Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah clinically dead: Report

Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz is reported to be clinically dead, reports Huffington Post quoting Press TV as the source of the news.

The 89 years old Saudi monarch, who has not made any public appearance for months is reported to be on ventilator sunce Wednesday.

A Saudi journalist working for London-Based Asharq Alawsat says, quoting quoted medical sources in Saudi Arabia, that the king’s vital organs, including his heart, kidneys and lungs, have stopped functioning. 

The Royal Court has yet to comment on the report of King's precarious health condition.

However, it may be noted that it is the second time in the past months that Asharq Alawsat reports the death of King Abdullah.

Failing health, old age as well as the death of the king’s half-brothers have raised concerns about the future of the oil-rich country in the face of anti-government demonstrations.

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100 million to persih by 2030 due to climatic changes, fear experts

According to a stunning report issued by thee humanitarian organization, DARA, climate change will kill an estimated 100 million people by 2030 and cost the global economy 3.2 percent of its potential output annually.

DARA is based in Spain and the report, published in New York on Wednesday, was commissioned by 20 governments.

Global average temperatures have been rising due to the "greenhouse" effect, where ozone harming gas emissions are being trapped within the Earth's atmosphere. The effects on the planet, such as melting ice caps, extreme weather, drought and rising sea levels, will threaten populations and livelihoods, said the report.

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Currently, DARA estimates that about there are five million deaths a year. Roughly 4.5 million are "carbon economy deaths due mainly to air pollution.

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Rohingya Muslims "persecuted" after Myanmar crackdown

Myanmar security forces killed, raped or carried out mass arrests of Rohingya Muslims after deadly sectarian riots in the northeast in June, a rights group said on Wednesday, adding the authorities had done little to prevent the initial unrest.

Aid workers were blocked and in some cases arrested, and Rohingyas bore the brunt of a government crackdown in Rakhine state after a week of arson and machete attack by both ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingyas, New York-based Human Rights Watch said in a report.

Based on 57 interviews with Rakhines and Rohingyas, the report seeks to shed light on a conflict that exposed deep-rooted communal animosity and put the spotlight on promises by the civilian government in office since 2011 to protect human rights after decades of brutal army rule.

Read more: Reuters

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