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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Iranian police forces killed four suspects linked to the Islamic State (IS) militants in the southern province of Hormozgan, a news agency reported on Monday. “In an armed clash that occurred in a mountainous area near the city of Rudan in Hormozgan province on Sunday, four militants were killed by the police forces of the province,’’ Brig.-Gen. Azizollah Maleki said. Maleki said that the police seized four combat weapons and 112 bullets along with some explosives, adding that the police forces also found an IS flag from the militants. “One of the killed militants possessed a foreign identification card, but the identity of the three others is under investigation,’’ he said. On Saturday, Iranian media reported that 14 people were arrested in two Iranian provinces of Alborz and Fars in connection with the twin terrorist attacks that killed 17 on Wednesday. On Friday, Iran’s Intelligence Ministry said security forces had arrested 41 individuals linked to IS in ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Officials say 62 of the bodies of passengers who were aboard a Myanmar military transport plane that crashed into the Andaman Sea on June 7 have been recovered. The Chinese-made Shaanxi Y-8 aircraft was carrying 122 people, mostly soldiers and their families, from the southern coast to the commercial capital of Yangon, when it went down on Wednesday. According to a post on Facebook by Myanmar Commander-in-chief Min Aung Hlaing on Monday said a total of 62 bodies have been pulled from the water so far. In a post at the weekend, the army chief said there had been a “very big cloud’’ at the time of the crash. No official cause has been announced. Several countries, including China, have offered to assist Myanmar, but state media said on Sunday they had been rejected. The country has a notoriously poor aviation safety record. The last crash involving a military aircraft was in February 2016. Five people were killed when a plane went down outside Naypyitaw, the...

http://ift.tt/2st7F04 The Norwegian government on Monday proposed a bill to ban the full-face Muslim veil in all schools, from nurseries to universities, saying it hinders communication between students and teachers. Norway’s ruling coalition of conservative and anti-immigration rightwing parties had promised the ban last year, targeting the full-face veil called the niqab as well as burqas, balaclavas and masks. “We do not want clothes covering the face in nurseries, schools and universities,” Minister of Education and Research Torbjorn Roe Isaksen said in a statement. “These clothes prevent good communication, which is important for students to receive a good education,” he added. Norwegian authorities will consult over the coming months with those who could be affected by the draft law. Norwegian media reported the government can count on the support of most parties, saying the bill was expected to pass in the spring of 2018. Local authorities in Norway already have the power...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Veterinary Association of Nigeria, Ebonyi State Chapter, says it will embark on a statewide campaign aimed at regulating the sale of veterinary drugs. The association also said it would use the opportunity offered by the campaign to find solutions to treatment failure in domestic animals. The Chairman of the association, Dr Nwenyi Okoro, told newsmen in Abakaliki on Monday that the enlightenment campaign should help relevant actors in the sector administer drugs more appropriately. Okoro said the campaign would involve relevant stakeholders, including pharmacists, veterinary drug vendors, representatives of poultry farmers and officials from the state Ministry of Agriculture. The chairman said the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) would be fully represented to oversee the programme and share experiences in drug administration. He said incidences of drug resistance had become worrisome, adding that efforts needed to be m...

http://ift.tt/2se7oxo Lagos – The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), on Monady, stated that no fewer than 31 ships, laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods were expected to arrive at Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports in Lagos from June 12 to June 23. The NPA stated this in its “Shipping Position” publication in Lagos. The authority noted that the ships contained buck wheat, bulk fertiliser, general cargo, frozen fish, bulk coke, bulk sugar, base oil, diesel, bulk salt, bulk gas, bulk gypsum, petrol and containers laden with goods. It added that six ships had arrived the ports, waiting to berth with bulk fertiliser, buck wheat and petrol. It stated that 17 other ships were at the ports discharging buck wheat, bulk gypsum, empty container, base oil, bulk sugar, general cargo, aviation fuel, petrol, bulk fertiliser and containers. The post 31 ships laden with frozen fish, coke, sugar, salt, gas to arrive Lagos ports appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard News h...

