Egypt Today's world news brief

CAIRO – 5 December 2017: Egypt Today brings you the latest top of the hour news from around the world over the past 24 hours in this round-up.

Saleh's son held captive by Houthis after his father's murder near Sanaa

Prominent leader of the General People’s Congress party confirm the murder of Yemeni former President

Ali Abdallah Saleh

by the Houthi militias in Sanaa, Turkish Anadolu news agency reported Monday.


Yemen's then President Ali Abdullah Saleh points during an interview with selected media in Sanaa, May 25, 2011. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo

Trump delays whether

U.S. embassy

to be moved to Jerusalem

President Donald Trump will not announce a decision on Monday on whether he will again delay moving the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, a White House spokesman said, despite Monday's deadline for doing so.


A general view shows the Dome of the Rock and Jerusalem's Old City from David Tower December 4, 2017. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

U.S. top

court

lets Trump's latest travel ban go into full effect

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to President Donald Trump by allowing his latest travel ban targeting people from six Muslim-majority countries to go into full effect even as legal challenges continue in lower courts.


FILE PHOTO: International travelers (reflected in a closed door) arrive on the day that U.S. President Donald Trump's limited travel ban, approved by the U.S. Supreme Court, goes into effect, at Logan Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., June 29, 2017.

France's Macron tells Trump concerned over Jerusalem plans

French President

Emmanuel Macron

told U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday that he was worried about the possibility that the United States could unilaterally recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Macron's office said in a statement.


French President Emmanuel Macron waits for a guest at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, December 4, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

Qatar

’s prosperity ranking drops following Gulf boycott

Qatari opposition website Qatari Leaks released an infographic on Sunday showing the reasons behind Doha’s drop to the 47th place in the global prosperity index 2017.


Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad – press photo

OPEC

oil output falls in November to lowest since May

OPEC oil output fell in November by 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) to its lowest since May, a Reuters survey found, pressured by a drop in Angolan and Iraqi exports, strong compliance with a supply cut deal and involunary declines.


OPEC logo is pictured ahead of an informal meeting between members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Algiers, Algeria September 28, 2016. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina