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http://ift.tt/2rWTMED Police face protesters during a demonstration against corruption, repression and unemployment in Al Hoseima, Morocco, June 10, 2017. The neglected Rif region has been rocked by social unrest since the death in October of a fishmonger. Mouhcine Fikri, 31, was crushed in a rubbish truck as he protested against the seizure of swordfish caught out of season and his death has sparked fury and triggered nationwide protests. The demonstrations have snowballed, giving way to a wider protest movement. FADEL SENNA / AFP Protesters clashed with security forces in Morocco’s Al-Hoceima early on Saturday, an AFP correspondent reported, after more than a week of protests in the northern province. The violence broke out in the town of Imzouren after police tried to stop demonstrators from gathering, activists said. Dozens of youths wearing balaclavas threw stones at security forces, who responded with tear gas, the correspondent said. The clashes ended before dawn, wi...

http://ift.tt/2rWTMED Police face protesters during a demonstration against corruption, repression and unemployment in Al Hoseima, Morocco, June 10, 2017. The neglected Rif region has been rocked by social unrest since the death in October of a fishmonger. Mouhcine Fikri, 31, was crushed in a rubbish truck as he protested against the seizure of swordfish caught out of season and his death has sparked fury and triggered nationwide protests. The demonstrations have snowballed, giving way to a wider protest movement. FADEL SENNA / AFP Protesters clashed with security forces in Morocco’s Al-Hoceima early on Saturday, an AFP correspondent reported, after more than a week of protests in the northern province. The violence broke out in the town of Imzouren after police tried to stop demonstrators from gathering, activists said. Dozens of youths wearing balaclavas threw stones at security forces, who responded with tear gas, the correspondent said. The clashes ended before dawn, wi...

http://ift.tt/2r8nidE Michel Barnier, chief negotiator for the preparation and conduct of the negotiations with the United Kingdom under article 50 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) gives a press conference at the European Commission on December 6, 2016, in Brussels. EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP The European Union warned Friday that Brexit negotiations due to start later this month could be held up after Britain’s election ended in a hung parliament. Brussels had set June 19 as the start date for talks, but a series of key figures said that was now in doubt after Prime Minister Theresa May’s gamble to increase her majority failed. EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier indicated the remaining 27 members were prepared to be flexible on when the process begins. “Brexit negotiations should start when UK is ready; timetable and EU positions are clear. Let’s put our minds together on striking a deal,” the Frenchman said on Twitter. Barnier had previously set a timetable of talks star...

http://ift.tt/2qzfMVu A pedestrian walks past quotation boards flashing the key Nikkei index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (L) and a foreign exchange rate against the US dollar (R) in the morning session in Tokyo on May 18, 2017. The dollar was under pressure in Asia on May 18 on fears that US President Donald Trump's mounting political woes will stall his economic growth plans and a June rate hike. / AFP PHOTO / Kazuhiro NOGI Asian equities sank Thursday while the dollar held losses on fears the intensifying crisis surrounding Donald Trump could lead to his impeachment and shatter any chances of his economy-boosting agenda being implemented. Investors tracked the heaviest losses in New York since Trump was elected, following claims by recently fired FBI boss James Comey that the president pressed him to drop a probe into ex-national security advisor Michael Flynn’s links to Moscow. That came a day after it was reported Trump had divulged classified information to Russia’s fore...

http://ift.tt/2reRNuG Arsenal's French manager Arsene Wenger/ AFP PHOTO / Adrian DENNIS Arsene Wenger dismissed protests from Arsenal fans seeking his removal as manager and called on his players to focus instead on the club’s push for Champions League football next season. An emphatic 4-1 win at Stoke kept the Gunners in contention for a top four finish and a 21st consecutive season of elite European football. But while Wenger’s name was sung out heartily by supporters inside Stoke’s stadium early in the game a plane flew overhead carrying a banner calling for the Frenchman not to return next season. “When you say fans, who do you mean? The rich ones?” said Wenger when asked for his reaction. “Look, I am paid to do my job for the club I love and I will do that as long as I’m here with full commitment. I’m not influenced by that at all, all I do is give my best. “We have 69 points today so let’s make 72 on Tuesday and after that I will give my best for as long as I’m ...

http://ift.tt/2qzn1zL (FILES) This file photo taken on May 7, 2008 shows then newly appointed South African business group (BUSA) president Brian Molefe speaking at the end of the BUSA Annual General meeting at the BUSA headquarters in Sandton. The former chief executive of South Africa's state-owned power utility Brian Molefe is to return to the post, officials said on May 12, 2017, less than five months after he resigned over a corruption scandal that rocked the government. GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP The former chief executive of South Africa’s state-owned power utility is to return to the post, officials said Friday, less than five months after he resigned over a corruption scandal that rocked the government. Brian Molefe, a close ally of President Jacob Zuma, resigned from Eskom and was sworn in as a member of parliament, with many observers expecting him to be promoted into the cabinet. But on Friday he stepped down as a lawmaker and was re-appointed to Eskom, in the latest...