Afternoon Headlines for Thursday, March 19, 2015
Associated Press
“Islamic State group claims Tunisia attack that killed 23”
“The radical Islamic State group claimed responsibility Thursday for the attack on a famed Tunis museum that left 23 people dead and scores of tourists wounded, and upended the country’s struggling tourism industry.”
AFP
“Yemen president evacuated as air raid targets palace: aide”
“Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi was evacuated to safety Thursday after a warplane targeted a palace where he was staying in the southern city of Aden, an aide said.”
AFP
“Amnesty warns on ‘seriously alarming’ Nigeria oil spills”
“Amnesty International on Thursday said two major oil companies operating in Nigeria, Shell and ENI, reported a combined 553 oil spills in 2014, a ‘seriously alarming’ figure that qualifies as a ‘national emergency.’”
Associated Press
“Japanese police arrest suspect in U.S. embassy bomb threat”
“Japanese police said they arrested a man on Thursday accused of making bomb threats against the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, and media reports said he is also a possible suspect in recent death threats against Ambassador Caroline Kennedy.”
AFP
“Netanyahu denies abandoning two-state solution”
“Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday denied making a U-turn by saying he would never agree to the creation of a Palestinian state, arguing that the conditions were not yet ripe.”
Reuters
“Exclusive: Iran wants limits on nuclear work eased before any deal expires — officials”
“Iran is pressing major world powers to agree to start easing some restrictions on its atomic program earlier than Western countries are willing to accept, Western and Iranian officials told Reuters.”
Associated Press
“FIFA says 2022 World Cup final in Qatar will be on Dec. 18”
“The final of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will be on Dec. 18, the country’s national holiday. FIFA confirmed on Thursday the date of the world’s most watched sports event more than four years after it controversially chose the tiny Gulf emirate as host.”
Associated Press
“Judge won’t release grand jury testimony in chokehold death”
“Testimony heard by a grand jury that declined to indict a police officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner will not be released, a judge said Thursday, arguing there wasn’t a good enough reason to make the secret information public.”
AFP
“White House: U.S. ‘to reevaluate’ backing for Israel at U.N.”
“The White House on Thursday raised the prospect of withdrawing crucial diplomatic cover for Israel at the United Nations, following Benjamin Netanyahu’s divisive election victory.”
Reuters
“Exclusive: Despite Hillary Clinton promise, charity did not disclose donors”
“At the outset, the Clinton Foundation did indeed publish what they said was a complete list of the names of more than 200,000 donors and has continued to update it. But in a breach of the pledge, the charity’s flagship health program, which spends more than all of the other foundation initiatives put together, stopped making the annual disclosure in 2010, Reuters has found.”
