New Venezuela leader says 'no foreign power' running country
CARACAS, Jan 07 (AFP): Venezuela's interim leader Delcy Rodriguez insisted Tuesday no foreign power was governing her country, even as US President Donald Trump announced Caracas will be swiftly turning over millions of barrels of oil to the United States.Rodriguez, who was vice president under toppled leader Nicolas Maduro, has...
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UN accuses Israel of West Bank 'apartheid'
GENEVA, Jan 07 (AFP): The United Nations on Wednesday said decades of discrimination and segregation of Palestinians by Israel in the West Bank were intensifying, and called on the country to end its "apartheid system".In a new report, the UN rights office said the "systematic discrimination" against Palestinians across the...
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Curfew imposed in Nepal city after mosque vandalism sparks protests
KATHMANDU, Jan 07 (AP): A curfew was imposed on a key border city in southern Nepal after Hindu and Muslim groups began protesting against each other following the vandalism of a mosque over the weekend, officials said Tuesday.The curfew orders issued by the Parsa District Administration said that no one...
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Europe faces transport chaos as deadly cold snap persists
PARIS, Jan 07 (AFP): Snow, ice and high winds brought transport chaos to swathes of Europe for a third day on Wednesday, with hundreds of flights cancelled and passengers stranded.Airports in Paris and Amsterdam were the worst affected, with the Dutch authorities saying more than 1,000 travellers had been forced...
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