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Italy OK's bailout to save world’s oldest bank
The Italian government has approved a bailout plan to rescue the country's struggling banks including the world’s oldest surviving bank - Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS).

The Italian government has approved a bailout plan to rescue the country's struggling banks including the world’s oldest surviving bank - Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS).

UK Prime Minister Theresa May must explain why it took so long for the government to recognize that UK-made cluster were used by Saudi Arabia in Yemen, Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn says.

Bahrain’s Court of Appeal upholds a death and 14 life sentences handed down to 15 anti-regime protesters.

Thousands of Japanese have protested against the presence of US military forces on the southern island of Okinawa.

The US state of California has begun investigating two of its deadliest police agencies.

The assassination of the Russian ambassador to Turkey was possibly perpetrated by Israel-linked forces, an analyst says.

Foreign-sponsored Takfiri militant groups have admitted that the Syrian government's full control over Aleppo is "great loss" to them.

A white officer has tackled and arrested a black woman who had called police for help, a video shows.

Bahraini regime officials have interrogated top rights activist Nabeel Rajab over accusing Persian Gulf states of spreading extremism.

Donald Trump is refusing to back out of his plan to temporarily ban all Muslims from entering the US.

A US man has been charged with attempting to help Daesh buy weapons and ammunition.

US President-elect Donald Trump has called for the US to "greatly strengthen and expand" its nuclear arsenal.

A fighter jet belonging to the UN-backed Libyan government crashes on a training mission, killing its two crew.

At lest 47 civilians are killed in Turkey's aerial attacks on Syria's city of al-Bab.

The last batch of civilians and militants are transferred out of Aleppo, the Syrian army says.

The US has protected Israel from UN action and international criticism for decades, a political analyst in Virginia says.

The UN Security Council postpones a vote on a draft resolution demanding a halt to Israel's settlement activities.

Turkey has deployed its soldiers to the Bashiqa military camp on the outskirts of Mosul, a move Iraq sees as a violation of its sovereignty.