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Thousands march to US Embassy in Jakarta

Thousands march to US Embassy in Jakarta

-- 2017-12-10 12:00:00

About 10,000 Indonesians have rallied outside the US Embassy in Jakarta in support of Palestinians and denouncing President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital. The pro...

Israel may boycott Arab businesses following protests

Israel may boycott Arab businesses following protests

-- 2017-12-10 12:00:00

Israel’s defence minister called Sunday for a boycott of Arab businesses in an area where residents took part in violent protests against President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem...

Merkel’s party rejects 'US of Europe' proposal

Merkel’s party rejects 'US of Europe' proposal

-- 2017-12-10 11:14:09

Senior members of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives on Saturday rejected the vision for a “United States of Europe” put forward by the Social Democrats (SPD), with whom...

Man dies climbing Greek mountain

Man dies climbing Greek mountain

-- 2017-12-10 10:45:06

A man died and another sustained injury while they were trying to climb Mount Olympus, Greece's highest mountain, according to Police. The accident occurred on Saturday afternoon about 2,000 meters (...

Trump-Kim’s ego impending nuclear crisis, warns ICAN

Trump-Kim’s ego impending nuclear crisis, warns ICAN

-- 2017-12-10 10:06:32

The world faces a ‘nuclear crisis’ from a ‘bruised ego’, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) has warned in an apparent reference to US-North Korea tens...

UN wraps up rare North Korea trip

UN wraps up rare North Korea trip

BBC 2017-12-10 09:54:39

North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Yong-Ho shakes hands with with Jeffrey Feltman: Reuters A top UN official told senior North Korean figures there was an "urgent need" to keep channels open to avoid...

Palestinian President to skip Pence meeting

Palestinian President to skip Pence meeting

-- 2017-12-10 09:48:49

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will not meet US Vice President Mike Pence during Pence’s visit to the region this month in a snub over the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capi...

UNHCR uses Dubai hub to rush aid to Rohingyas

UNHCR uses Dubai hub to rush aid to Rohingyas

-- 2017-12-10 09:23:08

The United Nations Refugee Agency or UNHCR will on Monday dispatch its seventh consignment through Dubai’s airbridge, sending out relief supplies worth Dh1.22 million to Rohingya refugees strand...

Saudi-led airstrikes on Yemen's markets kill 6

Saudi-led airstrikes on Yemen's markets kill 6

-- 2017-12-10 02:23:38

At least six people were killed and dozens of others injured as Saudi-led coalition warplanes separately hit two popular markets in Yemen on Saturday, residents and medics said.One of the targets, Kha...

Four die as truck overturns in western India

Four die as truck overturns in western India

-- 2017-12-10 01:57:04

At least four people have been killed and four others sustained injuries when the truck carrying laborers turned turtle after the driver lost control of the vehicle in the western Indian state of Guja...

‘Kenyan lecturers end strike’

‘Kenyan lecturers end strike’

-- 2017-12-10 01:37:22

Lecturers in Kenya’s public universities ended a strike on Saturday after reaching agreement with the government over pay and other issues, according to a statement from their union. They had g...

Israeli strikes kill 2 Hamas men in Gaza rocket attack

Israeli strikes kill 2 Hamas men in Gaza rocket attack

-- 2017-12-10 01:04:34

Israeli airstrikes killed two Hamas members on Saturday in a rocket attack on Israel, following the fallout from President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capita...

Two Palestinians die in ‘Day of Rage’ over Jerusalem

Two Palestinians die in ‘Day of Rage’ over Jerusalem

Reuters 2017-12-09 12:44:29

At least two people were killed in clashes with Israeli troops on Friday when thousands of Palestinians demonstrated against US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’...

Recognition will cause irreparable damage, Jerusalem's Christian leaders tell Trump

Recognition will cause irreparable damage, Jerusalem's Christian leaders tell Trump

-- 2017-12-09 12:34:33

Patriarchs and heads of local churches in Jerusalem penned a special letter addressed to U.S. President Donald Trump to express their concern over his intention to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capi...

Japan to acquire  air-launched cruise missiles 'for defence'

Japan to acquire air-launched cruise missiles 'for defence'

Three lose lives in sword attack at Tokyo shrine 2017-12-09 12:32:25

Japan is to acquire medium-range, air-launched cruise missiles, capable of striking North Korea, a controversial purchase of what will become the longest-range munitions of a country that has renounce...

