Israeli police question PM over corruption allegations
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Likud party meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem on Jan. 2. (Ronen Zvulun/Reuters) JERUSALEM — Israeli police investigators questioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for three hours Monday night as part of a criminal probe into whether he received bribes from wealthy businessmen. Although no charges have been filed, the questioning at the prime minister’s official residence marked an escalation in a long-runnin..>> view originalTurkey nightclub attack: Arrests in hunt for gunman
Media captionFootage shows the attacker pointing his gun as he approaches the Reina nightclub Turkish police have launched raids in Istanbul and arrested 12 people, as the hunt for an attacker who killed 39 people in a nightclub intensifies.Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said authorities had fingerprints and a basic description, and vowed to "speedily" identify the suspect.Some 600 revellers were in the Reina nightclub early on Sunday when the gunman attacked.The Islamic State (IS) g..>> view originalAsia Pacific|India's Top Court Bars Campaigns Based on Identity Politics
Photo Posters of Hindu gods in Guwahati, India, on Monday. The top court in the country said that the Constitution enshrines its elections as fundamentally secular. Credit Anupam Nath/Associated Press NEW DELHI — India’s Supreme Court ruled on Monday that candidates for political office cannot appeal to voters on the basis of religion, caste, community or language, arguing that India’s Constitution enshrines its elections as fundamentally secular.A majority of four just..>> view originalTurkish military says 18 Islamic State militants killed in clashes in Syri...
ANKARA Turkey's military, backing Syrian rebels in a four-month-old operation against Islamic State militants in northern Syria, said on Tuesday that 18 of the jihadists had been killed and 37 wounded in clashes and artillery fire on Monday.In a round-up of its operations over the past 24 hours, the army said its warplanes destroyed four Islamic State targets and Russian aircraft hit jihadists in Dayr Kak, 8 km (5 miles) southwest of the Islamic State-controlled town of al-Bab. (Reporting b..>> view originalAt least 56 killed in Brazil prison riot over drug turf, officials say
Bodies were thrown over the wall of the complex, and at least six people were decapitated, the news agency reported. The revolt started Sunday afternoon as part of a rivalry between two criminal organizations at the Anisio Jobim Prison Complex in the city of Manaus, Agencia Brasil reported, citing Sergio Fontes, the public safety secretary for the state of Amazonas.Violence erupted on Sunday between incarcerated members of the the Familia do Norte (FDN) and the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) ..>> view originalEU--Germany-Security
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's interior minister is proposing a security shake-up that could include creating "federal departure centers" to ease the deportation of rejected asylum-seekers and centralizing the country's domestic intelligence agency.Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere's suggestions in a guest article Tuesday in the daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung followed last month's attack on a Berlin Christmas market.The government has promised to examine whether laws need to be changed followi..>> view originalChina Confirms Its Carrier Held Drills in South China Sea
BEIJING — China confirmed that its aircraft carrier has for the first time conducted drills in the South China Sea with a formation of other warships and fighter jets, a move that could raise concerns among its neighbors.The Defense Ministry said several J-15 fighter jets took off and landed from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Liaoning on Monday. The Liaoning, China's first and only aircraft carrier, sailed into the South China Sea last week.The confirmation late Monday came days af..>> view originalSuicide Bombing in Baghdad Kills at Least 36
Photo The remains of a suicide car bombing on Monday in a bustling outdoor market in Baghdad’s eastern Sadr City district. Credit Karim Kadim/Associated Press BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber detonated a pickup truck loaded with explosives on Monday in a busy Baghdad market, killing at least 36 people hours after President François Hollande of France arrived in the Iraqi capital.The Islamic State later claimed responsibility for the attack.The bomb went off in a produce marke..>> view originalSyrian conflict: Rebels threaten to boycott peace talks
Image copyright AFP/Getty Image caption The ceasefire is meant to apply across Syria - and has mostly been holding Syrian rebel groups say they are suspending participation in the preparations for peace talks planned by Russia and Turkey for later this month.A statement, signed by a number of groups, cited "many and large violations" of the ceasefire by the Syrian government as the reason.Turkey and Russia brokered the ceasefire deal last Thursday, an..>> view originalWho Was Queen Before Elizabeth II? Timeline Of British Rulers Before The Longest Reigning Monarch
Queen Elizabeth II is currently battling a "heavy cold" that has forced the monarch to skip annual royal holiday celebrations, including Christmas and New Year services, giving rise to speculation that the longest reigning monarch might have to leave her royal duties due to health concerns.She is the second woman to rule the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, which formed in 1801 after a unified Kingdom of Great Britain merged with the Kingdom of Ireland. The only other woman in that p..>> view original
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