SOCIETY
5 dead, 8 injured in shooting at US airport
A shooting at an airport in Florida has left five people dead and eight others injured.
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POLITICS
'Grow up Donald, grow up': Biden
"Grow up Donald, grow up, time to be an adult, you're president. You've got to do something, show us what you have,” Joe Biden says.
IRAQ
Car bomb attack kills five in Iraq capital
At least five people are killed and 13 others injured when a car bomb attack struck a commercial district in northwestern Baghdad.
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ECOWAS set to decide on Gambia
A spokesman for Nigeria's President Buhari emphasized the importance of the meeting in Ghana.
EU
Austria mulls headscarf ban for civil servants
Austria's most prominent Muslim group, IGGIO, says the possible headscarf ban would send a wrong signal.
PALESTINE
Bibi thanks US House for UN resolution rebuke
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanks US lawmakers over condemning the recent UN Security Council resolution on illegal settlements.
SYRIA
Damascus water crisis threatens children: UN
The UNICEF spokesman says children in the Syrian capital Damascus are going through many hardships to collect water for their families.
AFGHANISTAN
Gunmen kill 9 Shia miners in Afghanistan
No group has claimed responsibility for the killings but Kabul blamed the Daesh Takfiri terrorists.
IRAQ
Iraqi forces push into new Mosul districts
Iraqi army soldiers and their allies have made fresh gains against Daesh Takfiri terrorists in the northern city of Mosul.
FOREIGN POLICY
Mexico to pay for border wall, Trump insists
Donald Trump says US tax payers will pay for the border wall and Mexico will “later” pay back the money.
INTERVIEWS
'Russia warships meant to scare off Israel, NATO'
An analyst says Russia'a withdrawal of its aircraft carrier from the waters off Syria is certainly a great move that shows Moscow is capable of complying with agreements.
BRAZIL
33 inmates killed in Brazil prison riot
The prison riot in Brazil's Roraima came five days after 56 inmates were killed in the nearby state of Amazonas.
TURKEY
Cyprus talks 'historic opportunity' for unity: UN
The Cyprus talks are scheduled from January 9 to 11 at the United Nations Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
EU
‘Europe refugee arrivals plunge in 2016’
The European Union mainly attributes the decline to a border agreement between the EU and Turkey which came into effect in March.
KOREAS
Japan’s S Korea envoy recalled in statue row
It is estimated that up to 200,000 women, mainly Korean, were forced to be wartime sex slaves.
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Bangladeshi peacekeeper killed in CAR: UN
The Bangladeshi peacekeeper was killed in Bokayai.
PALESTINE
Israeli settler runs over Palestinian man
An Israeli settler has run over and critically injured a middle-aged Palestinian man in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
NUCLEAR ENERGY
Russia to host JCPOA meeting in New York
Russian will host a meeting in New York in mid-January to discuss the JCPOA achievements.
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