News in Brief - Wed, Sep, 02, 2015 - 04:30 GMT

1. Saudi Arabia’s bombardment of Yemen shows no sign of abating. Saudi warplanes pounded several locations across the country including an airbase. Earlier, 17 people lost their lives in airstrikes targeting an area in Ma’rib province. Over 51-hundred Yemenis have been killed since Saudi Arabia launched its aggression in late March.

2. The ISIL terrorist group has reportedly executed more than 120 of its members, including 18 top commanders in the Iraqi city of Mosul. The Takfiri group accused them of plotting a coup against ISIL’s leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The terrorists purportedly wanted to declare war on ISIL after overrunning Nineveh Province.

3. Kurdish authorities say the ISIL terrorists attacked Peshmerga forces by explosives that produced a considerable amount of yellow smoke. They say the attack occurred in the Iraqi city of Mosul on Aug. 31. Samples taken from the site of a similar chemical attack earlier this year tested positive for chlorine.

4. Clashes have once again broken out in the Turkish city of Istanbul over renewed police violence against the Kurds. Protesters chanted slogans against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his policies towards Kurdish people. Police used tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon to disperse the angry crowd.

5. The Guatemalan parliament has voted to strip embattled President Otto Pérez Molina of immunity from prosecution. The vote clears the way for the president’s prosecution over an alleged corruption scandal. The president has repeatedly denied the allegations. He will be automatically removed from office if remanded in custody by a judge.

6. Lebanese riot police have forcefully removed protesters who had occupied part of the Environment Ministry over a deepening garbage crisis. Scores of protesters have been reportedly injured. The operation began some six hours after dozens of protesters entered the ministry in central Beirut to demand the resignation of the environment minister.

7. US Democratic senators Bob Casey and Chris Coons have become the 32nd and 33rd supporters of the Iran nuclear deal. The White House now only needs one more Senator to seal a presidential veto of a congressional rejection of the agreement. 41 votes will totally block a disapproval resolution at Congress.

8. Hundreds of asylum seekers trying to reach Western Europe have been left stranded in Budapest’s main train station as Hungarian police prevented them from boarding. The refugees say they had paid hundreds of euros for tickets. Austrian police said 3,650 refugees arrived Monday from Hungary, with most heading to Germany.

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