French court orders sending Central African Republic war crimes suspect to ICC

A French court has authorized Central Africa Republic soccer executive and alleged militia leader Patrice-Edouard Ngaissona to be handed over to the Hague war crimes tribunal, a judicial source said on Monday.

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Violence, gangs cast pall over life in Honduras

Ana Luz, sister-in-law of Ronald Blanco, looked on grimly as neighbors of the murdered Honduran man washed away the rills of blood left where his bullet-ridden body had lain outside his house in a troubled barrio on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa.

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Bangladesh PM rejects complaints of rigging after landslide win

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday rejected opposition complaints of vote rigging and said people had gone to the polls enthusiastically in a largely peacefully general election that her ruling alliance swept with a landslide.

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Brexit: US ambassador to UK Johnson warns on trade deal

Donald Trump's offer on trade cannot happen if the PM's Brexit deal goes through, says Woody Johnson.

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Families, friends of trapped Indian miners lose hope after 18 days

Relatives of at least 15 Indian miners trapped in a "rat-hole" mine for 18 days said on Monday they have given up hope that any of them would be found alive, even as rescue operations were stepped up.

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Fired bodyguard contradicts French presidency on Macron contacts

Emmanuel Macron's former security adviser said on Monday he regularly spoke to the French president, contradicting the presidency that has tried to distance itself from him since he was sacked for violent conduct that fueled a political scandal.

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Israeli spy sees possible threat from Iraq as Iran's clout grows

Iran could use its growing clout in Iraq to turn the Arab country into a springboard for attacks against Israel, the top Israeli intelligence official said on Monday.

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Palestinian court jails U.S.-Palestinian for life for Jerusalem land sale

A Palestinian court sentenced an American-Palestinian on Monday to life imprisonment for violating a ban on selling land to Israelis, judiciary officials said.

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Bangladesh election commissioner rejects call for fresh election

Bangladesh's chief election commissioner rejected on Monday an opposition demand for a fresh election, after widespread opposition complaints that vote rigging handed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ruling party victory.

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More work to do on Brexit assurances, says UK PM May's spokeswoman

Britain still has work to do to get the assurances from the European Union it needs over its Brexit agreement, Prime Minister Theresa May's spokeswoman said on Monday, adding that May had spoken to other EU leaders over the Christmas holiday.

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Bomb outside shopping center kills two, wounds 28 in Philippines

A crude bomb, blamed by security forces on a small pro-Islamic State militant group, killed two people and wounded dozens on Monday in the southern Philippines, an army commander said.

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Vatican spokesman, deputy resign suddenly

The spokesman for the Vatican and his deputy resigned suddenly on Monday, an official statement said.

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UAE court upholds 10-year jail sentence of activist Mansoor: sources

A United Arab Emirates appeals court upheld a 10-year jail sentence against pro-democracy campaigner Ahmed Mansoor for criticizing the government on social media, two sources familiar with the case said on Monday.

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Bahrain top court upholds sentence against activist Rajab: lawyer

Bahrain's high court upheld on Monday a five-year jail sentence against human rights activist Nabeel Rajab, his lawyer said, in a move described by campaign groups as "political persecution" and "utterly outrageous".

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