SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi Arabia extends activist’s jail term
Saudi Arabian official have increased the prison sentence of human rights activist Issa al-Hamid to eleven years from the original nine.
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SOCIETY
US marks 1st anniversary of San Bernardino
California marks the first-year anniversary of San Bernardino shooting massacre, which left 14 people dead and 21 others injured.
POLITICS
Iran urges Kenya to free lawyers at once
Iran urges Kenya to immediately free two Iranian lawyers arrested in the African country upon "intervention by a third party."
NIGERIA
Nigeria court orders release of Zakzaky
The Abuja division of the Federal High Court of Nigeria also ruled that Zakzaky's wife should be released.
POLITICS
Trump ‘received information' of voter fraud
US President-elect Donald Trump has been “receiving information” about people voting illegally, a top Trump aide says.
SYRIA
Syrian forces retake key town near Damascus
Syrian government forces have retaken a town outside the capital Damascus after a retreat by foreign-backed militants.
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Bulgaria may hold snap elections in spring
The center-right government formally resigned in November.
EU
Disabled in Athens protest austerity cuts
The rally was organized ahead of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
NUCLEAR ENERGY
Iran 'well-prepared to reply to US bans renewal'
Iran’s top nuclear official says Tehran is fully prepared to respond to the US Senate's decision to extend the Iran Sanctions Act.
INTERVIEWS
Israeli jailing of Palestinians 'part of 9/11 world’
A university professor says the unlawful imprisonment and oppression of Palestinians in Israeli jails under the administrative detention law amounts to genocide.
ECONOMY
‘Iran could face severe water crisis in 2017’
Historically low rainfalls have raised concerns that Iran could face severe water tensions in 2017.
RUSSIA
Russia says repels cyber attack on banks
Russia says its financial system was targeted by a cyber attack and fake social media reports about banks going bust.
CHINA
Xi: China closely watching US under Trump
Chinese President Xi Jinping made the remark at a meeting with former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger on Friday.
SOCIETY
Slovakia bans Islam as state religion
Slovakia adopts a law barring Islam from being registered as an official state religion
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Annan in Mynmar to probe Rohingya crisis
Kofi Annan and his team arrived in the volatile northwestern Rakhine State of Myanmar on Friday.
SOCIETY
Hundreds claim abuse at UK youth football clubs
About 350 victims have reported child sexual abuse within UK football clubs, police chiefs have said.
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200,000 protest in Jakarta against governor
The Muslims gathered in Jakarta’s National Monument park on Friday to call for the arrest of Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, a Christian.
ECONOMY
New Zealand sending top trade team to Tehran
New Zealand’s Minister of Trade Todd McClay will arrive in Tehran on Friday heading a high-ranking delegation for talks to revive trade between the two countries after 12 years.
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