SEOUL, Jan 02 (Agencies): South Korea on Tuesday offered talks with North Korea amid a standoff over its weapons programmes, a day after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he was open to negotiations.Kim used his annual New Year address to warn he has a "nuclear button" on his...
Read moreJERUSALEM, Jan 02 (Agencies): Israeli legislators have approved a bill that makes it more difficult to divide Jerusalem.The bill passed early on Tuesday and stipulates that two-thirds support is needed in the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, before Israel can relinquish control over any portion of the holy city to a...
Read moreTEHRAN, Jan 02 (Agencies): Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed Iran's "enemies" on Tuesday for stirring up unrest in the country, as the death toll from days of anti-government protests climbed to 21.In his first remarks since the demonstrations erupted last Thursday, Khamenei accused the nation's enemies of "joining...
Read moreBEIJING, Jan 02 (AFP): French President Emmanuel Macron will visit China for three days starting January 8, the Chinese foreign ministry said Tuesday, after the young leader declared the need for a stronger Europe to "face China".This will be Macron's first state visit to the country, and the first by...
Read moreWARRI, Nigeria, Jan 02 (AFP): Gunmen killed at least 14 churchgoers returning from a midnight service on Monday in Nigeria's Rivers State, a police source told AFP, the latest violence to hit the oil-rich region. "The gunmen opened fire on a set of worshippers at about 12:30 am on Monday,"...
Read moreGOIAS, Jan 02 (BBC): Police in Brazil say 77 inmates are on the run after escaping amid a riot at a jail in the central state of Goias.The authorities say nine prisoners were killed and 14 injured when a group of armed inmates invaded a wing controlled by a rival...
Read moreGerman MP comes under fire for anti-Muslim tweetBERLIN, Jan 02: A far-right German politician has been condemned for an anti-Arab and anti-Muslim Tweet, which briefly saw her suspended from the platform. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) MP Beatrix von Storch said Cologne police were appeasing "barbaric, gang-raping, Muslim hordes" when...
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