News In Brief
AP, Saudi Arabia
A top Saudi cleric on Friday described as “blessed” an Islamic summit in the capital Riyadh at the weekend to be attended by Muslim leaders and US President Donald Trump.
In his Friday sermon, the imam of the holy city of Mecca, Sheikh Saleh bin Hamid, praised the “blessed meeting that will bring together brothers and friends” on Sunday.
Tests confirm ID of missing girl from S Korean ferry disaster
AP, Seoul
Forensic testing on teeth found in the wreckage of a sunken ferry recently raised from the sea has identified a girl missing since the 2014 disaster that killed 304 people, South Korean officials said Friday.. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said testing showed the teeth were from 17-year-old Huh Da-yun, who was among 245 students from the same high school who died when the Sewol ferry sank on April 16, 2014.
Yemen rebel missile shot down near Saudi capital
AFP, Riyadh
Saudi Arabia said it shot down a ballistic missile, fired by Yemeni rebels, southwest of the capital Riyadh late Friday, ahead of US President Donald Trump’s arrival in the Sunni-led kingdom.
Air defence units “intercepted a ballistic missile that was launched by Huthi militias”, and it fell over an unpopulated area 180 kilometres from Riyadh, the Saudi-led coalition said in a statement.
Venezuela SC judges hit with US sanctions
Reuters, Washington
The Trump administration imposed sanctions on the chief judge and seven other members of Venezuela’s Supreme Court on
Thursday as punishment for annulling the opposition-led Congress earlier this year, U.S. officials said.
