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Pope Visits Gulf, Calls for Relief in Yemen

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02/04/2019

02/04/2019

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Pope Visits Gulf, Calls for Relief in Yemen

Top News: Pope Francis became the first ever pontiff to visit to the Arabian peninsula, landing on Sunday in the United Arab Emirates as he sought to improve Christian-Muslim relations.

Francis on Sunday appealed for humanitarian relief and an end to the conflict in Yemen, which has become the world’s worst humanitarian crisis as Iran-backed Houthi rebels fight a Saudi and UAE-led coalition for control of the country.

He said the Yemeni people were “exhausted by the lengthy conflict and a great many children are suffering from hunger, without being able to access food supplies.”

Francis was in Abu Dhabi to participate in an international conference on religious freedom, during the Emirati government’s “Year of Tolerance” to showcase openness to other religions in the Gulf.

Central African Republic: The Central African Republic’s government announced that it has struck a peace deal with 14 rebel groups. The country has been grappling with widespread violence since 2013, when Muslim rebel groups seized power and Christian militias fought back, leaving over 1 million people internally displaced and thousands dead.

AFRICA

•  Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said he is safe following his helicopter crashing en route to a campaign rally.

•  Belgium said it would allow former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo to enter the country after the International Criminal Court acquitted him of crimes against humanity.

•  The United States and other western countries warned South African President Cyril Ramaphosa that international investment in his country was at risk unless he tackled corruption.

AMERICAS

•  Venezuelan opposition figure Juan Guaidó urged military officials to abandon President Nicolás Maduro after the United States and other countries recognized him as the country’s legitimate interim president.

•  Nayib Bukele, the 37-year-old former mayor of El Salvador’s capital and an outsider candidate, won the country’s presidential election with approximately 53 percent of the vote, avoiding a runoff against the establishment parties he defeated.

•  Virginia Governor Ralph Northam is facing a growing political backlash and mounting calls for his resignation, including from his own Democratic Party, after racist photos were discovered on a page in his medical school yearbook.

ASIA

•  Senior diplomats from the United States and South Korea met in advance of a second planned summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

•  Hakeem al-Araibi, a refugee soccer player, faces two more months in Thai prison after a judge denied him bail and his native Bahrain continues its efforts to extradite him.

•  “Unprecedented” levels of flooding are expected in northeastern Australia.

EUROPE

•  Seven people were killed and dozens injured in Russia when a bus tipped and crashed on a road south of Moscow.

•  European countries are expected to recognize opposition figure Juan Guaidó as Venezuela’s legitimate leader after the current president, Nicolás Maduro, refused to move forward with new elections.

•  A trial starts today for a former French lawmaker who has sued six women accusing him of sexual misconduct and four journalists who reported on it for defamation.

MIDDLE EAST

•  Opposing sides in Yemen’s ongoing civil war held peace talks on a U.N.-chartered boat in the Red Sea.

•  A famous Iraqi novelist, Alaa Mashzoub, was shot and killed in the Iraqi city of Karbala.

•  Gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims in Iraq, wounding 7.

- By Robbie Gramer

(Francois Nel/Getty Images)

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