Fleeing Aleppo fighting, Syrians describe terrifying choices
BEIRUT As Syrian government forces advanced into Aleppo's rebel-held al-Sakhour district, Hasan al-Ali said he faced the choice of staying put and being caught by the army, or fleeing into a shrinking rebel enclave under relentless bombardment. A father of three children, he opted for the latter, though food, fuel, water and medicine are running critically low in rebel-held areas, such is his fear of the Syrian government that insurgents have been trying to unseat for more than five years. ..>> view originalBoris Johnson: UK should not pay 'large sums' for EU trade access
Media captionBoris Johnson: ''We will be able to take back control of the money that we currently give to Brussels" The UK should not have to pay "large" sums to the EU to trade with it after Brexit, Boris Johnson has said.The idea of the UK paying for tariff-free access to the EU's internal market has been mooted in recent days.The foreign secretary told the BBC's Andrew Marr that the question of whether the UK would pay anything at all was "pure speculation", but if it did, any payments h..>> view originalFidel Castro's Ashes Interred in Private Ceremony in Cuba
SANTIAGO, Cuba — Fidel Castro's ashes were interred in a private ceremony Sunday morning, ending nine days of mourning for the man who ruled Cuba for nearly half a century.The military caravan bearing his remains in a flag-draped cedar coffin left the Plaza of the Revolution in the eastern city of Santiago at 6:39 a.m., returning empty two hours later. Thousands of people lined the two-mile route to Santa Ifigenia cemetery, waving Cuban flags and shouting "Long live Fidel!"The ceremony appea..>> view originalLocal Politician, 2 Reporters Killed in Finland Shooting
HELSINKI — A gunman killed a local town councilor and two journalists in an apparent random shooting in a nightlife district in a small town in southeastern Finland, police said Sunday. A man has been detained on suspicion of murder.The chairwoman of Imatra Town Council and two female reporters were gunned down in a pedestrian area outside a restaurant in the town just before a police patrol car arrived to the scene around midnight Saturday, police spokeswoman Heli Jamsen-Turkki said. Police..>> view originalPutin: Trump's business success suggests he's a 'clever man'
Russian President Vladimir Putin touted Donald TrumpDonald TrumpConway: Up to Secret Service if Trump keeps personal Twitter account Petraeus: Trump is 'quite pragmatic' Conway: Clinton campaign aides have no self awareness MORE business victories and suggested the president-elect is a "clever man," Reuters reported."Trump was an entrepreneur and a businessman. He is already a statesman, he is the head of the United States of America, one of the world's leading countries," Putin said in an inte..>> view originalTrump's Call With Taiwan's Leader Could Result in 'Severe Provocation' by China: Expert
President-elect Donald Trump's phone call Friday with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen signals a new openness to improving protection of the island nation, long viewed by China as a breakaway province, according to one Taiwan expert. But the mixture of a Trump presidency, with a new and uncertain view toward Asia, and a party in power in Taiwan that has historically supported Taiwanese independence could also prove "lethal" in the the next few years, Jerome A. Cohen, director of the U.S.-Asi..>> view originalMalaysian PM urges intervention to stop 'genocide' of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims
KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak called for foreign intervention to stop the "genocide" of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar on Sunday, as he joined thousands of Rohingya protesters in Kuala Lumpur. Muslim-Majority Malaysia has been increasingly critical of Myanmar's handling of violence and allegations of state abuses in northern Rakhine state, which has driven hundreds of ethnic Rohingya to flee across the borders to Bangladesh. It described the violence as "ethnic cleansing" o..>> view originalEurope|Matteo Renzi's Fate Is at Stake as Italians Vote in Referendum
But it is the vote in Italy, the fourth-largest economy in Europe and a key player in the European Union, that is sending shivers through leaders on the Continent and across the globe. After Brexit and the victory of Donald J. Trump in the United States, Italy has emerged as potentially the next domino to fall to surging populist forces, raising fears of political instability that could prompt a renewed financial crisis.Mr. Renzi, 41, came to power in 2014 as an anti-establishment outsider who ..>> view originalIran says it will 'firmly respond' if Obama doesn't stop extension of sanctions
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday said Tehran would "firmly respond" if President Obama didn't stop an extension of sanctions passed by Congress, Reuters reported."America's president is obliged to exercise his authority by preventing its approval and particularly its implementation ... and if this gross violation is carried out we will firmly respond," Rouhani said in a speech to parliament.During the speech, the Iranian president criticized legislation that extends the Iran Sanctions ..>> view original
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