Steve Linick: Trump fires state department inspector general
The US state department's inspector general, Steve Linick, has become the latest senior official to be fired by US President Donald Trump.
Mr Trump said Mr Linick no longer had his full confidence and that he would be removed in 30 days.
Mr Linick had begun investigating Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for suspected abuse of office, reports say.
'Take him down': ex-officers accuse Fiji's prison commissioner of ordering staff to beat inmates
Exclusive: Four former prison officers seeking asylum in Australia claim Francis Kean, brother-in-law of Fiji’s PM, ran a brutal campaign of intimidation
by Kate Lyons and Kelvin Anthony
Four former prison officers from Fiji are seeking asylum in Australia claiming the prime minister’s brother-in-law, who is the commissioner of the corrections service, routinely ordered the beating and mistreatment of prisoners and at one point ordered them to assault a fellow staff member.
Detailed accounts given to the Guardian by the four officers claim Francis Kean, a powerful figure inside Fiji, waged a brutal campaign of intimidation, coercion, bullying and violence on both prisoners and staff – which human rights campaigners say may amount to torture – with impunity.
Félicien Kabuga: Rwanda genocide suspect arrested in Paris
Conrad Duncan
A Rwandan genocide suspect, who had evaded capture for more than 25 years, has been arrested near Paris, French authorities say.
Felicien Kabuga, who is accused of funding militias that massacred about 800,000 people, was arrested on Saturday morning, according to the France’s justice ministry.
The 84-year-old is Rwanda’s most wanted man and had a $5m (£4.1m) US bounty on his head.
Iran sentences French academic Fariba Adelkhah to five years in prison
Iran sentenced a French-Iranian academic to five years in prison on national security charges on Saturday, according to her lawyer Said Dahghan.
Fariba Adelkhah was "sentenced to five years for gathering and conspiring against national security, and one year for propaganda against the Islamic republic", Dehghan said.
He said his client would only be expected to serve the longer, five-year jail term and added that she intended to appeal.
I was a conspiracy theorist, too
I know why people turn to conspiracy theories in uncertain times. I did the same when my husband had a brain tumor.
It was October 2005 when my husband Mike called me with the news. I was working on my dissertation in my home office, and he had just received the call from his ophthalmologist.
“I have a brain tumor. It’s called a craniopharyngioma. It’s a benign tumor near the pituitary gland.”
“Benign” is a misnomer for the tumor in his midbrain that would ultimately rob my smart, improv comedian, graphic designer husband of not only his vision but his short-term memory and his ability to care for himself over the following nine months.
Taiwan's success in fighting coronavirus has bolstered its global standing. This has infuriated Beijing
Updated 0230 GMT (1030 HKT) May 16, 2020
While many governments struggled to contain the spread of coronavirus, Taiwan appeared to have it largely under control.
In January, the self-ruled, democratic island of 23 million people banned incoming travel from parts of mainland China. Soon after, cruise ships could no longer dock there. By March, domestic face mask production was also increased.
As of Saturday, Taiwan has recorded 440 coronavirus cases and seven deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. By comparison, Australia -- with a population of 25 million -- has reported more than 7,000 infections and 98 deaths.
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