Iran sanctions: Tehran vows retaliation over Trump move
Iran says a decision by the US to impose sanctions on the head of its judiciary has "crossed a red line".
The foreign ministry vowed to retaliate, but did not say what form such action might take.
Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli-Larijani was among 14 individuals and entities targeted over alleged rights abuses.
It came as US President Donald Trump declared he would extend sanctions relief for Iran over its nuclear deal one last time.
He said he was giving Europe and the US "a last chance" to fix "terrible flaws" in the 2015 landmark agreement.
'There's no other word but racist': Trump faces global rebuke for remark
US diplomats around the world were summoned for formal reproach, amid global shock over Trump calling African nations, Haiti and El Salvador ‘shitholes’
Donald Trump has been branded a shocking and shameful racist after it was credibly reported he had described African nations, as well as Haiti and El Salvador as “shitholes” and questioned why so many of their citizens had ever been permitted to enter America.
US diplomats around the world were summoned for formal reproach, amid global shock that such crude remarks could ever be made in a semi-public meeting by the president of America.
In a strongly-worded statement, the UN said it was impossible to describe his remarks as anything other than racist, while the Vatican decried Trump’s words as “particularly harsh and offensive”.
Global warming set to exceed Paris agreement’s 1.5C limit by 2040s, according to draft UN report
Rough paper suggests ‘very high risk’ target will be surpassed by middle of centuryJosh Gabbatiss Science Correspondent
There is a “very high risk” that the most ambitious global warming limit set in the Paris climate agreement is likely to be exceeded by the 2040s, according to a draft United Nations (UN) report.
Only a dramatic and unprecedented shift away from fossil fuels will enable world governments to limit warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial times, it said.
Hitting this target would “involve removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere,” said the report compiled by scientists on the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Indian villagers turn invasive water hyacinths into sustainable livelihoods
Abdul Mujeeb
Water hyacinths are not only beautiful pond decorations – they are also noxious weeds that pullulate across the world, creating all sorts of problems by blocking the flow of waterways. In India, they notably cause blockages in canals that irrigate farmers’ fields, which local governments struggle to remove every year. But one entrepreneur is putting this troublemaker to good use: he’s taught women living in rural villages to weave them into handbags, laptop bags, wallets, and other crafts, which provides them with sustainable livelihoods in areas where employment options are scarce.
Abdul Mujeeb was born in a village near Tenali, in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. He was brought up in Hyderabad and trained as an electrical engineer. After graduation, he ran a tutoring institute. In 2014, he was searching for ideas for a student’s science project when he came upon articles about water hyacinths that explained that its stalks could be dried and used in weaving. Mujeeb saw an opportunity: near his native village, water hyacinths were everywhere, and the women who lived there had very few opportunities to work.
Saudi accused of rights abuses in Yemen civilian deaths
A UN report on human rights abuses related to foreign intervention in Yemen details the extensive civilian casualties inflicted by the Saudi-led coalition's air strikes.
The United Nations panel examined 10 air strikes in 2017 that killed 157 people, and found that the targets included a migrant boat, a night market, five residential buildings, a motel, a vehicle and government forces, according to a copy of the report shown to Al Jazeera.
The horrors of war with North Korea, explained by a South Korean general
“This would be more like trying to get rid of Allah.”
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President Donald Trump has promised to unleash “fire and fury” on North Korea and to“totally destroy” the country if it continues to threaten the US or its allies. His administration even recently considered potentially launching a small, limited military strike — what his aides described as a “bloody nose” — if Pyongyang conducted another missile or nuclear test.
But a decorated former South Korean general said this week that North Korean soldiers would fight foreign invaders with nearly religious zeal in the name of their leader, Kim Jong Un, if under attack.
“I try to explain to the Americans — if we have to go into North Korea, it is not going to be like going into Iraq or Afghanistan. It’s not going to be like toppling [ex-Iraqi President Saddam] Hussein. This would be more like trying to get rid of Allah,” retired Lt. Gen. In-Bum Chun tolda London think tank audience Wednesday.
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