Subject: Morning Brief: Rex Tillerson stood in the way of a Saudi invasion of Qatar. That might have got him fired.
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Rex Tillerson stood in the way of a Saudi invasion of Qatar. That might have got him fired.

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Rex Tillerson stood in the way of a Saudi invasion of Qatar. That might have got him fired.

Top news: Last summer, Saudi Arabia planned to invade Qatar. Pressure from Tillerson caused Mohammed bin Salman to change his mind, in order to avoid damaging Saudi Arabia’s long-term relationship with the U.S, enraging Mohammed bin Zayed, the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, who began lobbying for his firing.

China: Google is working on a search engine that would meet China’s draconian censorship rules, in a move decried by human rights activists.

AFRICA

•  Soldiers in Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital, opened fire on demonstrators protesting alleged electoral fraud, killing three.

•  Libya’s coast guard picked up 574 migrants from inflatable boats in three operations on Monday.

•  Following his acquittal by the International Criminal Court, former Democratic Republic of the Congo Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba returned home for the first time in a decade to take part in the upcoming presidential elections.

AMERICAS

•  An Aeromexico commercial jet crashed after taking off in Mexico's northern state of Durango. No passengers were killed.

•  A U.S. judge blocked the release of 3D printed gun blueprints.

•  The UN’s refugee agency says 200 asylum applications are being lodged daily by Nicaraguans in neighboring Costa Rica.

ASIA

•  A top Tokyo medical school for years altered the admission test results of female applicants to keep the number of women in the student body low.

•  A former high-level Chinese political advisor has turned himself in to the country’s anti-corruption organization—only the second top official to do so since Chinese President Xi Jinping launched rolling purges.

•  China will grant Pakistan a $2 billion loan, reinforcing its alliance with the South Asian nation as U.S. President Donald Trump cuts military aid to Islamabad.

EUROPE

•  The Spanish island of Mallorca declared Matteo Salvini, Italy’s far-right interior minister, persona non grata.

•  Europe's all-time heat record could be broken in Spain and Portugal.

•  Pope Francis declares death penalty inadmissible in all cases.

MIDDLE EAST

•  Ankaraplans retaliatory measures after Washington announced it would place sanctions on two Turkish ministers over Turkey's detention on terror charges of American pastor Andrew Brunson.

•  Israel reimposed a blockade on fuel deliveries to Gaza over a resurgence in kites carrying firebombs over the border.

•  Iran-backed forces have withdrawn their heavy weapons in Syria to a distance of 85km from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

- By Martin de Bourmont

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