North Korea condemns U.S. sanctions, warns denuclearization at risk

North Korea on Sunday condemned the U.S. administration for stepping up sanctions and pressure on the nuclear-armed country, warning of a return to "exchanges of fire" and that disarming Pyongyang could be blocked forever.

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Putin wants Kremlin to back rap music and youth culture

President Putin says the Kremlin should support rap music and youth culture, rather than ban it.

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Pete Davidson 'safe' after suicide concerns

The Saturday Night Live comedian reportedly wrote he didn't "want to be on this earth anymore".

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Protesting Ethiopian soldiers given jail terms

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said the soldiers had marched to his office in order to kill him.

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Brexit pressure rises, but UK government says no to second vote

Britain's government is not preparing for a second referendum on Brexit, ministers said on Sunday, sticking to the script that Prime Minister Theresa May's deal could still pass through parliament with a few changes.

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Turkey 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.

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Turkey would consider working with Syria's Assad if he won a democratic election

Turkey would consider working with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad if he won a democratic election, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told a conference in Qatar on Sunday.

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Cambodia makes record breaking ivory haul at port

The discovery of a container with more than 1,000 tusks is the country's largest ever ivory bust.

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Rescue helicopter crashes in Portugal, four dead - INEM

A medical helicopter crashed in a mountainous area near Porto, Portugal's second biggest city, killing two pilots, a doctor and a nurse on board, the country's INEM emergency service said on Sunday.

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Climate talks pass baton in race to stop global warming

Fractious climate change talks in Poland showed the limits of international action to limit global warming in a polarized world, putting the onus on individual governments, cities and communities to stop temperatures rising.

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Trump working on extraditing Gulen, Turkish foreign minister says

U.S. President Donald Trump told his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan that Washington was working on extraditing a U.S.-based Muslim cleric accused of orchestrating a failed Turkish coup in 2016, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Sunday.

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Ministers deny planning no-deal Brexit holiday warnings

Downing Street dismisses reports families will be advised not to book EU travel after March 2019.

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Britain's Labour will try to force parliament Brexit vote next week

Britain's main opposition Labour Party will do all it can to force the government to bring a vote on Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal to parliament next week, its election coordinator Andrew Gwynne said on Sunday.

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John of God: Brazil 'faith healer' considered fugitive

Spiritual healer "John of God", accused of sexually abusing 300 women, failed to turn himself in.

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Malaysia's Mahathir says no rights to recognize Jerusalem as Israeli capital

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Sunday criticized Australia's move to recognise West Jerusalem as Israel's capital, saying countries had "no rights" to do so.

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Confidence motion against UK government could pass: Scotland's Sturgeon

Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Sunday she thought that a confidence motion against the government could succeed in parliament, piling pressure on the main opposition Labour Party to trigger such a vote.

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Bahrain foreign minister defends Australia's decision on Jerusalem

The foreign minister of U.S. ally Bahrain has defended Australia's formal recognition of West Jerusalem as Israel's capital, saying the move would not affect a future Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital.

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Mulvaney called Trump 'terrible human being' in 2016, video shows

The president's choice for new acting White House chief of staff was not always a fan, video shows.

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British government is not planning for second Brexit vote: minister

British education minister Damian Hinds said on Sunday the government was not planning for a second referendum, denying reports that ministers were looking at such a vote to break the deadlock over Brexit.

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Damascus prepares for Christmas without mortar fire

Christmas decorations are going up for the first time in years in a Damascus neighborhood that was a frontline in Syria's war until government forces wiped out the last rebel enclaves in the capital earlier this year.

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Bad weather hits Christmas shopping on the High Street

Icy temperatures and the lure of online shopping hit pre-Christmas retail sales.

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Stuttgart: Christian Gentner's father dies in stadium after Bundesliga game

Stuttgart mourn the loss of captain Christian Gentner's father, who died in the stadium after Saturday's win over Hertha Berlin.

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