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Syria congress begins in Russia but key players absent

SOCHI (Russia), Jan 30 (AFP): Russia's showpiece congress aimed at bringing Syria's seven-year war closer to an end will go ahead on Tuesday, despite the country's main opposition group and Kurdish minority saying they would boycott the event.Regime-backer Moscow has invited 1,600 delegates to the meeting in the Black Sea...

China 'as big a threat to US' as Russia: CIA

MOSCOW, Jan 30 (BBC): Chinese efforts to exert covert influence over the West are just as concerning as Russian subversion, the director of the CIA has said.Mike Pompeo told the BBC that the Chinese "have a much bigger footprint" to do this than the Russians do.As examples he cited efforts...

Saudi govt frees detainees from hotel

RIYADH, Jan 30 (Reuters): Saudi Arabian authorities have released all remaining detainees from Riyadh's opulent Ritz-Carlton Hotel, which had been used as an interrogation centre in a crackdown on corruption, a Saudi official said on Tuesday.The news signalled that the three-month-old purge, in which dozens of top officials and businessmen...

Indians pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi on 70th death anniv

NEW DELHI, Jan 30 (Xinhua): India paid homage on Tuesday to pre-independence icon Mahatma Gandhi on his 70th death anniversary.Gandhi, also called the Father of the Nation, was assassinated by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu Nationalist, on this day in 1948, also known as Martyr's Day. Indian President Ram Nath Kovind,...

Kenyan opposition leader takes oath as 'president'

NAIROBI, Jan 30 (AFP): Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga had himself sworn in as an alternative president Tuesday in front of thousands of supporters, despite warnings from authorities that this was treason."I Raila Amolo Odinga, in full realisation of the high calling, assume the office of the People's President of...

Ireland referendum on abortion in May

PARIS, Jan 30 (AFP): Traditionally Catholic Ireland has announced a referendum in May on easing some of the strictest legislation in Europe that imposes a near-total ban on abortion.The poll will decide if abortion clauses should be removed from the constitution so the government can propose new laws allowing unrestricted...

UN envoy warns Gaza facing 'full collapse'

TEL AVIV, Jan 30 (AFP): A senior United Nations official on Tuesday warned the Palestinian coastal enclave of the Gaza Strip was on the verge of "full collapse".UN Middle East peace envoy Nickolay Mladenov said a key to saving Gaza from disaster was restoring the government of Palestinian president Mahmud...

News in Brief --(31-01-2018)

'World's oldest man' dies in Spain MADRID, Jan 30: A Spanish village on Tuesday declared a day of mourning following the death of a retired farmer billed as "the world's oldest man", who passed away just over a month after turning 113. Francisco Nunez Olivera, who was 10 years old...