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UNSC appears united on Syria

NEW YORK, Dec 10 (Reuters/AFP): United Nations Security Council members will work on a statement on Syria in the coming days, US and Russian diplomats said on Monday, after a closed-door meeting over the rebel seizure of the capital Damascus and ousting of President Bashar al-Assad."The council, I think, was...

Syrians search Sednaya prison for missing relatives

DAMASCUS, Dec 10 (Reuters): As families desperately scoured the filthy cells of Syria's forbidding Sednaya prison on Monday for any sign of long-detained relatives after its gates were flung open by rebels, hope for finding missing loved ones began to fade.Thousands of prisoners spilled out of president Bashar al-Assad's pitiless...

Netanyahu takes stand in corruption trial

JERUSALEM, Dec 10 (Reuters): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is set to take the stand on Tuesday for the first time in his long-running corruption trial under a court order that is likely to force him to juggle between the courtroom and war room for weeks.Israel has been waging...

Lanka president to visit India in first foreign trip

COLOMBO, Dec 10 (AFP): Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will travel to India on Sunday for talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his first overseas visit as head of state, the government said Tuesday.Leaders of the island nation typically make their first visit to regional powerhouse India, which...

Zelensky seeks diplomatic end to war

KYIV, Dec 10 (Reuters/BBC): President Volodymyr Zelensky made the case on Monday for a diplomatic settlement to Russia's war in Ukraine and raised the idea of foreign troops being deployed in his country until it could join the NATO military alliance.The remarks at a joint press conference with German opposition...

S Korea slaps travel bans on more top officials

SEOUL, Dec 10 (AFP): South Korean authorities banned more top officials from leaving the country Tuesday, Yonhap reported, in the wake of President Yoon Suk Yeol's bungled attempt to impose martial law.A day after Yoon himself was hit with a travel ban, his party was forging a "resignation roadmap" that...