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France cancels fuel tax hikes amid protests

France has abandoned an increase in fuel taxes following weeks of violent demonstrations. “The government is ready for dialogue and is showing it because this tax increase has been dropped from the 2019 budget bill,” Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said Wednesday in a speech at the...

Boko Haram attacks kill 8 soldiers in NE Nigeria

At least eight Nigerian soldiers were killed in recent Boko Haram raids on some military positions in the northeastern Nigeria, the local media reported on Wednesday. The Nigerian daily Punch quoted the army spokesman Sani Usman as saying that more than 10 Boko Haram militants were...

'No doubt' prince tied to Khashoggi murder: US senator

There is "no doubt" Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman was involved in the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, Senator Marco Rubio said Wednesday. "Just from what we know about Saudi Arabia, what we know about the crown prince and what we know about this murder...