Across Globe
25
01
2015
Thousands of Yemenis protest against Houthi rebels
About 20,000 mostly Sunni Yemenis marched through capital Sanaa in
protest against the Shia Houthi rebels, who have controlled the capital
of the Middle Eastern country since September last year. As well as
chanting anti-Houthi slogans, the crowd denounced their alleged backers –
Iran and Al Qaeda. The demonstrators converged outside the house of
President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, who was forced to resign earlier this
week, after being placed under virtual house arrest by the rebels.
Ukrainian Court prolongs arrest of anti-Maidan protesters in Odessa fire case
A court in Odessa, southern Ukraine, has prolonged the arrests of 21
people probed in anti-Maidan protests in the city last May by two
months. The detained are accused of instigating mass clashes between the
supporters of new authorities in Kiev and their opponents. According to
the Court, the suspects could affect the investigation if released. Ten
of them are being kept in prison and eleven more are being held under
house arrest.
Spanish police arrest 4 suspected
Spain’s police have arrested four people in Ceuta, in the Spanish
area in Northern Africa bordering with Morrocco, who are suspected of
belonging to a militant Islamist group capable of plotting an attack in
the country. According to Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz, they
are two pairs of brothers, highly radicalized and highly trained. El
Pais newspaper reports one of them posted a video online urging others
to wage jihad. Spain stepped up its security after the terror attacks in
Paris. Earlier, the national police and Moroccan police arrested seven
people in a joint operation to prevent recruitment of people to join
militants in Syria.
Obama departs India early to visit mourning Saudi Arabia
President Barack Obama will cut short a formal visit on Tuesday to
India and head to Riyadh to pay respects following the death of King
Abdullah, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said in a statement. Obama,
together with the First Lady, will meet the new King Salman. Vice
President Joe Biden, previously scheduled to make the trip to Saudi
Arabia,
“will remain in Washington” the statement said. The
Saudi king’s funeral was held early Friday in accordance with Islamic
tradition, and the kingdom will remain in mourning for three days. The
sudden change of plans means Obama will miss a visit to the Taj Mahal,
Pradeep Bhatnagar, a leading state official based in the city of Agra,
where the Taj Mahal is located, told The Associated Press.
Indonesian search fuselage of crashed AirAsia flight
Four more bodies were recovered and an operation was begun to raise
the fuselage of the AirAsia Flight 8501 wreckage from the bottom of the
Java Sea on Saturday. The start of the operation comes a day after
recovery crews were able to enter the main section of the plane, which
crashed on December 28. Bad weather prevented them from entering it
earlier in January when it was first spotted.
“We have begun the operation today to lift the main body and we hope we can float it today,”
one official with the rescue agency told AFP. The authorities blame bad
weather on the crash, which took place on a short flight from Surabaya,
Indonesia, to Singapore. It has also been established this week that
shortly before the plunge, the plane had started a climb at an
abnormally high speed. The tragedy claimed 162 lives.
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