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Palestinian officials: Abbas picks ally for new premier
Abbas asked Shtayyeh, a member of the central committee of the Palestinian president's Fatah party, to form a new government, Fatah vice president Mahmoud al-Aloul told AFP. The PA has been squeezed by steep USA aid cuts, with the cash crisis exacerbated by a dispute with Israel over the withholding of some 5 percent of the monthly tax revenues it transfers to the Authority. [Full Article...]
Florida mom fatally stabs daughter, 11, drives dead body to hospital: cops
When Rivera arrived at the hospital she reportedly drove up to valet parking and requested medical attention. Orange County Sheriff's Office homicide detectives arrested Rosa at Winnie Palmer Hospital. The hospital was locked down until midday, Click Orlando reported. Rosa Rivera, 28, is being held in the Orlando County Jail after she apparently caused a scene at an Orlando hospital when she... [Full Article...]
9-year-old girl found dead in duffel bag identified
Arlene Silva help organize that event and Nguyen said she was at the location this evening. "Little girl could've been whatever she wanted to be in life", Jones told ABC Los Angeles station KABC on Sunday . "I just want answers". I just want justice, ' he said. The bag with her remains lay in the brush a short distance from the head of a popular trail through the hills. [Full Article...]
United Nations urges Damascus to grant it full access to returnees
The United Nations refugee agency should have a bigger presence inside Syria to observe and help refugees returning from overseas and from displacement within the war-torn country, UNHCR Commissioner Filippo Grandi said on Saturday. "In other areas such as the Damascus (countryside), to get the authorization to visit is more hard". "Around 165,000 Syrians returned back to Syria from Lebanon, acc... [Full Article...]
Presidential plane lands in Algeria amid ongoing anti-government protests
There was no immediate sign of any ambulance or motorcade carrying the 82-year-old Bouteflika. Mr Bouteflika, who has been president since 1999, uses a wheelchair and has rarely been seen in public since suffering a... On Sunday, retailers and merchants closed their stores, while workers at several state-run companies and institutions staged sit-ins in response to a general strike call. [Full Article...]
Two more Isil brides stripped of British citizenship
It comes as the row over Islamic State runaway Shamima Begum continued following the death of her three-week-old son. However, the Bangladesh foreign ministry said in a statement that Begum is not a Bangladeshi citizen, nor has she ever visited the country. [Full Article...]
Without change, Theresa May's Brexit deal faces heavy defeat, warn eurosceptics
But first, the PM has to put her Brexit plan through yet another vote in the House of Commons. 'They are going to have to take a role in saying potentially to the Prime Minister, "Actually, things have changed significantly". "But the Government has found itself in a precarious situation and particularly if the Government extends Article 50 or tries to reverse the Brexit promises that we have ma... [Full Article...]
Trump plans to ask for another $8.6B to fund border wall
It was Democrats that emerged triumphant from that clash and their control of the House makes it highly unlikely the president will receive the money he is asking for in his 2020 budget. The Government Publishing Office (GPO) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will release the first phase of the president's budget Monday, with more details coming on March 18. [Full Article...]