EU watchdog calls for review of Barroso's role at Goldman Sachs
Published time: 15 Mar, 2018 13:55
CAIRO: Egypt has ordered the release of two freelance journalists who were arrested while preparing a report on a historic tramway in Alexandria.
The defense lawyer for May al-Sabbagh and Ahmed Moustafa, arrested on Feb. 28, says prosecutors ordered their release on bail Thursday. Mohammad Hafez says they were charged with possession of visual and audio equipment with the intent to spread false news.
Egypt has regularly detained and prosecuted journalists as part of a broader crackdown since the 2013 military overthrow of an elected Islamist president. The crackdown has escalated ahead of a March 26-28 election in which President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi faces no serious opposition.
Egypt's pro-government media routinely accuse independent and foreign journalists of portraying the country in a negative light and trying to undermine its stability.
The US has announced sanctions against several Russian individuals and entities, according to a statement from the Treasury Department. The new measures are described as “cyber-related.”
The sanctioned bodies include Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate, as well as its Internet Research Agency. A total of 14 individuals involved with these entities have also been added to the US Treasury’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN).
Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin is among those sanctioned over alleged links to the Internet Research Agency, a company accused of employing fake social-media accounts to influence the 2016 US presidential election.
Some of the names included in Thursday’s Treasury document correspond with the list of 13 Russians recently indicted by a US federal grand jury for allegedly interfering with US elections and political processes. The indictment says an organization known as the Internet Research Agency "sought, in part, to conduct what it called 'information warfare against the United States of America' through fictitious US personas on social media platforms and other internet-based media."
However, speaking to the press about the indictments, US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said "there is no allegation in the indictment that it had any effect on the outcome of the election.”
U.S. troops engaged in an undisclosed firefight with Islamic State militants in Niger two months after American troops were killed in the African nation, the U.S. military acknowledged on Wednesday.
Pentagon spokeswoman Maj. Sheryll Klinkel said in a statement to CNN that "during a mission in the Lake Chad Basin region the morning of Dec. 6, a combined force of Nigerien and US military members came under fire from a formation of violent extremists."
A firefight reportedly ensued, leaving 11 militants dead, according to CNN. The firefight was first reported by The New York Times.
According to the Times, no American or Nigerien forces were harmed in the battle. A spokeswoman for U.S. Africa Command did not explain in a statement to the Times why the December firefight was not disclosed at the time.
The firefight followed a deadly ambush on U.S. and Nigerien troops that killed four Americans and five Nigeriens. That attack shed light on the extent of U.S. operations in Niger.
An investigation launched by Africa Command into the deadly October ambush is awaiting final approval by Defense Secretary James Mattis.
About 800 American troops are currently serving in Niger, where the U.S. is constructing a new drone base. U.S. troops are also involved in training and assisting Nigerien forces to combat militant groups in the region.
Trump said Neanderthal in this speech the same night that Q dropped this.
It was right after he did the imitation of a stiff politician. Got my attention because it was so hilarious, then he said Neanderthal. I was like, Oh shit!
22,385 SIGNED atm. Progress is being made. Last I checked it was only 18K.