Suicide attackers hit Libya’s foreign ministry in Tripoli

Suicide attackers hit the headquarters of Libya's foreign ministry in Tripoli on Tuesday, opening fire before blowing themselves up inside, a security source said.

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Russia says Gaddafi's son should play role in Libyan politics: RIA

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the most prominent son of the former Libyan leader, should play a role in his country's political life, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov was cited as saying on Monday by the RIA news agency.

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Gunmen attack headquarters of Libya’s foreign ministry in Tripoli: Reuters witness

Gunmen attacked the headquarters of Libya's foreign ministry in Tripoli on Tuesday, according to a Reuters witness at the scene.

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California Governor orders new DNA tests in death row case

California Gov. Jerry Brown ordered late Monday that a man sitting on death row for a quadruple murder must have one more attempt to prove he is innocent of hacking a family to death with a hatchet more than 30 years ago.

from Reuters: U.S. https://reut.rs/2PWtWLv

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China says discusses with Pakistan 'new changes' in Afghanistan situation

Senior Chinese and Pakistani diplomats discussed on Tuesday "new changes" to the situation in Afghanistan, China's foreign ministry said, amid plans by the United States to withdraw about half of the 14,000 U.S. troops based in the country.

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Japan's Nikkei index slides amid US uncertainty

A fall in Japan's Nikkei index comes after Wall Street suffersthe worst Christmas Eve on record.

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Japan's Nikkei index slides amid US uncertainty

A fall in Japan's Nikkei index comes after Wall Street suffersthe worst Christmas Eve on record.

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Mexico's Puebla governor Martha Erika Alonso dies in helicopter crash

Governor Martha Erika Alonso, who died along with her senator husband, was sworn in on 14 December.

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Pope Francis condemns world of materialism and poverty

In his Christmas Eve Mass homily, he urged people to ask themselves if they needed to own so much.

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Trump to boy: Do you believe in Santa?

The US president asked the question to a child who called the White House on Christmas Eve.

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Kevin Spacey: Actor charged with sexual assault in Massachusetts

The actor posts a clip in which he appears to deny wrongdoing while in character as Frank Underwood.

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Mount Etna has first 'flank eruption' in over a decade

Europe's most active volcano erupted on Monday and officials report more than 130 earthquakes nearly.

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Priest learns sign language to make sermons more inclusive

A pastor in Belarus wants his congregation to get the word of God from him and not through an interpreter.

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Belgrade Christmas tree cost '€83,000'

Some people are questioning why they have the world's most expensive Christmas tree when over 30% of people there don't have sewage.

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The bears bringing joy to Paris

The teddies have quite a following on Facebook.

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When Donald met Kim: What happened next?

Did Trump succeed where others, for decades, had failed with North Korea? Our correspondent says: no.

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In pictures: World celebrates Christmas

The best images from around the world as Christians mark the birth of Christ.

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China birth rate: Mothers, your country needs you!

Why ageing China's failure to raise its birth rate poses a crisis for the future.

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Zimbabwe's scaled-back Christmas celebrations

Zimbabweans have had to scale back their seasonal celebrations as the economic crisis worsens.

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Bringing 'Asia's zebras' back to the steppe

Asiatic wild asses disappeared from central Kazakhstan a century ago. Conservationists are trying to bring them back.

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Chestnut-killing wasp threatens major harvest

A small, invasive wasp is threatening the cultivation of chestnuts in Spain.

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Manbij roadmap to be completed by end of U.S. withdrawal from Syria: Anadolu citing minister

Turkey and the United States have agreed to complete their agreement on the Syrian town of Manbij by the time the full U.S. withdrawal from Syria is completed, the state-owned Anadolu news agency cited the foreign minister as saying on Tuesday.

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Rouhani presents Iranian budget, says U.S. sanctions to hit lives, growth

President Hassan Rouhani presented a state budget of 4,700 trillion rials to parliament on Tuesday, saying U.S. sanctions would affect Iranians' lives and economic growth but not bring the government to its knees.

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Indonesian rescuers use drones, sniffer dogs as tsunami death toll rises

Indonesian rescuers on Tuesday used drones and sniffer dogs to search for survivors along the devastated west coast of Java hit by a series of tsunamis that killed at least 373 people, warning more victims are expected to be uncovered as the search expands.

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Turkey determined to cross east of Euphrates as soon as possible, Hurriyet cites foreign minister

Turkey is determined to cross to the east of the Euphrates river in northern Syria as soon as possible, the Hurriyet newspaper quoted Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu as saying on Tuesday.

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Factbox: Indonesia regularly hit by quakes and tsunamis

A tsunami killed at least 62 people on the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra and injured hundreds following an underwater landslide caused by a volcanic eruption on Saturday, the disaster mitigation agency said.

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Attack on government building in Afghan capital leaves 43 dead: official

Afghan authorities on Tuesday collected 43 bodies from a government compound in the Afghan capital Kabul that was targeted by a suicide bomber and extremists armed with assault rifles on Monday, officials said.

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Remember the poor and shun materialism, pope says on Christmas Eve

Pope Francis led the world's Roman Catholics into Christmas on Monday, urging people in the developed world to seek a simpler, less materialistic life and condemning the yawning gap between the rich and the poor.

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U.S. border wall no match for Mexican girl's Santa wish list

A balloon launched by a Mexican girl and carrying her Santa present list floated over the U.S. border wall and was found by an Arizona man who granted the 8-year-old's Christmas wishes.

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