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N Korea's Kim vows to turn country into world's strongest nuclear power

Wed Dec 13, 2017 09:13:16

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said that he will turn his country into the "world's strongest nuclear power."

Iraq PM warns Isis might erupt again somewhere else

Wed Dec 13, 2017 08:46:31

Three days after declaring victory over the Isis group, Iraq's prime minister warns that the group's extremists might "erupt again somewhere else" without international cooperation in combatting the militants.

Democrat wins U.S. Senate seat in Alabama, reducing Republicans majority to 51-49

Wed Dec 13, 2017 08:07:04

Democrat Doug Jones won Alabama's election for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, scoring an upset victory in a deeply conservative state against a Republican candidate who was backed by President Donald Trump, U.S. media said.

World leaders, high security at Paris climate summit

Tue Dec 12, 2017 11:13:06

Some 3,100 security personnel are fanned out around Paris for Tuesday's event.

More than 8 million Yemenis 'a step away from famine': UN

Tue Dec 12, 2017 10:03:50

The continuing blockade of ports is limiting supplies of fuel, food and medicines; dramatically increasing the number of vulnerable people who need help.

EU governments complicit in migrant torture in Libya, says Amnesty

Tue Dec 12, 2017 09:59:32

European governments are knowingly complicit in the torture and abuse of refugees and migrants in Libya, Amnesty International has alleged.

Iran says it will look into releasing British national

Mon Dec 11, 2017 14:40:10

Iran's Foreign Ministry says it will raise the case of a detained British-Iranian woman with the judiciary "out of humanitarian concerns" following a visit by British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.

U.S.-backed Syrian forces, Iraqi army coordinate at border - SDF

Mon Dec 11, 2017 14:28:49

U.S.-backed militias in Syria said they have set up a joint military centre with the Iraqi army to protect their common border region after ousting Isis.

Russia's Putin stops at Russian military base in Syria

Mon Dec 11, 2017 14:16:36

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited a Russian military air base in Syria on Monday and announced a partial pullout of Russian forces from the country.

U.S. is a partner in bloodshed with Jerusalem move, Erdogan says

Mon Dec 11, 2017 14:06:11

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that the United States had become a partner in bloodshed with its decision to recognise al-Quds as Israel's capital.