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UN rings alarm bell as US cuts funds for Palestinian refugees

RAMALLAH (Palestinian Territories), Jan 17 (AFP) - The UN agency for Palestinian refugees warned Wednesday it faced its worst funding crisis ever after the White House froze tens of millions of dollars in contributions, a move Palestinian leaders decried as cruel and blatantly biased.The agency provides Palestinian refugees and their...

Former CIA official under arrest ‘for stealing secret info’

A former CIA officer was arrested at a New York airport after authorities found two highly classified notebooks that contained information on undercover US spies, the Department of Justice said on Tuesday, report agencies.Jerry Chun Shing Lee, 53, a naturalized US citizen who now lives in Hong Kong, was detained...

France, Britain to announce new migrant treaty today

PARIS, Jan 17 (AFP): French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Theresa May will announce a new treaty on how to handle migrants hoping to head to Britain, the French presidency said Wednesday.The treaty, set to be announced at a summit in London on Thursday, will "complete the Le...

S Arabia steps in to bail out Yemen govt

RIYADH, Jan 17 (AFP): Saudi Arabia announced on Wednesday it would transfer $2 billion to Yemen's central bank, following desperate calls for a financial rescue from the beleaguered government it has supported militarily for nearly three years.The bailout aims to curb the fall in value of the Yemeni riyal, which...

China, Israel to promote tech cooperation

XIAMEN, Jan 17 (Xinhua): China and Israel launched an incubation centre Wednesday in the eastern Chinese city of Xiamen to promote technology cooperation.Located in Xiamen's Software Park, the centre is dedicated to providing services for Chinese companies keen to apply Israel's advanced technologies to their innovation projects.The centre has established...

Nearly 300 birds die as smugglers throw them into sea

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 (AFP): Hundreds of birds being trafficked from Malaysia to Indonesia have died after smugglers threw them into the water when they were intercepted by the coast guard, an official said Wednesday.The birds, believed to mostly be a type of lark often sold as pets in Indonesia,...

Myanmar police sit in trucks at Mrauk U

Myanmar police sit in trucks at Mrauk U on Wednesday a day after seven ethnic Rakhine Buddhists died when the police opened fire on a crowd trying to seize a government office there on Tuesday night. — AFP

News in Brief -(18-01-2018)

HK democracy activist Wong gets prison termHONG KONG, Jan 17: A Hong Kong court sentenced democracy activist Joshua Wong to three months in prison Wednesday for contempt, his second prison term stemming from his role in the 2014 "Umbrella Movement" protests. The 21-year-old Wong and another defendant were immediately taken...