Today In World News: August 14, 2017

Today In World News:

Courtesy of BBC News

• Yemen's Central Bank has said the Saudi-led coalition is "strangling" the economy by preventing planes from flying in newly printed cash.

• The government of Saudi Arabia has sought the help of Iraq's prime minister to mend relations between Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Tehran, Iran.

• US President Donald Trump has belatedly condemned as “repugnant", the white supremacist groups involved in the violence in the US city of Charlottesville, declaring that "racism is evil".

• The New York Times reported that Murdoch pushed Trump to oust Bannon during a recent White House dinner.

• The Department of Justice has requested 1.3 million IP addresses of visitors to a website used to organize protests against President Trump.

• Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is asking the pro-government constitutional assembly to investigate the opposition for allegedly supporting Donald Trump's threat of a "military option" to resolve the country's political crisis.

• The CEO of Under Armour is stepping down from President Trump’s American Manufacturing Council, becoming the second CEO to depart the council on Monday.

• North Korea's leader received a report from his army on its plans to fire missiles towards Guam and said he will watch the actions of the United States for a while longer before making a decision.

• The Trump administration’s decision to cut federal funding for groups fighting right-wing violence has come under new scrutiny following the president's controversial response to violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend. 

• A renegade leader of Somalia's al-Shabab has defected to the regional government, severing ties to the armed group that has been carrying out attacks in the country.