Hadi has been in exile in Saudi Arabia since 2015. Before fleeing to the kingdom, he and his government had resigned as the impoverished country was in the grip of political turmoil.
Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement took state matters into their own hands after the mass resignation and Hadi’s escape threw the country into a state of uncertainty.
He has invariably proven a staunch Saudi ally, prompting criticism that his closeness to Riyadh made the country vulnerable to interference in its internal affairs.
Daily Archives: 3. September 2018
Brazil‘s first human, a ‚priceless‘ loss from Rio‘s museum fire
The jewel in the crown of the museum‘s collection of 20 million valuable pieces, Luzia was the first human fossil found in Brazil, in the southwestern Minas Gerais state in 1970.
„Luzia is a priceless loss for everyone interested in civilization,“ Paulo Knauss, director at Brazil‘s national history museum, told AFP.
United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary Visits OPCW
(16.8.2018) Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, met today with the Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Ambassador Fernando Arias, at OPCW Headquarters in The Hague.
The Director-General briefed the Foreign Secretary on the progress of the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), OPCW’s continuing activities in Syria, as well as efforts to enhance OPCW’s capabilities of addressing the threat from chemical weapons use.
Deputy of Xi Jinping for military issues to visit Tajikistan
Meanwhile, Xu Qiliang will hold meetings and talks with Emomali Rahmon, the Minister of Defense Colonel-General Sherali Mirzo, and will visit one of military units of the Defense Ministry of Tajikistan, the Ministry of Defense of Tajikistan told Asia-Plus.
This visit will help to strengthen the strategic trust between Beijing and Dushanbe, contributing to the promotion of pragmatic cooperation in the military sphere, the Defense Ministry of the country said in a statement.
Baku to host summit of Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States
Amreev said another important point of the summit is the acquisition by Hungary of the official observer status in the CCTS. But the issue of Uzbekistan‘s membership in the Council has not yet been resolved.
Iranian parliamentary delegation embarks on a journey to Europe
The delegation is expected to meet with European Parliament, Belgium and Luxembourg lawmakers and parliamentary officials.
Moon urges parliament‘s support for economic recovery, denuclearization
President Moon Jae-in urged the parliament on Monday to help the government revitalize the economy and denuclearize North Korea, calling for swift legislation of related government bills.
#wirsindmehr – Chemnitz
Live-Übertragung aus Chemnitz ab jetzt. Aufstehen gegen rechte Hetze – Solidarität statt Rassismus #wirsindmehr
FPÖ-Wehrsprecher: „Boden“ in Nordafrika besetzen
„Die extreme Rechte ist jetzt rhetorisch nicht mehr bei der Abwehr von Menschen, sondern beim Angriffskrieg.“ Bösch habe einen Eid auf die österreichische Verfassung und die Neutralität geschworen, „hat aber offensichtlich Rommel im Kopf“. Verteidigungsminister Mario Kunasek (FPÖ) und „Schweigekanzler“ Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) sollten klarstellen, dass das nicht die Linie der österreichischen EU-Ratspräsidentschaft sei.
Philippines’ Duterte seeking arms deal on Israel visit
Duterte is set to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Reuven Rivlinand and other leaders.
Qatar‘s five major conglomerates turn to Turkey for investments
Days after Doha, one of Ankara‘s closest allies in the Gulf region, pledged $15 billion in direct investment in Turkey, Qatar‘s private sector has also turned to the country as five major conglomerates are looking to invest $300 million.
Qatar looking to invest billions more in Germany – finance minister
„We see Germany as a key player in the world economy and are looking at the German market with great optimism,“ Qatar‘s minister of finance, Ali Sharif al-Emadi, told Handelsblatt newspaper ahead of a Qatar Germany Business Investment Forum in Berlin on September 7.
Brazil Mourns Loss Of Its National Museum
Brazil‘s National Museum is burning to the ground as rescue workers try to salvage what they can of the building that housed a large collection of Amazonian history.
Großbrand zerstört Nationalmuseum in Rio de Janeiro
Millionen Artefakte aus der Geschichte Brasiliens sind verloren: Das Nationalmuseum des Landes ist durch Flammen verwüstet. Pannen erschwerten die Arbeit der Feuerwehr.
9/11 – der Jahrtag naht …
Nicht zu vergessen der „PATRIOT-Act“ (USA PATRIOT Act steht als Abkürzung für Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, deutsch etwa: „Gesetz zur Einigung und Stärkung Amerikas durch Bereitstellung geeigneter Instrumente, um Terrorismus aufzuhalten und zu blockieren“) – das umfangreiche Gesetzeswerk, das binnen weniger Tage beschlussreif in Repräsentantenhaus und Senat vorlag und am 25. Oktober 2001 mit überwältigender Mehrheit beschlossen wurde. Da man für jedes Pimperlgesetz üblicherweise wesentlich länger braucht, ist davon auszugehen, dass der umfangreiche PATRIOT-Act bereits fertig in der Schublade auf den entsprechenden Anlass gewartet hat …
Der Angriff der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika gegen Afghanistan erfolgte am 7. Oktober 2001.
WikiLeaks: McCain-Stiftung erhielt 1-Million-Dollar-Hilfe von Saudi-Arabien
Die McCain-Stiftung mit Sitz in Washington ist auf den Gebieten Außenpolitik, Sicherheit und Wirtschaft tätig. Das Institut steht unter der Schirmherrschaft der University of Arizona.
