NewsAFP NewsMacron's ex-bodyguard faces fresh charges in 'Benallagate' scandal
A former top security aide to French President Emmanuel Macron who caused a political storm after it emerged he had roughed up protesters at a May Day demonstration is facing further charges over the affair. Ex-bodyguard Alexandre Benalla, 26, is already facing two criminal charges after videos emerged
NewsAFP NewsOttawa's envoy in China meets with second detained Canadian: ministry
Ottawa's ambassador to Beijing has met with the second Canadian detained in China on suspicion of threatening national security, Canada's foreign ministry said Sunday. The ministry said Ambassador John McCallum had met with Michael Spavor, a business consultant, two days after meeting with another
NewsAFP NewsExplosion at Japan restaurant injures 42: police
An explosion at a restaurant in northern Japan injured 42 people late Sunday, police said, with the blast reportedly causing surrounding buildings to collapse. Fires broke out following the incident in the northern city of Sapporo, Kyodo news agency said, and images from the scene showed large flames
NewsAFP NewsRussia retains heightened military border presence: Ukraine leader
Russia retains a heightened military presence on Ukraine's border, having pulled back "less than 10 percent" of its forces since tensions between the countries peaked in November, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Sunday. "The biggest part (of troops) is still there, less
NewsAFP NewsHeavy fog grounds flights in the Netherlands
Heavy fog over the Netherlands forced at least one airport to close its runways and divert inbound flights Sunday, leaving thousands of passengers stranded, the airports and news reports said. The southern Eindhoven international airport has been closed since noon (1100 GMT), with some 27 inbound flights
NewsAFP NewsCar bomb kills 9 people in Syria's Afrin: monitor
A car bomb killed at least nine people including five civilians near a pro-Turkey rebel post in the northern Syrian city of Afrin on Sunday, a British-based war monitor said. The explosion comes after the Turkish president on Wednesday threatened to launch a new offensive against the Kurdish People&
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Fox News' Chris Wallace Tears Into Rudy Giuliani: 'I'm Asking You For The Truth, Sir'
Fox News' Chris Wallace on Sunday pleaded with President Donald Trump's
NewsAFP NewsMacron govt hopes 'yellow vest' protests running out of steam
The French government was on Sunday hoping the sharp drop in "yellow vest" demonstrators signalled an end to protests which have plunged President Macron into the biggest crisis of his presidency. Around 66,000 protesters turned out again on Saturday for a fifth round of anti-government demonstrations
NewsReutersTurkey says Trump working on extraditing wanted cleric Gulen
U.S. President Donald Trump has told his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan that Washington is working on extraditing a U.S.-based Muslim cleric accused of orchestrating a failed Turkish coup in 2016, Turkey's foreign minister said on Sunday. "In Argentina, Trump told Erdogan they were working
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Explosion at Japan restaurant injures 42: police
An explosion at a restaurant in northern Japan injured 42 people late Sunday, police said, with the blast reportedly causing surrounding buildings to collapse. Fires broke out following the incident in the northern city of Sapporo, Kyodo news agency said, and images from the scene showed large flames
NewsReutersThousands of Hungarians protest against Orban's rule
Around 10,000 Hungarians protested in Budapest on Sunday against a new labour law and what they see as the increasingly authoritarian rule of right-wing nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Sunday's protest, called "Merry Xmas Mr. Prime Minister" by organisers, was the fourth, and
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Colin Kroll, Co-Founder Of HQ Trivia And Vine, Found Dead In New York Apartment
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NewsAFP NewsProtestors arrested outside Russian security service HQ
Russian police on Sunday arrested seven people protesting outside the Moscow headquarters of the FSB, Russia's security service, rights group OVD-Info reported. Several dozen protestors gathered outside the infamous Lublyanka building for an unauthorised demonstration against what they say are abuses
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Chuck Schumer Urges Congressional Vote Rejecting Obamacare Ruling
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) says Congress should hold a vote
NewsReutersMore than 40 injured in explosion in Japan's Sapporo: Kyodo
More than 40 people were injured in an explosion on Sunday at a bar in Sapporo in northern Japan, Kyodo news agency reported. Kyodo said one person was in critical condition. Eyewitnesses reported smelling gas in the area following the explosion, which Kyodo said happened at 8.30 p.m. (1130 GMT).
NewsReutersUkraine president won't extend martial law, barring Russia attack
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Sunday he did not plan to extend martial law unless there was a large scale attack from Russia.
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Efforts against HIV/AIDS must be recognised, say civil and corporate figures
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 — The efforts of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), civil society and individuals who have contributed their efforts to tackle the HIV epidemic in Malaysia must be...
NewsAFP NewsScuffles as Brussels anti-migration rally draws thousands
Police deployed teargas and water cannon after scuffles broke out Sunday as thousands of people answered a call by far-right groups to reject a UN migration pact. Police said some 5,500 people rallied in Brussels' European quarter housing a number of EU institutions. Some held aloft banners bearing
NewsAFP NewsPainful memories for family of Guatemalan girl who died in US custody
Outside a humble thatched-roof home deep in the lush Guatemalan countryside, the mother of a seven-year-old girl who died after being detained by US border agents tries to remember happier days with her daughter. The 27-year-old woman mournfully points to a nearby tree that young Jakelin Caal enjoyed
NewsAFP NewsOrthodox Patriarch welcomes Ukraine's independent church
The Orthodox Patriarch has welcomed the creation of an Orthodox church in Ukraine independent of Moscow and invited its leader to Istanbul to receive official confirmation of its status. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, the leading authority in Orthodox Christianity, expressed "
NewsReutersGeorgia's new pro-Western president seeks unity after vote protests
Georgia's incoming President Salome Zurabishvili vowed to reconcile political divisions and deepen ties with NATO and Europe at Sunday's inauguration that opposition protesters were blocked from reaching. French-born Zurabishvili, backed by the ruling Georgian Dream party, won 59.5 percent of
NewsAFP NewsSri Lanka reinstates ousted PM, begins uneasy truce
Sri Lanka's president on Sunday reappointed as prime minister the same man he sacked from the job nearly two months ago, ending a power struggle and immediately setting off an uneasy cohabitation government. Ranil Wickremesinghe, whose shock dismissal in late October threw Sri Lanka into an unprecedented
NewsAFP NewsAir strikes, clashes hit Yemen port city despite ceasefire
The UN's envoy to Yemen called on Sunday for pro-government forces and rebels to respect a ceasefire in the Red Sea port city of Hodeida, after repeated clashes between the two sides threatened to unravel a hard-won accord hammered out in Sweden last week. "The special envoy expects the two
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Thanks for the support, Baru Bian tells Sarawak PKR division heads after reappointment
KUCHING, Dec 16 — Works Minister Baru Bian today thanked and offered his appreciation to the divisional heads for their support for him to lead the Sarawak PKR for another term. He said their...
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