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Three Would-be Suicide Bombers Killed in Nigeria

Three teenage girls suspected of planning a triple suicide bomb attack in a town frequently targeted by Boko Haram have been shot dead, a local government official said on Thursday. Civilian vigilantes opened fire on the trio near the town of Madagali when they refused to stop for a security ...

January 5, 2017

Europe

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange makes a speech from the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy, in central London

Ecuador Sends Report on Assange Questioning to Sweden

Ecuadorian authorities have sent to Sweden the results of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s questioning on rape allegations at their embassy in London, the public prosecutor’s office said on Thursday. The 400 to 500-page document, mainly in Spanish, must first be translated “then the prosecutors will decide on the continuation of ...

January 5, 2017

Americas

CIA Chief hopes US-Russia relations to revive under Trump administration

US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Brennan has expressed hope in warmer relations between the United States and Russia for the sake of global stability. “I certainly hope that, looking out over the next several years, the relationship between Moscow and Washington improves, because it is critically important for ...

January 5, 2017

Americas

Trump Expresses ‘Healthy Skepticism’ About Russian Hacking Allegations

President-elect Donald Trump’s skepticism about the United States intelligence community’s claims Russia interfered with the 2016 election are healthy given its past failures, US Vice President-elect Mike Pence said on Wednesday. “The President-elect has expressed his very sincere and healthy skepticism about intelligence conclusions,” Pence told reporters. “Given some of ...

January 4, 2017

Int'l Organizations

Two Moroccan troops killed in C. Africa convoy attack:UN

Two Moroccan peacekeepers died after gunmen attacked their convoy in the Central African Republic’s remote southeast, the UN mission said Wednesday. The attack Tuesday took place about 60 kilometers (35 miles) from the town of Obo, MINUSCA said, adding: “Two peacekeepers died and two others were injured…the attackers fled into ...

January 4, 2017

Live News

11 Children Wounded in China Kindergarten Knife Attack

A man armed with a kitchen knife stabbed 11 children at a kindergarten in southern China on Wednesday, seriously wounding three, state media reported, the latest such attack in recent years. The man entered the school in the southern Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region mid-afternoon, claiming he was there to pick ...

January 4, 2017

Europe

Russian defense ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov

US Coalition Systematically Destroying Syrian Infrastructure Since 2012: Russian MoD

The US-led international coalition has been systematically bombing the Syrian infrastructure since 2012 and has not targeted ISIL-held oil facilities, the Russian Defense Ministry’s spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said on Wednesday. “Outgoing CIA head Brennan is well aware of the fact that long before the start of the Russian ...

January 4, 2017

African countries

Tunisia Dismantles ‘Terrorist Cell’ in Growing Crackdown

Tunisian security forces have dismantled a 13-member “terrorist cell” that was funneling young recruits to ‘jihadist’ groups, authorities said Wednesday, as part of a growing crackdown on extremists. The suspects, aged between 22 and 43, were arrested on Tuesday in Hergla, a town north of the coastal resort city of ...

January 4, 2017

Europe

EU Commission ‘Regrets Loss’ of UK ambassador

The European Commission said on Wednesday it regretted that Britain’s ambassador to the EU Ivan Rogers had resigned, just as London prepared to launch fraught Brexit divorce negotiations. “We regret the loss of a very professional, very knowledgeable while not always easy interlocutor and diplomat, who always loyally defended the ...

January 4, 2017

Int'l Organizations

Israeli Officials Back, Urge “Shoot-to-Kill” against Palestinians: HRW

Zionist soldiers and police have been incited by some of the country’s top politicians to ignore protocols when engaging with Palestinians who initiate attacks, Sari Bashi, Human Rights Watch’s ‘Israel/Palestine’ Advocacy Director, said. In a special report of the Zionist-Palestinian conflict, HRW said that “some senior Israeli officials have been ...

January 4, 2017