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Seoul offers high-ranking talks with Pyongyang

SEOUL, Jan 02 (Agencies): South Korea on Tuesday offered talks with North Korea amid a standoff over its weapons programmes, a day after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he was open to negotiations.Kim used his annual New Year address to warn he has a "nuclear button" on his...

Israeli bill makes it difficult for Palestinians to have E Jerusalem as their capital

JERUSALEM, Jan 02 (Agencies): Israeli legislators have approved a bill that makes it more difficult to divide Jerusalem.The bill passed early on Tuesday and stipulates that two-thirds support is needed in the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, before Israel can relinquish control over any portion of the holy city to a...

Iranian protesters attack police stations

TEHRAN, Jan 02 (Agencies): Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed Iran's "enemies" on Tuesday for stirring up unrest in the country, as the death toll from days of anti-government protests climbed to 21.In his first remarks since the demonstrations erupted last Thursday, Khamenei accused the nation's enemies of "joining...

Macron to visit China next week

BEIJING, Jan 02 (AFP): French President Emmanuel Macron will visit China for three days starting January 8, the Chinese foreign ministry said Tuesday, after the young leader declared the need for a stronger Europe to "face China".This will be Macron's first state visit to the country, and the first by...

Gunmen kill 14 churchgoers in Nigeria

WARRI, Nigeria, Jan 02 (AFP): Gunmen killed at least 14 churchgoers returning from a midnight service on Monday in Nigeria's Rivers State, a police source told AFP, the latest violence to hit the oil-rich region. "The gunmen opened fire on a set of worshippers at about 12:30 am on Monday,"...

Brazil prison riot leaves nine inmates dead

GOIAS, Jan 02 (BBC): Police in Brazil say 77 inmates are on the run after escaping amid a riot at a jail in the central state of Goias.The authorities say nine prisoners were killed and 14 injured when a group of armed inmates invaded a wing controlled by a rival...

News in Brief -(03-01-2018)

German MP comes under fire for anti-Muslim tweetBERLIN, Jan 02: A far-right German politician has been condemned for an anti-Arab and anti-Muslim Tweet, which briefly saw her suspended from the platform. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) MP Beatrix von Storch said Cologne police were appeasing "barbaric, gang-raping, Muslim hordes" when...