UK joins chorus of disapproval after Trump praises assault on Guardian reporter
The British government has joined press freedom advocates and journalists in expressing dismay and disgust with Donald Trump’s remarks at a rally, where he praised the unprovoked assault on a Guardian US journalist by the state’s congressman, Greg Gianforte.
At the Republican rally in Montana on Thursday night, the president lauded and made jokes about the violent attack by Gianforte, when he was a candidate, on the Guardian’s political reporter Ben Jacobs in 2017.
Jamal Khashoggi case: Saudi Arabia says journalist killed in fight
Journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in a fight in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, the country's state TV reported quoting an initial probe.
It said deputy intelligence chief Ahmad al-Assiri and Saud al-Qahtani, senior aide to Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, were dismissed over the affair.
US President Donald Trump said what happened was "unacceptable" but Saudi Arabia was a "great ally".
This is the first time the kingdom has admitted Mr Khashoggi has died.
Speaking at a round table event, President Trump said the arrests were an important "first step". He praised the kingdom for acting quickly, and while he said sanctions were an option against the country, he spoke of the possible effect such moves would have on the US economy.
Afghanistan violence raises uncertainty over elections, Kandahar vote delayed
A top security official and several candidates have been killed in the run-up to the Afghan vote. But Germany's special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan tells DW he's still optimistic about the country's future.
Afghan authorities opened polling stations Saturday despite a violent attack in Kandahar on Thursday that killed General Abdul Raziq , one of the country's most powerful security officials and a key US ally in the war against the Taliban. However, the vote in Kandahar province itself will be postponed by one week, according to a statement from President Ashraf Ghani released on Friday.
The vote is the first parliamentary election in Afghanistan since the end of NATO's combat mission in 2014.
Thursday's attack came at the end of a high-level security meeting of US forces and NATO Resolute Support Mission commander General Scott Miller, provincial Governor Zalmay Wesa and provincial spy chief, Abdul Mohmin. Mohmin and an Afghan journalist are also believed to have died.
Meet the 'Proud Boys', whose supporters beat up left-wing protesters
Supporters of a far-right group called the Proud Boys were filmed kicking and punching three men curled up on the pavement in Manhattan’s Upper East Side on the evening of October 12. In the videos, some of the assailants can be heard yelling homophobic slurs and cheering. The incident, which was caught on camera by several people, reveals the group’s violent tendencies, according to some experts who study the far-right in the United States.
The incident took place moments after the end of a speaking event featuring the Proud Boys’ leader, Gavin McIness, who was one of the founders of VICE media, but left the company in 2008. McIness founded the Proud Boys in 2016, following Trump’s election. The Proud Boys self-describe as “Western chauvinists” and say they are a fraternal organization promoting “anti-political correctness” and “anti-white guilt”. They deny all accusations of racism and distance themselves from the “alt-right”.
Ethiopia's massive new dam threatens Egypt's Nile River
Updated 0332 GMT (1132 HKT) October 20, 2018
Look at Egypt on Google Earth and you will see a green line snaking through a sand-colored landscape, fanning out into a triangle in the north.
This emerald ribbon is the vegetation that grows on either side of the Nile River and around its delta. It is Egypt's only fertile land -- and testament to the country's reliance on this fabled waterway.
The Nile River Basin extends to 11 African countries, but Egypt -- one of the oldest civilizations in the world -- has controlled the river and used the lion's share of its waters for millennia.Quake shock absorber maker says products may have been used nationwide
By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Elaine Lies
A Japanese maker of earthquake shock absorbers said on Friday that at least 70 buildings across the country may have used its products for which quality data was falsified and that nearly 1,000 are suspected of having done so.
KYB Corp said this week it had falsified data on the quality of some of its earthquake shock absorbers since at least 2003 in one of the world's most quake-prone nations, the latest in a series of compliance scandals that has shaken confidence in Japan's manufacturing prowess.
KBY released an initial list of 70 buildings that may have used the products for which data was falsified, including government buildings such as the main Ministry of Finance building in Tokyo and several other government structures.
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