Russia ready for talks with US to save arms pact Ukraine key obstacle in ties, says Tillerson

Russia ready for talks with US to save arms pact Ukraine key obstacle in ties, says Tillerson

-- 2017-12-09 12:31:02

Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Friday it was ready for talks with the United States to try to keep a landmark arms control treaty that helped end the Cold War alive and that Moscow would comply wit...

Two teens, attacker die in US school shooting

Two teens, attacker die in US school shooting

-- 2017-12-09 12:29:35

Two teens were killed in a shooting at their high school in the southwestern US state of New Mexico on Thursday, police said, adding that the assailant was dead. The attack took place at Aztec High S...

Police detain ex-Georgia leader in Ukraine

Police detain ex-Georgia leader in Ukraine

BBC 2017-12-09 12:00:21

Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has been detained in Ukraine's capital Kiev, days after his supporters freed him from a police van. His detention, first reported on his Facebook page, w...

Jerusalem: Saudis ‘on board’ with US peace move

Jerusalem: Saudis ‘on board’ with US peace move

Reuters 2017-12-09 12:00:00

Saudi Arabia pulled no punches when it condemned President Donald Trump’s move to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. But Palestinian officials say Riyadh has also been working for wee...

US ‘cannot afford’ Roy Moore loss in Alabama: Trump

US ‘cannot afford’ Roy Moore loss in Alabama: Trump

-- 2017-12-09 11:53:19

President Donald Trump on Friday urged voters to elect a Republican Senate candidate in Alabama who has been dogged by allegations of sexual misconduct. Trump warned America “cannot afford&rdqu...

Congo attack leaves 15 UN peacekeepers dead

Congo attack leaves 15 UN peacekeepers dead

Reuters 2017-12-09 10:32:26

Suspected Ugandan rebels killed at least 15 Tanzanian U.N. peacekeepers and wounded 53 others in a raid on a base in Congo that U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called the worst attac...

US sees UN as ‘hostile’ to Israel

US sees UN as ‘hostile’ to Israel

BBC 2017-12-09 10:07:27

The US envoy to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, has accused the UN of damaging the prospects for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. The organisation "has outrageously been one of the world's...

Southern California: Fire-crews helpless against wind-powered infernos

Southern California: Fire-crews helpless against wind-powered infernos

-- 2017-12-09 08:16:24

Fire crews in Southern California were mostly powerless to stop infernos once the fires met with powerful wind. The infernos in the state destroyed more than 500 buildings, killed dozens of horses an...

Trump to undergo medical test after Jerusalem speech

Trump to undergo medical test after Jerusalem speech

-- 2017-12-09 06:56:45

US President Donald Trump will undergo medical test at Walter Reed National Military Medical centre in early 2018. The White House has also promised to make the results of check up public, said Press...

War with IS is over, declares Iraq

War with IS is over, declares Iraq

-- 2017-12-09 06:54:09

Iraq has announced that its war against so-called Islamic State is over.  Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi told a conference in Baghdad that Iraqi troops were now in complete control of the Iraqi-...

Taliban kill 3 Afghan soldiers in attack on checkpoint

Taliban kill 3 Afghan soldiers in attack on checkpoint

-- 2017-12-09 02:55:06

Taliban insurgents have killed three Afghan soldiers in an attack on a checkpoint, says an Afghan official Arif Noori, spokesman for the provincial governor of the eastern Ghazni province, says two o...

4,500 Palestinians participate in anti-Israel riots in Gaza

4,500 Palestinians participate in anti-Israel riots in Gaza

-- 2017-12-09 01:56:31

Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Friday evening said on Friday evening almost 4,500 Palestinian protesters participated in violent riots along the border with the Gaza Strip against U.S. recognition of Je...

Zimbabwe ex-minister Chombo gets bail

Zimbabwe ex-minister Chombo gets bail

-- 2017-12-08 12:57:43

Former Zimbabwean finance minister Ignatius Chombo has got bail by High Court Judge Edith Mushore. The judge freed the ousted finance minister on bail on Thursday in a ruling that underlined judicial...

New border draft to end Brexit deadlock

New border draft to end Brexit deadlock

BBC 2017-12-08 12:00:00

Brexit negotiations are continuing into the night in a fresh push to reach agreement over the Irish border. The BBC's Laura Kuenssberg has been told there are "serious ideas" on the table that the di...

Britain, EU seal 'breakthrough' deal to advance Brexit talks

Britain, EU seal 'breakthrough' deal to advance Brexit talks

BBC 2017-12-08 12:00:00

Prime Minister Theresa May has struck a last minute deal with the EU to move Brexit talks on to the next phase. There will be no "hard border" in Ireland and EU citizens in the UK, and UK citizens in...