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New roads pave way for more Israeli settlements

JERUSALEM, Dec 07 (AP): In the coming years, Israelis will be able to commute into Jerusalem and Tel Aviv from settlements deep inside the West Bank via highways, tunnels and overpasses that cut a wide berth around Palestinian towns.Rights groups say the new roads will set the stage for explosive...

Saudi, Israeli officials spar over Palestine issue

MANAMA, Dec 07 (AFP): An influential Saudi prince launched a bitter attack on Israel at a regional conference Sunday, drawing retorts from the Jewish state's foreign minister who addressed the gathering virtually.The row erupted months after the UAE and Bahrain broke decades of Arab consensus by normalising ties with Israel,...

Oxygen shortage leaves Covid patients dead in Peshawar

PESHWAR, Dec 07 (BBC): Six coronavirus patients have died in a hospital in Pakistan after oxygen supplies ran too low.Patients' relatives have described how they begged for help as panic engulfed the government-run hospital in the northern city of Peshawar.A delay in deliveries meant more than 200 patients were left...

'Mystery' illness sends hundreds to hospital in Andhra Pradesh

NEW DELHI, Dec 07 (BBC): At least one person has died and 227 have been hospitalised by an unidentified illness in India's southern state of Andhra Pradesh.The patients had a wide range of symptoms from nausea to fits and falling unconscious, doctors said.Officials are investigating the cause of the illness,...

Bushfire forces evacuation of island residents in Australia

SYDNEY, Dec 07 (BBC): Firefighters are battling to keep a large bushfire which has come within 700 metres of a small township on an Australian holiday island at bay.Dozens of residents of Happy Valley were earlier urged to evacuate as the blaze raged east across Fraser Island.For six weeks, firefighters...

Abiy denies guerrilla war in Tigray

TIGRAY, Dec 07 (Reuters): Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed denied on Monday that a rebellious northern force his troops have battled for over a month would have the capacity to mount a guerrilla war from the mountains of Tigray.Federal troops have captured the regional capital Mekelle from the former local...

Tunisia extends night-time curfew

TUNIS, Dec 07 (AFP): Tunisia on Sunday extended a night-time curfew until the end of the year in a bid to tackle spiking novel coronavirus cases, amid growing discontent and anti-government protests in the North African country.Following a meeting of its anti-coronavirus taskforce, the government decided to "maintain the curfew...

Pompeo brands Venezuela vote a 'fraud'

WASHINGTON, Dec 07 (AFP): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday denounced legislative elections in Venezuela as "a fraud and a sham" engineered by President Nicolas Maduro.Victory would let Maduro tighten his grip and weaken his US-backed rival, Juan Guaido, who is leading a boycott of the polls he...

Italy reports 18,887 new Covid-19 cases

ROME, Dec 07 (Xinhua): Italy reported 18,887 new COVID-19 cases, bringing its total caseload to 1,728,878, according to the country's health authorities.The health ministry also confirmed 564 new fatalities from the virus over the past day, and Italy's total COVID-19 death toll now stands at 60,078.Italy's Health Minister Roberto Speranza...

UK records 231 more corona deaths

LONDON, Dec 07 (Xinhua): Another 17,272 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 1,723,242, according to official figures released Sunday.The coronavirus-related deaths in Britain rose by 231 to 61,245, the data showed.Earlier Sunday, a Christmas market in northern...