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17 minutes ago
- CNN
An Indian family's fight to save this mother from execution in war-torn Yemen
Relatives of an Indian nurse on death row in war-torn Yemen are racing against time to commute her death sentence, with her execution set for Wednesday, in a case that has gripped India's media. Nimisha Priya was sentenced to death for the murder of her former business partner, a Yemeni national, whose body was discovered in a water tank in 2017. She was given the death penalty by a court in capital Sanaa in 2020 and her family has been fighting for her release since, complicated by the lack of formal ties between New Delhi and the Houthis, who have controlled the city since the country's civil war broke out in 2014. With her execution looming, India's media has devoted significant coverage to the case and human rights groups have called on the Houthis not to carry it out. Amnesty International on Monday urged the Houthis to 'immediate establish a moratorium on all executions and commute (Priya's) and all existing death sentences as first steps.' It added: 'The death penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment.' In accordance with Yemen's Islamic laws, Priya could be given clemency if the victim's family pardon her and accept her family's donation of 'diyah', often dubbed blood money, according to Samuel Joseph, a social worker assisting her family in the case. 'I am optimistic,' said Joseph, an Indian who has lived in Yemen since 1999. 'I'm spiriting the efforts here, and by god's grace, we got people who are helping. The government of India is directly involved and there's nothing more I can say at this point of time,' he told CNN. Priya allegedly injected her business partner with a fatal overdose of sedatives, Joseph said. Her family maintain she was acting in self-defense and that her business partner was abusive and kept her passport from her after the country's civil war broke out. Her trial was held in Arabic and she was not provided with a translator, Joseph said. A group of activists and lawyers founded the Save Nimisha Priya Action Council in 2020 to raise money for Priya's release and negotiate with the victim's family. 'Negotiations have been a challenge,' said Rafeek Ravuthar, an activist and member of the council. 'The reality is that there is no Indian embassy, there is no mission in this country.' Rafeeq said about five million rupees (nearly $58,000) has been raised so far. In recent days, politicians from her home state of Kerala have requested India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene and help secure Priya's release. 'Considering the fact this is a case deserving sympathy, I appeal to the Hon'ble Prime Minister to take up the matter,' Kerala's chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan wrote in a letter to Modi. In February, Kirti Vardhan Singh, India's Minister of State for External Affairs told the upper house of parliament that the government 'accords the highest priority for the welfare of Indians abroad and provides all possible support to those who fall in distress including in the instant case.' He added: 'Government of India is providing all possible assistance in the case. The matter regarding any consideration towards the release of Ms. Nimisha Priya is between the family of the deceased and Ms. Nimisha Priya's family.' CNN has contacted India's foreign ministry for comment. Priya first arrived in Yemen in 2008, joining the ranks of more than two million people from Kerala who have sought better livelihoods across the Middle East. She found work as a nurse in a local hospital, nurturing hopes of establishing her own clinic and building a more secure future for her young daughter and husband, according to campaigners from the Save Nimisha Priya Council. Yemeni regulations, however, required foreign nationals to partner with a local to open a business. With the support of her husband, Priya borrowed from family and friends and in 2014 opened a clinic in Sanaa. 'We lived a normal happy married life,' her husband Tomy Thomas told CNN. 'My wife was very loving, hardworking and faithful in all that she did.' But her aspirations were soon overshadowed by the political conflict and turmoil that has beset Yemen for decades. That same year, Houthi rebels seized the capital, ousting the internationally recognized Saudi-backed government. By 2015, the unrest had escalated into a devastating civil war, leaving the country fractured and unstable. For foreign nationals, the deteriorating security situation made Yemen an increasingly perilous place to live and work. Many chose to evacuate, but Priya decided to remain. Those supporting her family say that she stayed on, determined to salvage the life and business she had worked hard to build. India does not maintain formal diplomatic relations with the Houthis, nor does it have an operational embassy in Yemen. All consular and diplomatic affairs related to the country are instead handled through the Indian Embassy in Djibouti, across