Nigerias military said it rescued hundreds of girls from a boko haram stronghold in the north of the country saudi arabias king has announced changes to the ruling cabinet. His nephew is the new crown prince. He is also the deputy Prime Minister and the interior minister. He has taken over from the prince the last of the saudi kings sons. His son is the deputy crown prince appointed as the defence minister in january. Hes believed to be among the youngest members. And the saudi ambassador to washington has taken over as foreign minister. Hes replaced the prince the worlds longest serving foreign minister appointed in 1975. The executive director for the arab center of washington says the reshuffle has significant repercussions. What you have here is a decisive answer to the doubts that many experts have expressed since coming into power. With regards to his health his decisiveness, and his control. Over political matters in the kingdom. These repeat n unequivocal answer. Number two, th
Nigerias army says it rescued nearly 300 women and girls from boko haram. They were found in the forest, which is the armed groups lastknown strong hold. Ynonne ndedge is live in abuja. First of all, clear up some issues for us here. Who are these women and girls. Well the military promise to release photographs and more details of the individuals. All we know so far is theres an ongoing screening and profiling process. They are the words that the military is using to describe what is going on to identify who the individuals are. Late tuesday night nigerias military spokesperson gave an interview to jazz, and he was probed about the identity of the individuals, and he was probed but he said some of the individuals could be the wives and children of boko haram fighters. When asked about the like to chibok and the 200 or so girls kidnapped, he said because of that profiling process that is going on, the military are not ruling out the possibility that in the midst of the 293 individuals,
Civilians during the gaza war last year also ahead. Im Scott Heidler in vietnam, the country celebrating re reunification and 40 years since the war. We look at how the future generation view the future time is running out to find survivors of nepals deadly earthquake. More than 4,000 are girmed dead. Rescuers are trying to find 30 people in this collapsed building in kathmandu. Several aftershocks rocked the country in the magnitude 7. 8 quake and people are trying to leave any way they can. The United Nations pledged 15 million from its Emergency Response fund to help victims. The u. K. Joined hundreds of countries, and aid has begun to arrive. People are frustrated that its not getting to them fast enough. Our correspondent Andrew Simmonds begins coverage from the outskirts of kathmandu. Reporter they are fighting over sheets of plastic. Anything representing shelter are in short supply. Crowds are homeless or refusing to return to houses for near of another earthquake. This is wher
For survivors in nepal nigerias military said it rescued hundreds of girls from a boko haram stronghold in the north of the country saudi arabias king has announced changes to the ruling cabinet. His nephew is the new crown prince. He is also the deputy Prime Minister and the interior minister. He has taken over from the prince, the last of the saudi kings sons. His son is the deputy crown prince, appointed as the defence minister in january. Hes believed to be among the youngest members. And the saudi ambassador to washington has taken over as foreign minister. Hes replaced the prince, the worlds longest serving foreign minister appointed in 1975. The royal decree says one asked to be relieved of duties because of health. We take a look at the long career at the helm of saudi said foreign minister. Reporter he was the longest serving Prime Minister, his career 40 years. He saw the world come and go, and served under four saudi kings. Advancing the Foreign Policy especially after the a
Frustration sounding off. This is not a slow crisis its been going on for a long time president obama calls out the whole country for not paying attention to the problems of the urban poor. Unravelling genetic mysteries. Its hard. If we had answers we could go in with eyes wide open a massive genome sequencing project putting Rare Diseases under the microscope. Good evening, this is Al Jazeera America, im antonio mora. We begin tonight with death by firing squad. Despite pleas from the International Community indonesia executed eight people wednesday morning, 7 foreigners from australia, nigeria and brazil. Officials say it took been 27 minutes for all the prisoners to die. One person was granted clemency at the last minute the only woman in the group, filipino mary jane arrested in 2010 after being caught with 3 kilograms of heroin in hear suite case. Her execution was delayed because her testimony was given in the case of another, who gave herself up to the police in the philippines