Murdered chasing mercenaries
Journalists' deaths put spotlight on Russia's murky activities in Africa
Updated 0515 GMT (1315 HKT) August 4, 2018
At the end of January this year, a giant Ilyushin-76 cargo aircraft touched down at the airport in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic. It was the first of nine flights that brought tons of Russian weapons to bolster CAR's fragile government.
The flights were permitted by the United Nations Security Council, which waived an arms embargo on the conflict-ridden country to allow its armed forces to better equip themselves.
At the same time, 175 military trainers -- all but a handful of them private contractors -- arrived from Russia.
Cracks appear in 'invincible' Xi Jinping's authority over China
Intellectuals voice criticism as analysts point to disharmony in the Communist party
Rumours have swirled in Beijing in recent weeks that China’s seemingly invincible leader, Xi Jinping, is in trouble, dogged by a protracted trade war with the US, a slowing economy and a public health scandal involving thousands of defective vaccines given to children.
Xi’s name seemed to have disappeared for a while from the cover of the People’s Daily, replaced with articles about his deputy, Li Keqiang, and large portraits of him were said to have been taken down after a young woman filmed herself throwing ink at his image.
Zimbabwe elections: Police raid of opposition leader Chamisa's press conference sparks chaos as Mnangagwa calls for unity
Mr Chamisa repeated his claim, made often during the campaign, that the election had been rigged
Armed police have broken up a press conference due to be given by Zimbabwe’s opposition leader as Emmerson Mnangagwa – declared the winner in the country’s bitterly disputed presidential race – called for “peace and unity” and declared that his administration “protected freedom of speech and the right to criticise the government”.
Mr Mnangagwa, once former leader Robert Mugabe’s loyal ally who had played a key part in overthrowing Africa’s longest-serving head of state and becoming acting president, was declared winner in the poll by a very narrow margin, avoiding a second round runoff against his chief rival, Nelson Chamisa, by 0.8 per cent after getting past the stipulated 50 per cent mark.
Denmark fines first woman for violating 'burqa ban'
A 28-year-old woman has been fined for wearing a niqab at a local shopping center, in violation of a controversial new law. The ban, which took effect on August 1, prohibits full-face Islamic veils in public places.
Danish police have fined a woman for wearing a niqab in a shopping complex, local media reported.
It's the first such fine to be issued for violating the country's contentious law banning full-face Islamic veils in public places, which came into effect on Wednesday.
In accordance with the law, the 28-year-old was asked by police to either remove her veil or leave the public space. She chose the latter.
She was also informed she would receive a fine of 1,000 kroner ($156/€134) in the mail.
No motive, no second shooter in Las Vegas massacre, says sheriff
More than 10 months after the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history, police are closing their investigation without answering the key question: What drove a gunman to unleash a hail of gunfire that killed 58 people and wounded hundreds more?
But authorities say after hundreds of interviews and thousands of hours of investigative work, they are confident there is no evidence of a conspiracy or a second gunman.
Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said Stephen Paddock was "an unremarkable man" who showed signs of a troubled mind leading up to the Oct. 1 shooting on the Las Vegas Strip, but authorities don't have any clear answers.
Lombardo said that with the closure of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's 10-month investigation, no one else will be charged in connection with the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
North Korea continuing nuclear programme - UN report
North Korea has not stopped its nuclear and missile programmes, violating UN sanctions, a report commissioned by the UN Security Council says.
It also says Pyongyang has resorted to a "massive increase" of illegal ship-to-ship transfers of oil products and has been trying to sell weapons abroad.
The confidential report by a panel of independent experts was submitted to the UN Security Council on Friday.
North Korea has so far not commented on the document's findings.
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