FRANCE
France to build glass wall around Eiffel Tower
Paris plans to construct a bullet-proof glass wall measuring 2.5 meters high around the Eiffel Tower amid terror threats.
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SYRIA
Russia blasts 'fake' Amnesty report on Syria
Russia says the Amnesty report of mass hangings in Syria is "a false story that does not correspond to reality."
TURKEY
Putin ‘saddened’ by death of Turkish troops
The Russian president expresses condolences to his Turkish counterpart over airstrikes that accidentally killed Turkish troops in Syria.
FRANCE
French police arrest 26 more amid unrest
Another 26 people are arrested in Paris suburb as unrest continues over alleged mistreatment of a black man by police.
EGYPT
Egypt shuts offices of anti-torture rights group
Authorities in Cairo close the offices of a medical center providing aid to torture victims in Egypt.
PAKISTAN
India has built secret nuclear city: Pakistan
Pakistan says India has built a ‘secret nuclear city’ where a stockpile of nuclear weapons has been accumulated.
EU
Romania justice minister quits amid protests
Romanian Justice Minister Florin Iordache resigns over anti-government protests over a controversial decriminalizing verdict.
PALESTINE
Palestinian injures 6 in shooting, stabbing attack
A Palestinian man allegedly injures six people in a stabbing and shooting attack at a market in the occupied territories.
POLITICS
US Senate confirms Trump’s attorney general pick
The US Senate in Congress has confirmed President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general.
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Indonesia recovers 6 refugee bodies off Malaysia
Indonesian authorities find bodies of six people from a sunken Malaysian refugee boat.
SYRIA
Blast hits Syria’s Homs, several killed
Homs’ government-held Zahra district is hit by a deadly bomb explosion.
POLITICS
‘Iran’s military might only for self-defense’
The Iranian president says the Islamic Republic has never interfered in the affairs of other countries and has no such plan.
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Malaysia ship with aid for Rohingya in Myanmar
The ship carrying food and medicine for the persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority arrived in Yangon on Thursday.
CHINA
Ex-boss of China auto giant gets hefty jail term
The former head of a Chinese auto giant is sentenced to 11 and a half years in prison for graft.
SOCIETY
Powerful snowstorm pounds northeastern US
Officials in eastern US have asked people to prepare for one of the heaviest snow storms of the season.
POLITICS
‘US revealing old Iran enmity for world to see’
The Iranian Foreign Ministry says despite a change of president in the US, Washington’s enmity towards Iran remains unchanged.
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Kenya court orders refugee camp to stay open
A Kenya court rejects government's decision to close Dadaab, the world's biggest refugee camp near Somalia.
POLITICS
US Democrats founded Ku Klux Klan: Cruz
Ted Cruz says Democrats have no business accusing other of racism as they were the ones that founded the KKK.
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