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President Biden on Friday stopped short of announcing any punitive measures against Saudi Arabia's crown prince despite the release of an intelligence report linking the Kingdom’s day-to-day ruler to the grisly killing of a U.S-based journalist. The declassified report said Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved a plot to “capture or kill” journalist and Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi, who was lured to the Saudi consulate and killed. The report's release raises the stakes on relations between the Biden administration and the likely next ruler of the Saudi Kingdom. The administration announced a range of punitive measures against Saudi officials and individuals it said were involved in Khashoggi's death in October 2018, though it held off penalizing Prince Mohammad himself — a move likely to put the president at odds with key Democratic leaders and human rights groups calling for stronger measures against the crown prince. ADVERTISEMENT “The Saudi government in general, … [Read more...] about Biden holds off punishing Saudi crown prince, despite US intel

SUBUBU FOREST, ZAMFARA STATE, NIGERIA - In Nigeria, Friday’s predawn abduction of 317 female students from a government school in Zamfara state was the latest in a surge of kidnappings in the country’s north. It’s not yet clear who was responsible for the girls’ abduction. But members of an armed gang who met with a VOA Hausa reporter and another journalist at their Sububu Forest hideout in Zamfara earlier this week contend they – and others like them – have turned to hostage-taking and other crimes because they have little choice to survive. They said these “bandits” are mostly ethnic Fulanis like they are, traditionally nomadic herders who have seen public grazing lands shrink and their cattle and sheep stolen by soldiers and rustlers. They said various governments have neglected and even harassed them – and failed to protect their way of life. “Everyone knows we are herders. This country is blessed with oil and other natural resources,” but that bounty doesn’t filter down, … [Read more...] about Nigerian Bandits Blame Crime on Government Neglect

A German court has sentenced 37-year-old Abu Walaa to ten and a half years in prison for his role in trying to radicalise young people and recruit them for the Islamic State terrorist group. Abu Walaa, whose real name is Ahmad Abdulaziz Abdullah A., was originally arrested alongside four other Islamic radicals in 2016 and had come to Germany as an asylum seeker in 2000 after fleeing his native Iraq along with members of his family. The conviction comes after a nearly four-year trial that began in 2017 but despite the conviction, the lawyer for Walaa has maintained that prosecutors were not able to prove their case fully, Deutsche Welle reports . Over the years, Walaa had managed to gain a strong following on social media, gathering at least 25,000 followers on a Facebook page alone and is said to have posted his sermons without showing his face, leading for him to be nicknamed the “faceless preacher.” Bomb Plot: 14 Suspected Islamist Terrorists Arrested in Denmark, … [Read more...] about ‘Brain’ of Islamic State in Germany Sentenced To 10.5 Years in Prison

A former aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Andrew Cuomo Conservative reporter confronts CNN's Jim Acosta at CPAC Overnight Health Care: FDA panel endorses Johnson & Johnson vaccine | CDC director warns decline in cases 'may be stalling' | Biden administration buys 100,000 doses of Lilly antibody drug Donald Trump Jr. attacks Cheney at CPAC: 'Lincoln Project Liz' MORE (D) on Wednesday accused the governor of kissing her without her consent and making inappropriate remarks while she worked in his office. Lindsey Boylan had previously gone public with allegations of sexual harassment against Cuomo but offered further details in a Medium post on Wednesday. Boylan, who is a candidate for Manhattan borough president, alleged in the post that Cuomo suggested the two of them “play strip poker” on a flight in October 2017. She also said another aide emailed her that Cuomo thought she resembled his rumored ex-girlfriend Lisa Shields, saying they “could be … [Read more...] about Former Cuomo aide says governor kissed her without consent

The Biden administration will make an announcement Monday regarding Saudi Arabia, U.S. President Joe Biden said Saturday. "There will be an announcement on Monday as to what we are going to be doing with Saudi Arabia generally," the president said when a reporter asked about punishing the crown prince, Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler. Biden took just the one question as he and his wife, first lady Jill Biden, left for Delaware for the weekend. He gave no details. The administration has come under criticism for not being tougher on the crown prince, despite assessing in a declassified intelligence report released Friday that he approved the killing of Saudi dissident and Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the kingdom’s consulate in Turkey. The intelligence report found that Khashoggi was lured to the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on October 2, 2018, and killed by operatives linked to the crown prince. His body was dismembered, and his remains have never been found. Riyadh … [Read more...] about Biden Promises Announcement Soon on Saudi Arabia