'Saudis using petrodollars to export ideology of hate'

Here is a round-up of global news developments:

• Iran’s foreign minister says Saudi Arabia has spent tens of billions of dollars to spread extremism through Wahabism. In an opinion for the New York Times, Mohammd Javad Zarif has called for coordinated action at the UN against the ideology. Zarif says Wahabism has inspired terror groups abusing the name of Islam.
• Syria has called for punitive UN measures against Israel following Tel Aviv’s recent attacks on the Golan Heights. The Syrian foreign ministry says the attacks are aimed at supporting terrorists and raising their morale. In the latest assault, Israeli jets targeted the Syrian army’s artillery positions in the Quneitra province.
• Two leading rights groups come down heavily the UN over the final draft of a document, set to be approved during next week’s summit on the refugee crisis. Human Rights Watch calls the document a missed opportunity while Amnesty International accuses some UN member states of sabotaging the upcoming summit.
• Super typhoon, Meranti, has lashed southern Taiwan, leaving 300,000 households without electricity. The powerful storm, packing winds of over 200 kilometers per hour, has forced authorities to cancel many flights and shut down schools and offices. Meranti is forecast to make landfall in China's south coast on Thursday.
• Protesters from the US State of North Dakota have rallied outside the White House to oppose an oil pipeline project. The protesters say construction crews have destroyed burial and cultural sites belonging to Native Americans. Senator Bernie Sanders has also attended the gathering and called on President Barack Obama to take action.
• In Niger, seven soldiers have been killed and eight others wounded in two separate attacks by Boko Haram militants over the past week. The army says the raids happened in the southeastern Diffa region. Boko Haram's seven-year insurgency has left at least 20,000 people dead in Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon.
• The World Anti-Doping Agency says its database has been hacked by Russian cyber espionage group known as Fancy Bears. The group released, on its website, confidential medical information about four American athletes including Simone Biles and Serena Williams, showing they had taken the restricted drugs. WADA denies the allegations.
• In the latest series of hate crimes in the UK, a 34-year-old pregnant woman has lost her baby after being kicked in the torso in the town of Milton Keynes. Another assault occurred in the city of Leeds where a polish man was hospitalized after being attacked by up to 20 teenagers.

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