http://ift.tt/2rRBsyx Arsenal’s Chilean striker Alexis Sanchez reacts during the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and West Bromwich Albion at the Emirates Stadium in London on December 26, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / IAN KINGTON / Former English Premier League champions Manchester City are hoping to make Arsenal superstar Alexis Sanchez their highest-paid player. But only if the Gunners are willing to let the Chilean leave for £50 million. Sanchez, 28, is in the last year of his contract and has not committed his future to Arsenal who have offered a new lucrative deal. The player is also being courted by Bundesliga giant Bayern Munich. However, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has insisted he would not be selling the player and other top performers such as Mesut Ozil and Hector Bellerin. The latter is being linked with a move back to his boyhood club Barcelona. Already, Man City have signed two players. The club completed the signing of Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson ...

http://ift.tt/2sgIzli Iriase made the call on Sunday in Abuja while speaking with newsmen. He appealed to the government and security operatives to check the activities of the bandits killing, raping and kidnapping innocent people in Edo state. Pally Iriase, Deputy Whip, House of Representatives, has called on the Federal Government to declare state of emergency on insecurity as killings, kidnappings and raping continue unabated across the county. Iriase made the call on Sunday in Abuja while speaking with newsmen. He appealed to the government and security operatives to check the activities of the bandits killing, raping and kidnapping innocent people in Edo state. The lawmaker, who refused to call the bandits Fulani herdsmen, said that residents of Owan East and West, Etsako and Akoko local government areas were under siege by the bandits. He said that the bandits carried sophisticated weapons like AK47 and machine guns. Iriase, who represents Owan East/West Federal Cons...

http://ift.tt/2t8ui6E (FILES) This file photo taken on August 23, 2011 shows Saif al-Islam Kadhafi, son of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, appearing in front of supporters and journalists at his father’s residential complex in the Libyan capital Tripoli. An armed group in Libya said on Facebook on June 10, 2017 it has freed Seif al-Islam, the son of dead dictator Moamer Kadhafi who has been in custody since November 2011. IMED LAMLOUM / AFP Seif al-Islam, the second son and heir apparent of the late deposed Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, is said to have been freed in Libya after more than five years in captivity. The Abu Bakr al-Sadiq Brigade, a militia that controls the town of Zintan in western Libya, said Seif al-Islam was freed late on Friday, under an amnesty law promulgated by the parliament based in the country’s east during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. “He is now free and has left the city of Zintan,” the group said in a statement on its Facebook page. There was no in...

http://ift.tt/2r7k0TR Protesters from Rif movement ‘Hirak’ chant during a demonstration against corruption, repression and unemployment in Imouzren, Morocco, June 11, 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. FADEL SENNA / AFP Moroccan police have detained four people in northern Morocco, an official and an activist said, as protests continued for a second week in the neglected Rif region. “There have been three arrests in the past 24 hours,” an official source said, without identifying those detained. A local activist said six people had been brought in for questioning — “three in the city of Al-Hoceima and three in nearby areas”. A leading protest figure was detained Saturday afternoon near his home in Al-Hoceima, a source close t...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Perhaps, the biggest wrong step of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, at the inception of the present administration, was its seeming inability to appreciate the dynamism of the constitutional provisions guiding separation of powers among the three arms of the government namely, the executive, the legislature and the judiciary under a democratic system. With the high hopes of Nigerians in 2015 that the new government formed by a new political party will take our democracy to the next level with improvement in its practice, as being done in the advanced countries, the new government painfully took off with unprecedented animosity against some individuals in its fold on parochial issues that ordinarily; would have been resolved at the party level, and thus, prevented such animosity from snowballing into crisis or getting out of its control. Aggressions rather than love, became the order of the day and were freely transferred in various forms and ways again...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Lazarus Muoka P salm 24:1-5 says, “The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell there-in; For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.” Beloved, it is one thing to ask blessing and favour from God but it is another thing to receive from God. This is because our state of righteousness as at the time we are expecting answer from God will to a large extent determine the degree and promptness of the answer we will receive from God. Our attitude while waiting for God’s answer can mar our chanc-es of receiving an answer as we expected. That is why the Psalmist is asking who is qualified to receive God’s bless-ing. ...