Revealed: Assad Buys Oil From ISIS – Putin claims Turkey is smuggling the terror group’s oil, but the awkward truth is his ally Assad buys more—from ISIS’s own public-private partnership. [db]

Rwanda’s ‘Most Wanted Man’ Arrested By Interpol Over 1994 Genocide – Ladislas Ntaganzwa, who had $5m bounty on his head, had been on the run for 21 years from charges relating to genocide in which 800,000 people died. [guardian]

Paris Attacks: Geneva Alert Raised As Police Hunt Suspects – Police have raised the alert level in Geneva, saying they are hunting for suspects as part of the Europe-wide investigation into the Paris attacks. [bbc]

Nene: South Africa Is Very, Very Angry – Another year, another reshuffle, Jacob Zuma may have thought. But he was wrong: Something snapped on Wednesday night after the axing of Nhlanhla Nene. [mg]

Walter Sisulu’s Grandson Breaks Ranks And Condemns Nene’s Axing – In a surprise statement on Twitter on Thursday afternoon, well-known activist Shaka Sisulu condemned the axing of Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene. [mg]

Van Rooyen Sworn In As New Finance Minister – David van Rooyen was sworn in as the country’s new finance minister at a ceremony at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Thursday afternoon. [tlive]

SAA Pilots Keen To Engage With New Minister – South African Airways (SAA) pilots expressed eagerness for a speedy meeting with newly sworn-in Finance Minister David van Rooyen at a special general meeting on Thursday. [f24]

UK Petition To Ban Donald Trump Breaks Record – Almost 500,000 people sign a petition calling for the Republican presidential hopeful to be banned from entering Britain. [sky]

Dubai Golf Development Drops Trump Branding – A $6 billion golf community being built in Dubai is going forward minus the “Trump” brand. [usat]

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Pens Scathing Column Comparing Trump To ISIS – Trump’s “cruel and dim-witted” line of thinking “is not the stuff presidents are made of,” the NBA alum writes. [huff]

Poll: 57% Of Americans Oppose Trump’s Muslim Ban – Nearly 6 in 10 Americans oppose Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s proposal to bar Muslims from entering the United States, but Republicans are evenly divided, according to a new national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. [time]

Blue Label Makes R4bn Bid For 35% Cell C Stake Deal Will Reduce Network Operator’s Net Debt To R8 Billion – Blue Label Telecoms made an offer to buy a 35% stake in Cell C for R4 billion ($263 million) to expand the network of South Africa’s third biggest mobile-phone company and reduce the target company’s debt. [mw]

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Mark Zuckerberg Declares Himself “The Leader Of Facebook” – Mark Zuckerberg, founder, chairman, and CEO of Facebook, shared his thoughts yesterday on the place Islamophobia has on the billion-person-strong social network. (That is: there is no place for it.) In the process, he described himself as “the leader of Facebook.” Haha, what? [gawk]

Samsung And Baidu Are Getting Into Self-Driving Cars – Samsung is creating a new team to work on self-driving car technologies. The division will focus on components rather than building an entire vehicle, as rival Apple is rumored to be doing. [verge]

Kristin Cavallari’s Brother Michael Is Found Dead Three Days After Reported Missing – Michael Cavallari has been found dead three days after he was reported missing. [eol]

Floppy-Eared Puppies Are The First Test-Tube Dogs. They’re Also Adorable – A team of veterinarians, scientists and lab workers gathered around a surrogate hound and watched her give birth to seven half-pound puppies, the first dogs ever conceived in a test tube. [aol]

Marissa Mayer Of Yahoo Announces Birth Of Twin Daughters – Just hours after Marissa Mayer announced a plan to spin off Yahoo’s core Internet business, the chief executive gave birth to identical twin daughters. [nyt]

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