News in Brief - Tue, May, 05, 2015 - 12:30 GMT

News in Brief - Tue, May, 05, 2015 - 12:30 GMT

1. Yemeni tribal forces, allied with Ansarullah fighters, have fired nearly a dozen mortar shells on the Saudi border city of Najran.

2. The secretary general of Iraq’s Badr Organization has blasted a U-S Congressional provision to send arms directly to Iraqi Sunni and Kurdish fighters.

3. Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has harshly criticized the West’s policy towards the Middle East

4. The announcement by the Danish Palestinian Friendship Association comes shortly after its advertisements were taken down from Copenhagen buses.

5. Italian teachers go on strike to protest a reform bill that seeks to cut funding for schools.

6. 17 people have lost their lives in the latest US drone strike in Afghanistan.

7. A group of US researchers say Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar are facing a grave humanitarian situation, and warn of a possible genocide there.

8. Burundi's constitutional court has approved President Pierre Nkurun-ziza to run for a controversial third term.


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