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Israel says to free Palestinians and build more settlements Israel will announce plans for new settlement construction next week, coinciding with the release of a third batch of Palestinian prisoners as part of peace talks, an official said Thursday.
27 December 2013
©Reuters/Aly Song Oil prices up on escalating South Sudan violence Crude edged higher in Asian trade Thursday on supply concerns following escalating violence in oil-producer South Sudan, but gains were capped as dealers sat on the sidelines awaiting fresh leads after the festive season.
26 December 2013
Turkey PM reshuffles cabinet amid graft scandal Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan replaced nearly half his cabinet in a dramatic reshuffle after a spreading graft scandal forced the resignation of three top ministers.
26 December 2013
US 'concern' over Uganda anti-gay bill The United States voiced concern on Tuesday over a draconian anti-homosexuality bill passed by Uganda's parliament.
26 December 2013
SPLA soldiers. ©Reuters/Goran Tomasevic 'Thousands' killed as South Sudan slides towards civil war Thousands of South Sudanese have been killed in over a week of violence with reports of bodies piled in mass graves, the UN said Tuesday, as the Security Council agreed to nearly double its peacekeepers in the young nation threatening to slide into civil war.
25 December 2013
Turkey's scandal-hit ministers resign Turkey's economy and interior ministers, ensnared in a vast corruption scandal that has roiled the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, resigned.
25 December 2013
Pope marks first Christmas as crowds flock to Bethlehem Pope Francis held his first Christmas Eve mass in the Vatican on Tuesday by highlighting the role played by humble shepherds in the Nativity, as thousands flocked to the historic site of Jesus's birth in Bethlehem.
25 December 2013
Egypt's Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi. ©Reuters/Ben Job  Egypt PM labels Brotherhood 'terrorist' group after bomb kills 14 Egypt's premier on Tuesday declared the Muslim Brotherhood movement a "terrorist" group, after a car bomb ripped through a police building and killed at least 14 people.
24 December 2013
Massacre, rapes, executions carried out in South Sudan: witnesses South Sudanese soldiers have carried out a string of ethnic killings, including a massacre, house-to-house killings and rapes, following an outbreak of fighting more than a week ago.
24 December 2013
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) meets with South Sudan's President Salva Kiir in Addis Ababa May 26, 2013. ©REUTERS/Jim Young US ups pressure in S. Sudan, but no military role likely The United States -- a key backer of South Sudan's 2011 independence -- is increasing diplomatic pressure amid an intensifying conflict there but will not consider military intervention, experts said.
24 December 2013
Pakistan court says it cannot lift Musharraf travel ban A Pakistani court on Monday said it was unable to lift a travel ban on former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, a day before his trial for treason was due to start.
23 December 2013
©Reuters/Chaiwat Subprasom Dubai police in record $31 mn drugs haul Dubai police have made a record drug seizure of some 4.6 million Captagon pills, an amphetamine-like stimulant, worth more than $31 million (23 million euros), the local press reported Monday.
23 December 2013
Devastating church bombing haunts Christmas in Pakistan For Christians in Pakistan's troubled, violent northwestern city Peshawar, Christmas this year will be dominated by absent faces.
23 December 2013
Mauritania ruling party wins absolute majority Mauritania's ruling UPR party has won a ruling majority in parliament after a second round of legislative elections.
23 December 2013
Syria views Saudi as number one enemy Syria now views Saudi Arabia as its number one enemy and accuses it of trying to destroy the country by arming jihadists and other rebels fighting to oust President Bashar al-Assad.
22 December 2013
©Reuters/Jed Jacobsohn Mozambique airline captain 'intentionally' crashed: probe A Mozambican Airlines captain had a "clear intention" to crash an airplane that went down in Namibia killing 33 at the end of November, according to a preliminary investigation reported Saturday.
22 December 2013
©Reuters/Esam Omran Al-Fetori Suicide attack near Libya's Benghazi kills at least seven: officials A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-packed vehicle into a security checkpoint outside the restive city of Benghazi in eastern Libya on Sunday, killing at least seven people, witnesses and security sources said.
22 December 2013
Uganda adopts tough anti-gay bill Uganda's parliament on Friday adopted an anti-homosexuality bill that will see repeat offenders jailed for life, sparking an international outcry as lawmakers hailed it as a victory against "evil".
21 December 2013
Scandal-hit Turkey PM presses police purge Turkish prosecutors have begun charging some of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's closest allies in a huge graft scandal he has responded to with a spectacular purge of the police.
21 December 2013
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir. ©Reuters/Goran Tomasevic S. Sudan at 'precipice' amid growing violence: Obama US President Barack Obama warned that South Sudan stands at the "precipice" of renewed civil war, amid spiralling violence including an attack on a UN base that killed three Indian peacekeepers.
20 December 2013

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