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Abe becomes first Japan PM to visit Australia's Darwin since WW2 bombing
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday became Japan’s first leader to visit the Australian city of Darwin since it was bombed by Japanese forces during World War Two, underlining the strength of their crucial alliance. Source: Reuters World News
Czech PM Babis says will 'never resign' over investigation
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said on Friday he would “never resign”, dismissing critics demanding he quit amid accusations he was hindering a fraud investigation. Source: Reuters World News
Kiev’s push to split from Russian Orthodox Church will boost ‘nationalism’ & ‘chaos’ in Ukraine
The Ukrainian Church’s drive to gain independent status (autocephaly) is a political move, pushed by President Petro Poroshenko who seeks to fix his crumbling popularity before the next election, historian Alexander Dvorkin says. Read Full Article at RT.com Source: RT
Indian airport protesters block woman activist's plan to enter hill temple
Thousands of protesters blocked all the exits at a southern Indian airport on Friday to stop a women’s rights activist from heading to a Hindu temple to defy a centuries-old ban on the entry of women of menstruating age. Source: Reuters World News
Enough letters to trigger vote of no confidence in PM May: BrexitCentral editor
The 48 letters from Conservative lawmakers required to trigger a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Theresa May have been submitted, the editor of BrexitCentral said on Friday, citing a single source who he said was always previously reliable. Source: Reuters World News
Turkish police detain 12, including academics, in rights activist probe: media
Turkish police detained 12 people, including two prominent academics, on Friday as part of an investigation into leading rights activist and businessman Osman Kavala and his cultural organization, state media said. Source: Reuters World News
Russia’s most powerful oilman: We're fine with any oil price
Rosneft is fine with any level of oil prices, chief executive Igor Sechin told Kommersant radio station as quoted by news agency TASS. Read Full Article at RT.com Source: RT
Guilty Plea Moves First US ICO Fraud Case to Final Stages, Sentencing Set for April
Up to 37 months in prison for ICO token fraud could await Maksim Zaslavskiy upon sentencing next April Source: CoinTelegraph
Failed food delivery company Foodora loses unfair dismissal case
A decision by the Fair Work Commission to force Foodora to pay one of its former workers almost $16,000 may have wide-reaching consequences for Uber, Deliveroo and other businesses in the gig economy. Source: ABC News Australia
Christmas terror attack 'ringleader' found guilty, sentenced to 24 years in jail
The man who claimed to be the ringleader of a terror cell which was planning a terror attack in Melbourne’s CBD and later became a key witness in the prosecution of his three co-accused, faces a minimum of 20 years in jail. Source: ABC News Australia
Iran’s response to S Arabia’s prattle will be ‘silent’ but ‘painful’
MNA – Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Commander Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari says Iran’s response to Saudi Arabia’s prattle has always been, and will be, “silent” but “painful”. Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, General Jafari said Saudis and some other regional governments have faced the response to their prating about the Islamic […]
Responsibility for Iran’s benefits from JCPOA lies with EU: Araqchi
IRNA – The deputy foreign minister for political affairs reiterated Iran’s compliance with the JCPOA, saying that direct responsibility for Iranian nation’s benefits from the deal lies with the Europe. In a meeting with President of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Senate Vito Rosario Petrocelli of Italy, he added, “In exchange for abiding by […]
Iran criticizes US for using food as weapon
IRNA – Iran’s UN envoy warned about the consequences of US sanctions on Iranian ordinary people and criticized the use of food and medicine as weapons. ‘Weaponizing food and medicine against civilians has no other designation but crime against humanity,’ Iran’s Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the UN […]
US challenging Europeans’ national sovereignty: Araqchi
 IRNA – The Iranian deputy foreign minister for political affairs said on Thursday that dollar has turned into a weapons in the hand of the US to impose its illegitimate demands on European partners, challenging European states’ national sovereignty in practice. Abbas Araqchi who is currently in Rome to attend a meeting on the Iran-Italy […]
US Vice-President says South China Sea belongs to no-one
In comments which are sure to rile up China, Mike Pence stresses freedom of navigation throughout one of the world’s richest sea routes and says there is no place for “empire and aggression” in the Indo-Pacific region. Source: ABC News Australia
Iraqi pres. due in Tehran tomorrow
MNA – Iraqi President Barham Salih will visit Iran at the head of a high-ranking delegation on Sat. Nov. 17 in order to expand and promote bilateral ties. In this two-day visit, Iraqi President Salih is scheduled to meet and hold talks with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and a number of Iranian officials with the […]
No more 'moderates'? Al Nusra terrorists unite ALL Idlib militants under single anti-Assad command
The notorious Al Nusra terrorist group has announced it has united all the rebel factions in Idlib under a single command, eroding whatever thin line ever existed between the so-called ‘moderate’ militants and hardcore jihadists. Read Full Article at RT.com Source: RT
Dreamworld ride had seven serious faults and was 'unsafe to run': safety expert
Missing conveyor belt slats, heavy corrosion and crumbling concrete were among a string of major faults on Dreamworld’s Thunder River Rapids, a Worksafe engineer tells an inquest into the 2016 fatal accident on the ride. Source: ABC News Australia
Indictment against Assange revealed in US court after 'cut-and-paste error'
A court document from a case unrelated to Julian Assange reveals US prosecutors have sought charges against the Wikileaks founder. Source: ABC News Australia
Lost Disney cartoon found in Japan 70 years after teenager 'bought it for $6'
An anime historian says he had Neck ‘n’ Neck, a short animated cartoon directed by Walt Disney himself, for decades before realising it was one of seven lost films. Source: ABC News Australia