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Pyongyang preparing to launch satellite

SEOUL, Dec 26 (Agencies): North Korea is preparing to launch a satellite, a Seoul newspaper said Tuesday, as outside observers warn that the nuclear-armed regime's space programme is a fig leaf for weapons tests. Pyongyang is under multiple UN sanctions over its nuclear and missile tests and is prohibited from...

Israel 'in touch with 10 countries' over embassy relocation

JERUSALEM, Dec 26 (Agencies): Israel's deputy foreign minister has said her government is "in contact with at least 10 countries" over the potential relocation of their embassies to Jerusalem.Tzipi Hotovely's comments on Monday came a day after Guatemala announced plans to move its embassy to Jerusalem, following a similar decision...

China's famous activist gets eight-year jail

BEIJING, Dec 26 (BBC): A prominent Chinese human rights activist, best known by the online alias Super Vulgar Butcher, has been jailed for eight years for subversion.Wu Gan has been held since 2015, when authorities arrested or questioned hundreds of lawyers and activists.Mr Wu said he planned to appeal against...

Liberians choosing new president in run-off vote

MONROVIA, Dec 26 (BBC): Liberians are choosing a new president in a run-off vote between Vice-President Joseph Boakai and former international footballer George Weah.Mr Weah, 51, won the first round, but did not secure the required 50% of the vote for an outright victory.Legal challenges delayed the vote to replace...

Trump predicts Republicans, Dems will agree on health care plan

PALM BEACH, Dec 26 (AP): President Donald Trump is predicting that Democrats and Republicans will "eventually come together "on a new health care plan for the country.Sending a Twitter post early Tuesday from his Florida resort, Trump said "the very unfair and unpopular Individual Mandate has been terminated as part...

Egypt hangs 15 prisoners for 2013 Sinai attacks

CAIRO, Dec 26 (AFP): Egyptian authorities on Tuesday executed 15 prisoners convicted of attacks on security forces in the restive Sinai Peninsula, police officials said.The men were hanged in two jails where they had been held since military courts sentenced them for the attacks in the Sinai, where jihadists are...

News in Brief -(27-12-2017)

UK navy escorts Russian ship near its national waters LONDON, Dec 26: A British ship escorted a Russian vessel as it passed near UK territorial waters over Christmas, Britain's defence ministry said on Tuesday, adding that Russian naval activity near Britain had increased in the holiday period. The frigate HMS...