MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A top political aide to Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley resigned Wednesday, a week after the goernor publicly admitted making inappropriate remarks to her but denied the two ever had an affair.
Soon after, a GOP lawmaker said he planned to introduce a resolution to begin impeachment proceedings against the Republican governor.
Rebekah Caldwell Mason announced her resignation in a statement sent by the governor’s office, saying she would no longer serve as Bentley’s senior political adviser and would no longer be paid by his campaign fund or work for a nonprofit formed to promote his agenda.
PARIS – Paris authorities filed preliminary terrorism charges Wednesday against a 34-year-old Frenchman for allegedly plotting an imminent attack and operating an explosives arsenal of what prosecutors called “unprecedented scale.”
Paris Prosecutor François Molins said Wednesday that the suspect, Reda Kriket, is accused of participating in a terrorist group with plans for at least one attack, possessing and transporting arms and explosives, and holding fake documents, among other charges.
Kriket will stay in custody while magistrates continue investigating the case and determine whether to send him to trial.
TRIPOLI, Libya – The head of a U.N.-brokered Libyan unity government arrived in the capital by sea Wednesday to set up a temporary seat of power in a naval base despite threats from competing factions, which prevented him from arriving by air.
Western nations view the unity government as the best hope for ending Libya’s chaos and uniting all factions against an increasingly powerful Islamic State affiliate, which has seized the central city of Sirte. But factions within two other rival Libyan governments, one of which is based in Tripoli, are opposed to the U.N.-backed body.
Fayez Serraj sailed in from Tunisia aboard a Libyan vessel.
Associated Press
