US appeals court upholds most of
gag order imposed on Trump
WASHINGTON, Dec 09: A US federal appeals court on Friday upheld most of a gag order imposed on former president Donald Trump in his election interference case. "We do not allow such an order lightly," said Judge Patricia Millett, who wrote the unanimous opinion issued by a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. "Mr. Trump is a former President and current candidate for the presidency, and there is a strong public interest in what he has to say," Millett said. "But Mr. Trump is also an indicted criminal defendant, and he must stand trial in a courtroom under the same procedures that govern all other criminal defendants." — AFP
Kurdistan university fire kills 14
ARBIL, Dec 09: At least 14 people died on Friday in a fire at a university accommodation block in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region, local authorities said. Local Kurdish television channel Rudaw broadcast footage of firefighters at work in front of the building which houses academic staff and students from Soran University. The channel reported that a preliminary investigation found the fire was caused by an "electrical short circuit". The state news agency INA said local health authorities had confirmed 14 deaths and 18 injuries. — AFP
IS kills 7 pro-regime fighters in Syria
BEIRUT, Dec 09: Seven members of pro-regime forces were killed in Syria on Friday in an attack by the Islamic State group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The attackers were on motorbikes when they opened fire on a military post, "killing at least seven pro-regime fighters", in the vicinity of Boukamal on the border with Iraq, the NGO's director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP. This year, IS attacks have killed at least 385 members of pro-regime forces and 165 civilians, according to the Observatory, which has a vast network of sources in Syria. — AFP
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