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12th Palestinian dies since Trump’s Jerusalem move

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories, Dec 24 (Agencies): A Palestinian teenager died on Sunday, nine days after being wounded by Israeli fire during a Gaza protest against US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, the health ministry said.Mohammad Sami al-Dahduh, 19, from Gaza City was shot on December 15 during a...

Yangon gets invitation to join US-Thai military exercise

YANGON, Dec 24 (Reuters): The Myanmar military, which has been accused of ethnic cleansing against the country's Muslim Rohingya minority, has been invited back as an observer in a major multinational military exercise next year led by the United States and Thailand.Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Logan, a Pentagon spokesman, told Reuters...

Four Iraqi paramilitary fighters die in IS attack

TIKRIT, Iraq, Dec 24 (Xinhua): Four paramilitary Hashd Shaabi members were killed and six others injured Sunday in an overnight attack by Islamic State (IS) in Iraq's central province of Salahudin, provincial security source said. The attack occurred began with mortar barrage on Hashd Shaabi base near the town of...

Navalny gets nomination

MOSCOW, Dec 24 (Agencies): Hundreds of supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Sunday endorsed him for the presidency and prepared to file his nomination with election officials, putting pressure on the Kremlin to allow him to run.President Vladimir Putin's most formidable foe in all his 18 years in...

New UN sanctions act of war, says N Korea

PYONGYANG, Dec 24 (Reuters): The latest UN sanctions against North Korea are an act of war and tantamount to a complete economic blockade against the country, North Korea's foreign ministry said on Sunday, threatening to punish those who supported the measure.The UN Security Council unanimously imposed new sanctions on North...

Turkey sacks 2,766 civil servants for ‘terror’ links

ANKARA, Dec 24 (Al Jazeera): Turkey has dismissed 2,766 people from their posts in state institutions over alleged links to "terror" organisations, according to an emergency decree published in the country's official legal database.On Sunday, a decree in the Official Gazette said 637 military, 360 gendarmerie personnel, 61 police and...

Bomb kills three Pak troops

PESHAWAR, Dec 24 (Agencies): A roadside bomb killed three soldiers Sunday in a remote part of northwest Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan, officials said.The bombing took place in the village of Ghulam Khan in North Waziristan, one of the country's seven semi-autonomous tribal areas where the military has been...

Drug dealer gets unwanted surprise for Christmas

COPENHAGEN, Dec 24 (BBC): An alleged drug dealer in Copenhagen received an unwanted surprise for Christmas when he jumped into the back of a taxi with about 1,000 joints on him, only to find it was a police car.Danish police said the man was rushing home when he made the...

Roadside bomb claims lives of seven Afghan civilians

KABUL, Dec 24 (Xinhua): At least seven civilians were killed in a roadside bomb explosion in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand on Sunday, provincial government spokesman said.The incident occurred in the morning after a minibus touched off a roadside bombing in Marja district, Helmand province, spokesman Omar Zwak told Xinhua....

News in Brief -(25-12-2017)

France deploys 100,000 security personnel to foil terror attacks PARIS, Dec 24: France's government is deploying nearly 100,000 police and soldiers for the holiday season as fears of extremist attacks remain high. The additional security will focus on Christmas markets, shopping centers, religious buildings, public transport and tourist sites. Citing...