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New Year’s Eve: ‘Most technologically advanced’ Sydney fireworks show wows 1 billion people worldwide

New Year’s Eve: ‘Most technologically advanced’ Sydney fireworks show wows 1 billion people worldwide

VIDEO: Timelapse: Brisbane’s New Year fireworks (ABC News) With an estimated worldwide audience of 1 billion people the Sydney fireworks spectacular wowed the crowds around the harbour which was jammed to capacity by midnight on Sunday. View image on Twitter About 1.6 million people attended the fireworks around the edge of Sydney Harbour where a rainbow waterfall off the […]

Deadly bombing targets Afghan official’s funeral

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Deadly bombing targets Afghan official’s funeral

At least 18 people have been killed in a bombing at a funeral ceremony in eastern Afghanistan, according to local media. The attack was condemned as “an evil act” [Zabihullah Ghazi/Anadolu] The blast on Sunday took place as people gathered to pay respects to a former district chief in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province, Pajhwok […]

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Eyes on Kim Jong-un’s New Year message by Jun Ji-hye

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Eyes on Kim Jong-un’s New Year message by Jun Ji-hye

Government officials and experts here are paying keen attention to what message North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will deliver during his New Year address. Kim Jong-Un How the situation will develop around the Korean Peninsula in 2018 could depend on the contents of his address, because a year’s tasks announced in the leader’s New Year […]

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Merkel declares Europe top priority for new government

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Merkel declares Europe top priority for new government

Chancellor Angela Merkel will tell Germans that European co-operation is “the decisive question of the coming years” in a New Year’s Eve broadcast Sunday, as her conservatives eye tricky coalition talks. Photo: DPA Merkel will say that “27 states in Europe must be persuaded more strongly than ever to hold together as a community,” according […]

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Abadi rejects Turkey’s meditation on border crossings issue with Erbil: MP

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Abadi rejects Turkey’s meditation on border crossings issue with Erbil: MP

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi has rejected a request by Turkish President over the border exits, a parliamentarian source said on Sunday. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (left) shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a visit to Tukey. Speaking to Baghdad Today on Sunday, the source said “Kurdistan Region’s premier, […]

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Two mass graves found in Raqqa — Syrian state media

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Two mass graves found in Raqqa — Syrian state media

DAMASCUS — Two mass graves containing dozens of bodies of civilians and Syrian troops killed by the Daesh terror group extremists have been found in the west of Raqqa province, state news agency SANA reported Friday. Syrian forces excavate a site, said to be a mass grave by state news agency SANA, west of Raqqa […]

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N. Korea releases stamps marking latest ICMB launch (PHOTOS)

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N. Korea releases stamps marking latest ICMB launch (PHOTOS)

North Korea has released stamps celebrating the recent launch of the Hwasong-15 ICBM, which it claims is capable of hitting the US mainland. Apart from the missile, the stamps show the North Korean leader overseeing the test. North Korea fired the Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which splashed down in the Sea of Japan, in […]

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Three killed in shooting by Revolutionary Guards during protests in central Iran

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Three killed in shooting by Revolutionary Guards during protests in central Iran

An Iranian woman raises her fist amid the smoke of tear gas at the University of Tehran during a protest. (AFP)  Latest Iranian reports from Iran said that three people have been killed and others were injured when the Revolutionary Guard militias shot a night protest in ‎Doroud, Loerstan province, in central Iran. Opposition websites […]

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Trump stresses to Sisi full solidarity with Egypt in its war against terrorism after deadly attack on Helwan church

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Trump stresses to Sisi full solidarity with Egypt in its war against terrorism after deadly attack on Helwan church

US President Donald Trump stressed his country’s full solidarity with Egypt in its war against terrorism in a phone call with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi hours after Friday’s terrorist attack on a Coptic church south of Cairo, which killed nine and injured five, a statement by the Egyptian Presidency read. In an official statement, […]

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‘Death to the dictator:’ Videos show intensified Iran protests overnight

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‘Death to the dictator:’ Videos show intensified Iran protests overnight

Demonstrators expressed their rejection of corruption and repression, calling for “dictator” Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to stand down. Iranian protests across several cities continued throughout Friday night. Demonstrators expressed their rejection of corruption and repression, calling for “dictator” Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to stand down. Economic protests began Thursday, sparked by social media posts and a […]

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