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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Qatar’s Central Bank said on Monday banking transactions at home and abroad were continuing normally despite the diplomatic crisis which has seen several Gulf countries sever ties with the emirate. In a statement released on the state-run Qatar News Agency (QNA), Central Bank governor Sheikh Abdullah bin Saud Al-Thani dismissed concerns over liquidity levels. “The banking and banking transactions and procedures in the State of Qatar continue to be normal, both at the level of local financial transactions and between the Qatari banking sector and foreign banks,” the statement read. It added that the governor “stressed that the liquidity levels in the Qatari banking sector are good and meet all customer requirements”. Doha is seeking to reassure customers as it is gripped by the biggest diplomatic crisis to hit the region in years. Qatar has found itself isolated following a decision last week by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and others t...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Qatar’s Central Bank said on Monday banking transactions at home and abroad were continuing normally despite the diplomatic crisis which has seen several Gulf countries sever ties with the emirate. In a statement released on the state-run Qatar News Agency (QNA), Central Bank governor Sheikh Abdullah bin Saud Al-Thani dismissed concerns over liquidity levels. “The banking and banking transactions and procedures in the State of Qatar continue to be normal, both at the level of local financial transactions and between the Qatari banking sector and foreign banks,” the statement read. It added that the governor “stressed that the liquidity levels in the Qatari banking sector are good and meet all customer requirements”. Doha is seeking to reassure customers as it is gripped by the biggest diplomatic crisis to hit the region in years. Qatar has found itself isolated following a decision last week by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and others t...

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http://ift.tt/2qAzCle Policemen and members of the media stand outside the Embassy of Ecuador in London on May 19, 2017. A lawyer for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange welcomed the decision of Swedish prosecutors May 19, 2017, to drop a seven-year rape investigation against him, saying it was the "end of his nightmare". / AFP PHOTO / Justin TALLIS British police said Friday they would have to arrest WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for breaching his bail conditions if he leaves Ecuador’s embassy after Sweden dropped a rape investigation against him. Assange’s case would be referred to a judge and he could face a maximum jail term of one year, a spokesman for the state Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) told AFP. The Australian sought asylum in Ecuador’s London embassy in 2012 after a judge ordered his extradition to Sweden to face allegations of rape and sexual assault. Police said a warrant was issued against Assange in 2012 after he failed to hand himself in, adding...

http://ift.tt/2pwjCjo U.S. President Donald Trump. Sean Rayford / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP President Donald Trump will play peacemaker at the White House on Wednesday, meeting with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas as part of an effort to end the long-running Palestinian-Israeli conflict. After hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in February, the self-styled deal-maker-in-chief will host Abbas for the first time since coming to office. “The President’s ultimate goal is to establish peace in the region,” said White House press secretary Sean Spicer. That long-shot effort — which has eluded US presidents since the 1970s — got off to a rocky start early in Trump’s adminstration. Trump renounced US support for a Palestinian state and vowed to move the US embassy to Jerusalem, breaking two tenets of US policy held for decades. Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday said Trump is still “giving serious consideration into moving the American embassy in Tel Aviv ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission says the EFCC is not involved in the ongoing investigation of the Kano Emirate Council over alleged misappropriation of N6 billion. The Chairman of the commission, Mr Muhiyi Magaji, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Tuesday that the speculations in the social media over the involvement of EFCC operatives were false and an attempt to distract the probe. The reports alleged that EFCC operatives jumped fence into the Emir Muhammdu Sanusi’s building in the Palace and carted away some documents. Reacting to the development, Magaji said the rumour was not only baseless, but unfounded and a deliberate attempt to cause confusion in the state. “Yes, I met with the EFCC Chairman, Mr Ibrahim Magu, last week, but it was on the general activities of the commission as well as its success or achievements. “We have not handed over this case to EFCC, so how can their operatives storm the Emir’...