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News in Brief - Sat, June, 20, 2015 - 04:30 GMT

Saturday, 20 June 2015 5:08 AM [ Last Update: Saturday, 20 June 2015 5:08 AM ]

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1. Saudi Arabia is pressing ahead with its military campaign in Yemen. Warplanes have pounded two residential areas in Sa’ada province. There’s been no report of possible casualties yet. Earlier, four civilians lost their lives in bombardments in the same province.

2. Whistleblower website WikiLeaks says it’s releasing hundreds of thousands of Saudi government cables showing its tactics to buy influence and interfere in the Middle East. The Saudi embassy in Washington has so far declined to comment on the leaks. WikiLeaks was founded in 2006 by the media activist Julian Assange.

3. the war on Yemen. One report said a British defense ministry official has confirmed London is supplying Riyadh with military assistance in the ongoing Saudi onslaught against its neighbor.

4. Saudi Arabia is reportedly planning to build up to 16 nuclear reactors under Russia’s supervision. Saudi media say Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabian Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman struck a nuclear accord in St. Petersburg on Friday. No further details have been made public.

5. A retired American judge has released a video showing a Chicago officer shooting into a car with six unarmed black teenagers more than a dozen times. The footage was recorded in 2013. Two of the black teens were injured in the shooting. The car had been pulled over for speeding.

6. The suspect behind a deadly Church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina has appeared in court. 21-year-old Dylann Strom Roof is charged with nine counts of murder and illegal possession of a firearm. The shooting happened on Thursday in Emanuel AME church which hosts mainly African Americans.

7. President Vladimir Putin has promised to defend Russia's interests after France and Belgium froze the country's state accounts and property. The seizure of Russian assets began a week ago. It was triggered by an arbitration court at The Hague over the now-defunct Yukos oil firm.

8. US scientists have warned that animals and plant species are disappearing at alarming rates. The International Union for Conservation of Nature says extinction threatens 41 percent of all amphibian species and 26 percent of all mammals. The causes of the extinction ranges from climate change to pollution and deforestation.

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