„Rebellen“
Vor der mutmaßlich bevorstehenden Offensive syrischer Truppen gegen Jihadistenmilizen in Idlib, darunter der syrische Al Qaida-Ableger, erhöhen Berlin und die EU den Druck auf Damaskus und Moskau. Man „erwarte“ von der russischen Regierung, „das syrische Regime von einer Eskalation abzuhalten“, erklärt eine Sprecherin der Bundesregierung. Washington droht mit einer nicht näher definierten Intervention, sollte es zu einem Chemiewaffeneinsatz kommen.
Agents Tried to Flip Russian Oligarchs. The Fallout Spread to Trump.
(1.9.2018) The timeline sketched out by Mr. Ohr shows contacts stretching back to when Mr. Ohr first met Mr. Steele in 2007. It also shows what officials said was the first date on which the two discussed cultivating Mr. Deripaska: a meeting in Washington on Nov. 21, 2014, roughly seven months before Mr. Trump announced that he was running for president. (…)
Mr. Steele served as an intermediary between the Americans and the Russian oligarchs they were seeking to cultivate. He had first met Mr. Ohr years earlier while still serving at MI6, Britain’s foreign spy agency, where he oversaw Russia operations.
What Bruce Ohr Told Congress
(30.8.2018) To believe most media descriptions of Justice Department lawyer Bruce Ohr, he is a nonentity, unworthy of the attention President Trump has given him. This is remarkable, given that Mr. Ohr spent Tuesday confirming for Congress its worst suspicions about the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s abuse of its surveillance and sourcing rules.
British Ex-Spy Lobbied for Russian Oligarch While Writing Anti-Trump Dossier
(12.8.2018) The communications raise further questions about Steele’s objectivity as an intelligence source, and about Ohr’s motives for maintaining contact with a foreign ex-spy about a Russian billionaire, despite being assigned to a wholly unrelated line of work at the DOJ. Congressional investigators expect Ohr to appear for a closed-door interview on Aug. 28.
Emails show 2016 links among Steele, Ohr, Simpson — with Russian oligarch in background
(8.8.2018) Emails in 2016 between former British spy Christopher Steele and Justice Department official Bruce Ohr suggest Steele was deeply concerned about the legal status of a Putin-linked Russian oligarch, and at times seemed to be advocating on the oligarch‘s behalf, in the same time period Steele worked on collecting the Russia-related allegations against Donald Trump that came to be known as the Trump dossier. The emails show Steele and Ohr were in frequent contact, that they intermingled talk about Steele‘s research and the oligarch‘s affairs, and that Glenn Simpson, head of the dirt-digging group Fusion GPS that hired Steele to compile the dossier, was also part of the ongoing conversation.
Report: Bruce Ohr and Christopher Steele Helped Try and Turn an Oligarch Into an Informant
(1.9.2018) Bruce Ohr, a Department of Justice official who has become a frequent target of Trump‘s ire at the ongoing investigation into his links to Russia and whether they helped influence the election, and Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence operative who compiled a dossier of reporting on Russian influence on Trump, were both involved in the effort, the New York Times reported.
Embracing Conspiracy Theory, Trump Escalates Attack on Bruce Ohr
(17.8.2018) President Trump threatened on Friday to quickly revoke the security clearance of Bruce Ohr, a little-known Justice Department official, for the first time seeking to apply his power to cut access to sensitive information to a midlevel government worker rather than a prominent former national security official.
Departing the White House for a fund-raiser, the president told reporters that Mr. Ohr was “a disgrace” and said incorrectly that Mr. Ohr played a part in starting the investigation into Russian election interference and possible links to Trump associates.
DOJ‘s Bruce Ohr kept Mueller deputy ‚in the loop‘ about anti-Trump dossier, sources say
(30.8.2018) The sources said Ohr‘s outreach about the dossier – as well as its author, ex-British spy Christopher Steele; the opposition research firm behind it, Glenn Simpson’s Fusion GPS; and his wife Nellie Ohr‘s work for Fusion – occurred before and after the FBI fired Steele as a source over his media contacts. Ohr‘s network of contacts on the dossier included: former FBI agent Peter Strzok; former FBI lawyer Lisa Page; former deputy director Andrew McCabe; Weissmann and at least one other DOJ official; and a current FBI agent who worked with Strzok on the Russia case.
FBI tried to flip Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska to get potentially damaging information on Trump‘s alleged ties to the Kremlin, claims new report
– FBI and the United States Justice reportedly tried to flip Russian oligarch, Oleg V. Deripaska but he told them they had their story wrong
– Sources say in September 2016 Deripaska labeled investigators‘ claims about Paul Manafort‘s links to Russian government as ‚preposterous‘
– However the New York Times reports the investigation involving Deripaska began before Donald Trump announced he was going for the presidency
– Justice Department official, Bruce G. Ohr worked with former British spy Christopher Steele to get six rich Russians to talk
– Trump has used leaked documents as evidence they were plotting against him to form a dossier in the Robert Mueller-led investigation and called Ohr ‚a joke‘
US-Ermittler wollten Deripaska als Informanten gewinnen
Die US-Ermittlungsbehörden haben einem Zeitungsbericht zufolge versucht, den Kreml-nahen russischen Milliardär Oleg Deripaska als Informanten zu rekrutieren.