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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J An explosion took place in a Saudi Arabian community dominated by minority Shiites on Thursday and emergency vehicles converged on the scene, a witness told AFP. It was the latest incident in Qatif, where Islamic State group jihadists have carried out deadly attacks in recent years but where Shiite discontent has also raged. “The explosion was very huge,” the witness said, asking not to be identified. Armoured and other police vehicles sealed off the area after the explosion, the witness said. Saudi television channel Al-Arabiya reported a car bombing was the cause of the explosion. Video and photographs posted on social media showed a vehicle engulfed in flames in the middle of a street, with dense black smoke rising around it. Other images showed what appeared to be at least one charred body lying beside a vehicle, which looked like an SUV, after firefighters extinguished the blaze. The Sunni extremist IS — which views Shiite Muslims as heretics — in 2014...

http://ift.tt/2rucsxI Sunderland's Scottish manager David Moyes watches from the touchline during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Sunderland at Stamford Bridge in London on May 21, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Ian KINGTON / David Moyes has resigned as Sunderland manager following their relegation from the Premier League, the club announced on Monday. The 54-year-old Scot succeeded Sam Allardyce last July and oversaw a desperate season that saw Sunderland finish 16 points adrift of safety at the foot of the table. “I would like to thank (chairman) Ellis Short and the board for giving me the opportunity to manage Sunderland and the fans for always being so passionately supportive of their club,” Moyes said in a statement. “I wish the players and my successor well in their efforts towards promotion back to the Premier League.” Sunderland’s relegation to the Championship after 10 years in the top flight was confirmed following a 1-0 home defeat by Bour...

http://ift.tt/2qLhFhO Liverpool's Brazilian midfielder Philippe Coutinho (L) celebrates scoring his team's second goal during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Middlesbrough at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on May 21, 2017. Paul ELLIS / AFP Brilliant goals from Georginio Wijnaldum, Philippe Coutinho and Adam Lallana secured Liverpool a spot in next season’s Champions League play-off round after a 3-0 win over relegated Middlesbrough on Sunday. Due to Chelsea’s dominance this term, the final weeks of the season have seen attention switch from who could win the Premier League to which teams might squeeze into the top four. Going into the last round of fixtures, third and fourth place were both still up for grabs with third place the most sought after spot because that position allows a club direct qualification for the Champions League group stages. But Liverpool will be more than happy to settle for fourth in Jurgen Klopp’s fi...

http://ift.tt/2pTJkjt Former US Congressman Anthony Weiner leaves Federal Court in New York on May 19, 2017 after pleading guilty to one count of sending obscene messages to a minor, ending an investigation into a "sexting" scandal that played a role in last year's US presidential election. / AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY Anthony Weiner, the disgraced former US Congressman, estranged husband of one of Hillary Clinton’s closest aides and former candidate for New York mayor pleaded guilty on Friday to sexting a school girl. The 52-year-old Weiner, wearing a dark suit and tie, broke down repeatedly — sobbing, sniffing and wiping his brow — while reading out a statement attesting to his guilt in a Manhattan federal court. Weiner, once a rising talent in the Democratic Party, admitted to sending explicit photographs and messages to a 15-year-old high school girl last year as his wife worked on Clinton’s presidential campaign. He surrendered to the FBI on Friday morn...

http://ift.tt/2qR69kE Nigerian Stock Exchange The market indicators of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) closed trading on Friday with a marginal growth of 0.04 per cent, following end of week activities. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the market capitalisation which opened at N9.714 trillion increased by N4 billion or 0.04 per cent to close at N9.718 trillion. Also, the All-Share Index rose by 11.75 points or 0.04 per cent to close at 28,113.38 against 28,101.63 recorded on Thursday. NAN reports that Seplat led the gainers’ table, growing by N17.20 to close at N367.50 per share. Lafarge Africa came second with a gain of 50k to close at N48.50 , while NASCON appreciated by 36k to close at N8.75 per share. United Bank for Africa gained 28k to close at N7.29 and May and Baker rose by 7k to close at N1.47 per share. Conversely, Total recorded the highest loss to lead the losers’ chart, dropping by N5 to close at N265 per share. Nigerian Breweries trailed wit...

http://ift.tt/2qADYFK Ivanka Trump during a roundtable discussion on women entrepreneurs and business leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. Ivanka Trump releases her new book "Women Who Work," on May 2, 2017, seeking to fend off ethics concerns by declining to attend promotional events and promising to donate profits to charity. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB US First Daughter Ivanka Trump revived ethics concerns Tuesday by publishing a self-help book for working women, albeit peppered with anecdotes likely to jar on those outside the moneyed elite. “Women Who Work: Rewriting the Rules for Success” was released simultaneously in hardback, ebook, 497-minute audio download and CD, Donald Trump’s favorite child sitting on the cover in a dark frock. The millionaire mother of three, assistant to the president and wife of White House advisor Jared Kushner, says she wrote the tome, published by Penguin business imprint Portfolio, before her father’s shock elec...