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Eight Countries Receive U.S. Waivers to Buy Iranian Oil Post-Sanctions

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Eight Countries Receive U.S. Waivers to Buy Iranian Oil Post-Sanctions

Top News: The United States will allow eight countries to continue buying reduced levels of Iranian oil after its reimposition of sanctions next week, according to a U.S. official. South Korea, India, and Japan all received sanctions waivers, along with other countries to be specified later, likely Monday.

Reuters reported that Chinese negotiations on waivers continue, and that Turkey has not yet received an exemption.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had previously acknowledged the negotiation of waivers with countries that say Iranian oil is invaluable to their energy sector. The waivers, however, are temporary, with the expectation that the countries will eventually cut imports.

Sudan: The United Nations Human Rights Committee has advised Sudan to prosecute security forces for culpability in Darfur from 2014 to 2016 and cooperate with the International Criminal Court’s attempts to arrest President Omar al-Bashir. Despite an eight-year outstanding warrant, Bashir has evaded arrest even while visiting several countries that are full members of the ICC statute.

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AFRICA

•  South Sudan freed an advisor of rebel leader Riek Machar from prison, along with his former spokesman, in an effort to shore up September’s peace deal.

•  South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has fired his suspended tax chief, Tom Moyane, following a judicial inquiry into the tax agency.

•  Morocco has set new entry visa rules for travelers from several African countries requiring an online travel form at least 96 hours before departure.

AMERICAS

•  Keiko Fujimori, opposition head in Peru and a two-time presidential hopeful, will appeal after being sent back to jail on allegations of corruption, relating to a $1.2 million payment from construction firm Odebrecht.

•  Tweeting on Thursday, Brazilian president-elect Jair Bolsonaro reiterated his plans to join the United States and Guatemala by moving the country’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.

•  A longtime campaigner for human rights and advocate for families of victims of enforced disappearance under the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile, Ana González died last week at 93.

ASIA

•  After the death of Anil Parihar, state secretary for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, and his brother, at the hands of unidentified gunmen, a curfew has been imposed in Jammu and Kashmir state in India.

•  Japan’s Cabinet has approved a bill that would open up new visa categories for foreign workers, a priority “as the nation’s population declines,” said chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga.

•  Indonesia’s search crews continue to look for a second black box in the Lion Air jet crash—thus far, only part of one black box has been found and one passenger of the 189 assumed killed, identified.

EUROPE

•  According to a new poll, 58 percent of Italians view Matteo Salvini, deputy prime minister of Italy and leader of the far-right Northern League, as the country’s real head of government.

•  Spain’s public prosecutor will seek charges of rebellion against Catalan leaders jailed after Catalonia’s push for independence last year, while the state attorney recommended the charges be dropped for the lesser charge of sedition.

•  A German consumer group has filed a class action-style lawsuit against Volkswagen, just the latest development in the fight over diesel emissions, coming shortly after a German law allowing joint cases came into force Thursday.

MIDDLE EAST

•  At least 19 human rights lawyers and activists were arrested by Egyptian security forces on Thursday, Amnesty International and Egyptian human rights activists say.

•  Jordan’s education and tourism ministers resigned on Thursday over the deaths of 21 people killed in flash floods on a school trip to the Dead Sea.

•  The United States and Turkey have begun joint patrols around the town of Manbij in northern Syria.

- By Elizabeth Miles

(Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images)

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