away from the Chinese coast.
The ship, which has been ablaze for almost a week since it collided with another vessel on Saturday night in the East China Sea, was about 300 km (186 miles) northwest of Sokkozaki on the island of Amami Oshima as of Thursday afternoon, a spokesman from the Coast Guard's 10th region based in Kagoshima said.
Amami Oshima is one of the northern islands in the Ryukyu islands chain that includes Okinawa.
The tanker Sanchi, owned by Iran's top oil shipping operator National Iranian Tanker Co, was carrying almost 1 million barrels of condensate, an ultra-light, highly flammable crude oil, to South Korea.
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