the Red Sea. CNN has contacted the Indian embassy in Djibouti. For those working to save Priya, that meant navigating complex communication channels and facing additional hurdles in seeking help, legal aid, or protection while stranded in a nation still wracked by conflict and instability. Yemen was among the top five countries in 2024 with the highest number of executions, according to Amnesty International. Amnesty said it confirmed the Houthis carried out at least one execution in areas they control in 2024 but added that it was possible more took place. Priya's mother, a domestic laborer from Kerala, who sold her home to fund her daughter's legal fees, has been in Yemen for more than one year to facilitate negotiations for her release, according to Jerome. Priya's husband and daughter remain in Kerala, hopeful for her release. 'My wife is very good, she is very loving,' Thomas said. 'That is the sole reason I am with her, supporting her and will do so till the end.' CNN's Deepak Rao contributed reporting
Newsweek
21 minutes ago
- Newsweek
Donald Trump Changes His Tune on NATO
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. President Donald Trump has expressed his support for the collective defense offered by NATO in a reversal of his previous criticism of the alliance. Trump was asked by the BBC whether he still thought the alliance was "obsolete" as he had previously said, but he replied: "NATO is now becoming the opposite of that." He added that the alliance was now "paying their own bills." The U.S. president had called on NATO's European members to increase their defense spending and pay a larger share of the alliance's budget. Trump's latest comments come after he attended a NATO summit in The Hague last month, where he signaled a greater commitment to the bloc. President Donald Trump greets NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office at the White House on Monday. President Donald Trump greets NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office at the White House on is a developing story. More to follow.
CNBC
21 minutes ago
- CNBC
CNBC Daily Open: It's refreshing to see tariffs used as a weapon for peace
Here's a tariff we can get behind. At a White House meeting on Monday with NATO's secretary general, Mark Rutte, U.S. President Donald Trump said he would introduce "tariffs at about 100%" on Russia's trade partners if the Kremlin doesn't reach a deal to end its invasion of Ukraine in 50 days. Notably, the punitive measures will be implemented as "secondary tariffs," Trump said. Unlike Trump's normal tariffs, under which a specific country is slapped with a levy, secondary tariffs impose the duty on countries and entities that buy Russia's exports. While those moves were meant to weaken Russia's economy, they do run the risk of drawing other countries' ire. According to data from the International Trade Centre, in 2024, Russia's biggest export was oil, and its biggest buyers were China, India and Turkey, in that order. That means those nations, among others, would effectively face a tariff of 100% from the U.S. — the highest of all updated numbers announced so far — if they don't shift their buying patterns. That said, it's refreshing to think of tariffs not as a weapon in a trade war (even if there might be collateral damage), but being used for peace. China's second-quarter economic growth beat expectations. Compared with a year earlier, gross domestic product expanded 5.2%. While that figure topped the 5.1% estimates in a Reuters poll, it marks a deceleration from the previous quarter's growth of 5.4%. Trump threatens 100% tariffs on Russian export buyers. The U.S. president said he will impose "secondary tariffs" on Moscow if the country doesn't end its war on Ukraine in 50 days. The White House will allow Nvidia to resume chip exports to China. The semiconductor company said Tuesday that the U.S. government has assured Nvidia it will be granted licenses to export H20 chips to Beijing. Nvidia's H20 chips were specially designed for the Chinese market. U.S. stocks tick up even after renewed tariff threats. All major U.S. indexes posted mild gains Monday stateside. Asia-Pacific markets mostly rose Tuesday. The yield on the Japanese government's 10-year bond climbed to its highest level since 2008. [PRO] How to play gold as prices trade at highs. The bullion topped a three-week high on Monday as investors piled into the safe-haven asset amid trade turbulence. Fund managers and analysts share the best ways to invest in gold. Inside Europe's billion-dollar wooden city A part of Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, is set to become the "world's largest wooden construction project," according to its developer Atrium Ljungberg, which will invest 12 billion Swedish krona (about $1.25 billion) into the project. Sickla — an industrial area to the south of Stockholm's center once known for manufacturing diesel engines — is being redeveloped using cross-laminated timber, with the material being used in its buildings' core, floors and walls.
