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A UN judge admits the 84-year-old is “in the final stages of his life”, but says prison conditions in The Hague ensure his maximum comfort. Source link

Life appeared to be on hold. The main street was still decorated for Ramadan, and almost all houses seemed abandoned. The village was quiet, but not in peace. Near the mosque, I met two cousins, Fatmeh and Dunya, both in their 80s. Outside, a banner paid tribute to the late Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, killed…

China welcomed US President Donald Trump with cheering children and a troop parade on Thursday, before a nearly two-hour long meeting with Xi-Jinping. Source link

A vessel said to be a “floating armoury” in the Gulf of Oman has been seized by Iranian military personnel, according to reports. Source link

While El Niño forms across the tropical Pacific, forecasters look at one region in particular called the Niño3.4, monitoring a three-monthly average of the sea surface temperature compared to the long-term average. A strong or ‘super El Nińo’ is when that goes above 1.5C. Forecasts from the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (EC),…

President Xi has been eager to portray himself as a stable global leader in contrast to a mercurial US president. Given the size of China’s economy, a number of world leaders, including those from US allies such as Canada, the UK and Germany, have turned up, eager to do a deal with Beijing. Source link

Former Power Minister Saleh Mamman was convicted last week – but the authorities do not know his whereabouts. Source link

Drones bound for Russia crashed down in Latvia last week, prompting a political fallout. Source link

President Trump was welcomed by President Xi Jinping in Beijing for what will be a whirlwind tour. Source link

“The sum of the different types of fuel: crude oil, fuel oil, of which we have absolutely none; diesel, of which we have absolutely none – I am being repetitive – the only thing we have is gas from our wells, where production has grown,” de la O Levy said. Source link