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US fails to win enough support at UN to condemn Hamas

US fails to win enough support at UN to condemn Hamas

Reuters 2018-12-07 10:32:14

A US attempt to get the United Nations to condemn violence by Palestinian militant group Hamas for the first time failed on Thursday because the draft resolution fell short of votes needed in the Gene...

Yemen peace talks begin in Sweden

Yemen peace talks begin in Sweden

-- 2018-12-06 21:31:17

Peace talks aimed at ending nearly four years of civil war in Yemen, described by the UN special envoy as an important milestone, have started in Sweden, reports BBC. Martin Griffiths announced the s...

Rescue mission in Japan afoot after two US Marine aircraft collide

Rescue mission in Japan afoot after two US Marine aircraft collide

-- 2018-12-06 16:56:17

A big search and rescue operation is continuing in Japan for five missing US Marines after two aircraft with seven crew collided and crashed into the sea. Two Marines were rescued. One is in "fair co...

US military strike kills four al Shabaab militants in Somalia

US military strike kills four al Shabaab militants in Somalia

-- 2018-12-06 15:32:52

The US military said it killed four militants in an air strike against al Shabaab militants in the vicinity of Awdheegle, Somalia, as part of its operations to support the government’s efforts t...

May's Brexit deal under fire as legal advice stiffens opposition

May's Brexit deal under fire as legal advice stiffens opposition

Reuters 2018-12-06 12:17:32

Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal came under fire from allies and opponents alike on Wednesday after the government was forced to publish legal advice showing the United Kingdom could be locked...

Myanmar closing Rohingya camps but ‘entrenching segregation’

Myanmar closing Rohingya camps but ‘entrenching segregation’

Reuters 2018-12-06 11:48:13

As the world was focused on abortive efforts to begin repatriating hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to Myanmar last month, hundreds of their fellow Muslims still in Myanmar w...

Five US Marines go missing after warplanes crash off Japan’s coast

Five US Marines go missing after warplanes crash off Japan’s coast

-- 2018-12-06 11:31:55

Five US Marines were missing after two Marine Corps aircraft collided in mid-air and crashed into the sea off the coast of Japan on Thursday, in what US officials said may have been a refueling exerci...

UN-backed Yemen peace talks set to begin in Sweden

UN-backed Yemen peace talks set to begin in Sweden

-- 2018-12-06 11:14:09

UN-sponsored peace talks aimed at ending nearly four years of civil war in Yemen are due to begin in Sweden. A UN team will work alongside delegations from the Yemeni government and the Houthi rebels...

Mourners pay tribute to Bush

Mourners pay tribute to Bush

-- 2018-12-05 21:19:04

One by one they came. Parents hoisting toddlers on their hips. Two women from St. Louis, in town for a neonatology conference, reports New York Times. A doctor from Washington whose grandmother had w...

Thomson Reuters to reduce 12pc workforce in two years

Thomson Reuters to reduce 12pc workforce in two years

-- 2018-12-05 20:30:16

Thomson Reuters Corporation will cut its workforce by 12 per cent in the next two years, axing 3,200 jobs, as part of a plan to streamline the business and reduce costs. The news and information prov...

Einstein's 'God letter' fetches $2.9m

Einstein's 'God letter' fetches $2.9m

-- 2018-12-05 19:36:14

A handwritten letter by Albert Einstein in which he grapples with the concept of religion has smashed predictions and sold for nearly $2.9m. The so-called "God letter" was written in 1954 and was exp...

If US develops banned missiles, Russia will follow suit: Putin

If US develops banned missiles, Russia will follow suit: Putin

-- 2018-12-05 19:16:17

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday warned the United States that if it walks out of a key arms treaty and starts developing the type of missiles banned by it, Russia will do the same. Puti...

Papua separatists suspected of killing at least 24 workers in Indonesia

Papua separatists suspected of killing at least 24 workers in Indonesia

-- 2018-12-05 17:36:24

Security forces in Indonesia’s easternmost province of Papua are hunting for a separatist group suspected of killing at least 24 construction workers building a bridge in a remote district, a mi...

Dozens arrested in European operation against organised crime

Dozens arrested in European operation against organised crime

-- 2018-12-05 15:32:16

Dozens of people were arrested in Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and South America on Wednesday in an operation against members of Italy’s ‘Ndrangheta organised crime group, offi...

Libyans protest against US air strike in southern Libya

Libyans protest against US air strike in southern Libya

-- 2018-12-05 11:37:58

Dozens of Libyans protested on Tuesday against a US air strike on suspected al Qaeda militants in the country’s southwestern desert, saying civilians had been targeted, witnesses said. The US A...

