Syria Idlib: Trump warns of 'grave humanitarian mistake'
US President Donald Trump has warned the Syrian government and its Russian and Iranian allies against "recklessly" attacking rebel-held Idlib province.
In a tweet he warned of "a grave humanitarian mistake" in which hundreds of thousands of people could be killed.
Syrian government forces are said to be preparing a huge offensive on the last major rebel stronghold in the country.
The UN says such a campaign could have disastrous consequences for thousands of civilians.
The US state department also warned on Monday that Washington would respond to any chemical attacks by the Syrian government or its allies.
'We need to grow up': Malaysian MPs condemn caning over lesbian sex
Politician calls for decriminalisation of homosexuality amid outrage over punishment in sharia court
A Malaysian MP has called for laws that criminalise homosexuality to be immediately abolished amid outcry over the caning of two women convicted by a sharia court of attempting to have lesbian sex
Charles Santiago, a parliamentary member from the Malaysian state of Selangor, expressed his outrage in a series of tweets after the punishment was carried out in the Terengganu court on Monday morning.
That two women were caned while “100 people gawked at them” in the public gallery of the court was shocking and humiliating, he wrote on Twitter.
Taliban: Haqqani network leader dead
Jalaluddin Haqqani, head of the Haqqani network insurgent group, has passed away, according to the Afghan Taliban. He led one of the most potent military factions operating in Afghanistan.
The founder and head of the Haqqani network insurgent group, Jalaluddin Haqqani, has passed away after a long illness, according to a Taliban statement.
"Just as he endured great hardships for the religion of Allah during his youth and health, he also endured long illness during his later years," the network's allies in the Taliban announced. The statement did not disclose Haqqani's time or date of death.
Man shouts 'Shame on you' as Cardinal Wuerl addresses sex abuse
By Antonio Olivo and Martin Weil
A man stood and yelled "Shame on you" as Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl on Sunday addressed the sex abuse scandal rocking the Catholic Church and asked parishioners to pray for Pope Francis as he deals with the problem.
A video of the incident inside Annunciation Catholic Church in Washington shows the man, identified by CNN as Brian Garfield, walking angrily toward the exit after he could be heard yelling at Wuerl during a short speech, in which the cardinal also asked parishioners to forgive his "errors in judgment" in handling sexual abuse claims while he was a bishop in Pittsburgh.
Egypt’s Sisi intensifies control over cybersphere
A newly ratified law regulates prominent social media users like media outlets, part of an ongoing crackdown on opposition
CAIRO, SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi over the weekend ratified a new law, subjecting prominent social media personalities to censorship and prosecution over a host of vaguely-defined offenses.
The new law applies to social media users with more than 5,000 followers, subjecting them to censorship and legal liability for propagating “false news,” inciting violence or hatred, inciting discrimination, defamation and insulting religion.
NBC News Chairman Sends Long Memo To Staff Defending Its (Lack Of) Weinstein Reporting
Ronan Farrow fired back at his former employer, saying Lack’s new statement was filled with false or misleading statements.By Nick Visser
The chairman of NBC News defended the network’s refusal to run Ronan Farrow’s landmark story on Harvey Weinstein last year, saying the reporter had nothing “fit to broadcast” before Farrow took the piece to another outlet.
Andy Lack, NBC News’ chairman, sent a long email to staffers on Monday night in response to recent media reports alleging that the network’s executives attempted to stop Farrow’s reporting last fall. A former NBC producer, Rich McHugh, told The New York Times on Thursday that those at the “very highest levels” of the network moved to impede the reporting and that in one instance, he was ordered to stand down from an interview with a woman with “credible rape allegations” against Weinstein.
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