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The activist was charged with seeking to change the Saudi political system. (FILE) Dubai: A Saudi court on Monday sentenced prominent womens rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul to nearly six years in prison, her family said, after her conviction in a trial that has drawn international condemnation. The verdict and sentence pose a challenge to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salmans relationship with US President-elect Joe Biden, who has criticised Riyadhs human rights record. Hathloul, 31, who has b...

DUBAI: A Saudi court on Monday sentenced prominent women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul to nearly six years in prison, her family said, after her conviction in a trial that has drawn international condemnation. The verdict and sentence pose a challenge to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s relationship with US President-elect Joe Biden, who has criticised Riyadh’s human rights record. Hathloul, 31, who has been held since 2018 following her arrest along with several other women’s...

No media source currently available 0:00 0:01:02 0:00 U.S. State Department spokesman Cale Brown congratulated Sandu, the first female president of Moldova, on her “historic” inauguration on Twitter. “We look forward to working with you to strengthen Moldova’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, advance the rule of law, democratic reform, and greater economic prosperity,” Thousands of Sandus supporters greeted her outside the Palace of the Republic in the capital, Chisinau, after ...

On Wednesday, the State Department said that diplomat Julie Fisher had been sworn in as U.S. ambassador to Belarus, ТАСС reported. On December 15, the Senate approved Fishers nomination to the post of the head of diplomatic mission in Minsk. However, it is not clear when the diplomat is going to arrive in the Belarusian capital. "Ambassador-designate Julie Fisher has been sworn in today as our chief diplomat in Belarus. She brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the job. We are ple...

As stated by Principal Deputy Spokesperson Cale Brown:‎ Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo spoke today with Iraqi Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani. Secretary Pompeo appreciated efforts by the Government of Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional Government to reach a budget deal and encouraged all sides to remain committed to an equitable outcome. The Secretary and Prime Minister Barzani discussed regional security challenges, de-escalation at the border, and the need for continued...

Although in the seeming absence of leadership, political order and law, life has become somewhat uncertain, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short, the denouement of the Kankara abduction incident, however, leaves so much to be grateful for, writes Louis Achi According to the quaint English philosopher-historian, Thomas Hobbes, in a “state of nature”, human life would be “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short”. In the absence of political order and law, everyone would have unlimite...

Office of the Spokesperson The below is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Cale Brown: As part of the United States’ ongoing and high-level engagement with the leaders and people of Burma, Deputy Secretary of State Stephen R. Biegun spoke with Union Minister for International Cooperation Kyaw Tin of Burma to express support for the country’s ongoing democratic transition and the advancement of peace and national reconciliation, respect for human rights, and inclusive e...

Iyobosa Uwugiaren, Omololu Ogunmade, Kigsley Iweze and Udora Orizu in Abuja, Francis Sardauna in Katsina President Muhammadu Buhari was upbeat yesterday when he met with the returnee Kankara boys at the Government House, Katsina, and reiterated his determination to provide security for all in Nigeria. The schoolboys were abducted when gunmen stormed their school, Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, on December 11. The president, who spoke in Hausa, was excted by the res...

Pompeo seeks to soothe Turkey after US sanctions 411 assured his Turkish counterpart that American sanctions imposed on Ankara for its acquisition of a Russian missile defense system were not intended to weaken the country’s military capabilities. Pompeo spoke this week with Mevlut Cavusoglu and “stressed that the goal of the sanctions is to prevent Russia from receiving substantial revenue, access, and influence,” State Department spokesperson Cale Brown said Thursday. the military capab...

Daily Post Nigeria Published Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers 1. The Katsina State Government has confirmed the rescue of the abducted students of Government Science Secondary School in Kankara area of the State. President Muhammadu Buhari’s Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad who confirmed their freedom after one week in captivity, said the schoolboys have been taken to Katsina, the State capital. 2. The United States (U.S.) on Thursday told the Nige...