7.5 quake prompts tsunami warning off New Caledonia

7.5 quake prompts tsunami warning off New Caledonia

-- 2018-12-05 11:23:29

A powerful magnitude 7.5 earthquake has struck in the southern Pacific Ocean near New Caledonia, prompting authorities to warn of a tsunami threat to nearby islands. According to the US Geological Su...

Khashoggi murder: US senators rip crown prince after CIA briefing

Khashoggi murder: US senators rip crown prince after CIA briefing

-- 2018-12-05 11:05:00

US senators say they are more certain than ever after a private CIA briefing that the Saudi crown prince had a role in the murder of a journalist. In a blistering attack, Senator Lindsey Graham said...

France suspends fuel tax rise

France suspends fuel tax rise

-- 2018-12-04 18:00:05

France's PM has announced a six-month suspension of a fuel tax rise which has led to weeks of violent protests. Edouard Philippe said the measures would not be applied before proper debate had taken...

Three arrested over India policeman killing

Three arrested over India policeman killing

-- 2018-12-04 17:18:04

Three men have been held over the killing of an Indian police officer in mob violence that erupted after rumours spread that cows had been slaughtered. Subodh Kumar Singh was killed as police clashed...

Libyan State Council stresses importance of polls, constitution

Libyan State Council stresses importance of polls, constitution

-- 2018-12-04 15:00:45

The head of Libya's Higher Council of State (HCS) Khalid al-Meshri has stressed the importance of holding elections and adopting a constitution for his country. He made the remarks during his meeting...

French govt 'preparing to halt fuel tax rise'

French govt 'preparing to halt fuel tax rise'

-- 2018-12-04 14:57:38

The French government is preparing to suspend fuel tax increases, a government source said on Tuesday, following violent protests against the measures. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe was due to anno...

Russia ‘partially unlocks’ Ukrainian Azov Sea ports

Russia ‘partially unlocks’ Ukrainian Azov Sea ports

-- 2018-12-04 13:40:36

Russia has partially unlocked Ukrainian sea ports on the Azov Sea, Ukraine’s infrastructure minister Volodymyr Omelyan said on Tuesday. “Yes, Berdyansk and Mariupol ports are partially un...

Boat carrying 20 Rohingyas lands in Indonesia: Officials

Boat carrying 20 Rohingyas lands in Indonesia: Officials

-- 2018-12-04 12:55:06

Indonesian authorities said a boat carrying 20 men believed to be Rohingya Muslims landed on the northeastern shore of Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Tuesday. It is the latest in a series of boa...

Human rights law group calls for tribunal on crimes against Rohingyas

Human rights law group calls for tribunal on crimes against Rohingyas

Reuters 2018-12-04 12:40:57

A human rights law group contracted by the US State Department to investigate atrocities against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar called on Monday for the urgent establishment of a criminal tribunal to bri...

Mexico gang violence kills six policemen

Mexico gang violence kills six policemen

-- 2018-12-04 11:55:15

Six Mexican police were shot dead on Monday in the western state of Jalisco, authorities said, in one of the bloodiest attacks on security forces in recent months on the first weekday of President And...

Trump urges 'full sentence' for his ex-lawyer in Russia probe

Trump urges 'full sentence' for his ex-lawyer in Russia probe

Reuters 2018-12-04 11:29:18

President Donald Trump on Monday called for a “full and complete” sentence for his former lawyer Michael Cohen, accusing him of lying about Trump’s business dealings with Russia duri...

CIA chief ‘to brief Congress’ on Khashoggi murder

CIA chief ‘to brief Congress’ on Khashoggi murder

-- 2018-12-04 10:59:06

The head of the CIA will now brief Congress on Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder, US media say. Gina Haspel is reportedly set talk to Senate leaders on Tuesday. She was absent from last week...

Total's fuel stations running dry due to 'yellow vest' protests

Total's fuel stations running dry due to 'yellow vest' protests

-- 2018-12-03 16:55:11

Several dozens of gasoline stations of Total, a French multinational integrated oil and gas company, had run dry as a more than two-week long protest in Paris over fuel tax hikes began to impact fuel...

Sri Lanka court prevents Rajapaksa from acting as PM

Sri Lanka court prevents Rajapaksa from acting as PM

-- 2018-12-03 16:42:51

A Sri Lankan court has issued an order preventing Mahinda Rajapaksa from as acting as prime minister and holding cabinet meetings. The order, which was issued on Monday, is the latest twist to a poli...

French PM holds talks with political parties after violent protests

French PM holds talks with political parties after violent protests

-- 2018-12-03 14:53:37

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe is holding crisis talks with representatives of major political parties in the wake of violent anti-government protests that have rocked Paris. More than 100 pe...