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Callamard gets no Saudi help over Khashoggi probe

NEW YORK, Feb 03 (Al Jazeera): As the United Nations' investigator into the death of Jamal Khashoggi leaves Turkey this weekend, it remains unclear whether her inquiry will get world powers to push harder to bring the Saudi journalist's killers to justice.According to reports, Callamard was allowed to listen to...

Egypt uncovers ancient burial site of 50 mummies

CAIRO, Feb 03 (Al Jazeera): Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered a tomb containing 50 mummies that date back to the Ptolemaic era (323-30BCE).The mummies, 12 of which were of children, were discovered inside four nine-metre deep burial chambers in the Tuna el-Gebel archaeological site in Minya, south of Cairo, the Supreme...

India monitors detention of students in US university case

NEW DELHI, Feb 03 (AP): India said it is closely monitoring the detention of several Indian students in the US and has urged authorities there to not deport them against their will.Indian news reports say as many as 129 Indians were among those detained Jan. 30 by US immigration authorities...

Yemen govt, rebels meet aboard UN ship

DUBAI, Feb 03 (AFP): The head of the UN mission in Yemen launched talks between the government and Huthi rebels aboard a boat in the Red Sea on Sunday aimed at shoring up a ceasefire, a government official said.Retired Dutch General Patrick Cammaert chaired the meeting aboard a UN vessel...

Australia cops arrest man in airport standoff

SYDNEY, Feb 03 (AP): A man who falsely claimed to have a bomb and menaced a woman with a knife forced the evacuation of Brisbane International Airport for more than two hours in an emergency that police described on Sunday as elaborate and terrifying.Police ended the standoff late Saturday by...

Algeria coalition backs Bouteflika for new term

ALGIERS, Feb 03 (Al Jazeera): Algeria's ruling coalition named President Abdelaziz Bouteflika as its candidate in elections slated for April, although the ailing incumbent has yet to officially confirm he will run."The parties of the presidential coalition nominate Abdelaziz Bouteflika for the upcoming presidential elections," the four coalition partners said...

Pope seeks talks on first papal trip to Arabian Peninsula

VATICAN CITY, Feb 03 (AP): Pope Francis is seeking to turn a page in Christian-Muslim relations while also ministering to a unique, thriving island of Catholicism as he embarks on the first-ever papal trip to the Arabian Peninsula, the birthplace of Islam.While Francis is building on two of his priorities...

China denies lawyers' access to detained Australian

BEIJING, Feb 03 (Reuters): Two lawyers hired by the wife of an Australian detained in Beijing for suspected espionage said they have been denied access to him by Chinese authorities because the detainee did not agree to their appointment.Yang Hengjun, a 53-year-old Chinese-born writer, was detained in the southern city...

Mexican on path to Oscar victory

LOS ANGELES, Feb 03 (AFP): Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron on Saturday scooped the Directors Guild of America (DGA) award for "Roma" - a strong indicator he will be named best director at the Oscars in three weeks' time."Roma," a highly personal ode to Cuaron's own childhood in 1970s Mexico City,...

US govt sees limitations on reuniting migrant families

SAN DIEGO, Feb 03 (AP): The Trump administration says it would require extraordinary effort to reunite what may be thousands of migrant children who have been separated from their parents and, even if it could, the children would likely be emotionally harmed.Jonathan White, who leads the Health and Human Services...

News in Brief (4-2-2019)

Iran warns Europe not to force'strategic leap' on missile rangeTEHRAN, Feb 03: The deputy chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guards has warned Europe against forcing the Islamic Republic into boosting the range of its missiles by trying to halt their development. "If the Europeans, or anyone else, want to conspire to...