WFP says Yemen food aid being stolen in Houthi-run areas

Food aid meant for starving Yemenis is being stolen and sold in some areas controlled by the Houthi movement, the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday.

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Italy's Salvini sees no danger to government in coming months

Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said on Monday he "did not see any danger" to the government in the coming months as it turns its attention to new reforms after finally pushing its 2019 budget into law.

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Burkina Faso declares state of emergency in north following attacks

Burkina Faso has declared a state of emergency in several northern provinces, a government spokesman said on Monday, as Islamist groups intensify attacks in areas bordering Mali.

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Sudanese security forces fire tear gas at protesters in Khartoum: witnesses

Sudanese security forces fired tear gas at hundreds of demonstrators in central Khartoum on Monday, Reuters witnesses said, as authorities stepped up their presence at key sites after a call for protests on the eve of Sudan's independence day anniversary

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New York's Times Square ready for New Year's close-up

Tens of thousands of revelers will jam into New York's Times Square on Monday to await the midnight descent of the glowing crystal ball that has marked the arrival of the new year in the famed Manhattan crossroads for more than century.

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Russian apartment block blast kills at least four, dozens missing: agencies

Rescuers scrambled amid freezing temperatures to recover people trapped in the rubble of a Russian city apartment block that collapsed in a gas explosion on Monday, killing at least four people and leaving dozens missing, news agencies reported.

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., announces she’s forming an exploratory committee in step toward 2020 presidential run

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UAE court upholds 10-year jail sentence of rights activist Mansoor

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

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Global markets in worst year since 2008

Investors will be glad to see the back of 2018 after major markets end with biggest falls in a decade.

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Bosnian town cancels New Year celebrations due to protests

The mayor of the northwestern Bosnian town of Banja Luka has canceled Monday's New Year celebrations for security reasons after protesters demanding the truth about a student's death prevented a public concert taking place the previous evening.

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Iraqi warplanes strike Islamic State leaders in Syria: military

Iraqi warplanes hit a meeting of Islamic State leaders near Deir al-Zor in Syria on Monday, destroying the building they were gathered in, the military said in a statement, without giving further details about the militants targeted.

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Iran TV chief sacked over uncensored Jackie Chan sex scene

A regional TV channel broadcast Jackie Chan's Shinjuku Incident without censoring an "immoral" part.

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Pete Tong NYE 'balloon drop' cancelled after protests

Organisers had planned to release 130,000 balloons at a Manila nightclub to ring in the new year.

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Hopman Cup: Serena Williams & Roger Federer to play for first time

Roger Federer and Serena Williams will meet on court for the first time at the Hopman Cup on Tuesday.

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2019: The new year begins with a bang in New Zealand

Auckland has said goodbye to 2018 and got the world's new year celebrations officially underway.

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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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