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.
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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.
INTERVIEWS
‘West using truce to save Syria terrorists’
A political analyst says certain Western governments and their regional allies have been using any ceasefire in Syria to save militants from being annihilated.
ECONOMY
Iran intensified plane leasing talks with EU firms
Ali Abedzadeh, the head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization (CAO), says discussions have been intensified with European companies over leasing airplanes.
LEBANON
Judge urges Arabsat to drop Hezbollah TV ban
Arabsat abruptly stopped the broadcast of Hezbollah-run al-Manar in December 2015.
This makes it easy to access the Press TV website