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U.N. seeks $6.5 billion for Syria crisis in 2014
By Stephanie Nebehay and Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations appealed for a record $6.5 billion for Syria and its neighbors on Monday to help 16 million people, many of them hungry or homeless victims of a conflict that has lasted 33 months with no end in sight. The Syrian appeal…
Reuters47 mins agoHundreds evacuated after gas explosion north of Mexico City
Hundreds of people were evacuated after an explosion and fire that was caused by thieves trying to tap into a natural gas pipeline of state oil and gas company Pemex on the outskirts of Mexico City, emergency services said on Monday. According to media reports, seven people were injured.
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AdChoices CompareCards.comSponsoredAfrican migrants abandon Israeli detention center in protest march
More than 100 African migrants have abandoned an "open" Israeli detention center to try to march on Jerusalem in protest at a law allowing authorities to keep them in custody indefinitely, activists said on Monday. Israel views most of the more than 50,000 Sudanese and Eritrean migrants who have…
Reuters55 mins agoNew editor named to lead The Christian Science Monitor
Marshall Ingwerson, managing editor of The Christian Science Monitor, was named the newspaper’s editor on Monday, succeeding John Yemma, who led the paper in a much-watched move away from daily print and into Web-first journalism. The change, scheduled to take effect in late January, was announced…
Christian Science MonitorAmerican Spy in Iran: TIME Talks to the Assassin at the Center of the Robert Levinson Saga
Dawud Salahuddin, who was named David Belfield when he was growing up on Long Island, says he’s never regretted serving as an assassin for the Islamic Republic of Iran. Salahuddin converted to Islam as a young man and in July 1980, disguised as a mailman, he shot and killed the spokesman for the…
Time.comRestraint, not retaliation, after Israeli fatality on Lebanon border
The killing of Israeli soldier Shlomi Cohen by a Lebanese soldier along the border last night marks the first such fatality in three years. Liaisons from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Lebanese Armed Forces are cooperating with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and will…
Christian Science MonitorCurfew in South Sudan after fighting breaks out. Was it a coup attempt?
The South Sudan government has declared a curfew in the capital Juba after a night of gun battles between rival factions that the president has called "an attempted coup." According to various reports, fighting broke out last night at a barracks in Juba between two factions within the military,…
Christian Science MonitorRelative: Mandela signer in group that burned men
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The bogus sign language interpreter at last week's Nelson Mandela memorial service was among a group of people who accosted two men found with a stolen television and burned them to death by setting fire to tires placed around their necks, one of the interpreter's cousins and…
Associated PressUN: $12.9 billion aid needed in 2014
GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations said Monday it will need nearly $13 billion in aid in 2014 to reach at least 52 million people in 17 countries, including the millions of Syrians who have been displaced by their civil war.
Associated PressSyrian airstrikes pummel rebel areas
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government aircraft pounded opposition areas in the northern city of Aleppo and near the southern border with Jordan on Monday, a day after airstrikes killed at least 76 people, while the United Nations issued a record appeal for $6.5 billion to help the millions of Syrians…
Associated Press59 mins agoDouble bombing kills 23 Shiite pilgrims in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) — Authorities in Iraq say a double car bomb attack has killed 23 Shiites pilgrims just south of Baghdad.
Associated Press46 mins agoUkraine economy under threat amid street protests
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Hidden behind the tug of war over whether Ukraine will cast its lot with Europe or Russia is the prospect of bankruptcy. Someone will need to chip in at least $10 billion in the coming months, if Ukraine wants to keep its economy afloat.
Associated PressNKorea explodes myth of unchallenged Kim dynasty
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea's propaganda machine has long kept alive the myth of a serene, all-powerful ruling dynasty that enjoyed universal love and support at home. In a single stroke last week, that came crashing down.
Associated PressRussia moves nuclear-capable missiles closer to EU
Russia has moved nuclear-capable Iskander missiles closer to Europe's borders in response to the US-led deployment of a disputed air defence shield, the defence ministry said on Monday. The advanced version of the Russian missile has a range of 500 kilometres (310 miles) and could potentially be…
AFPThe No-Surgery Facelift That Horrifies Surgeons
Women across the country are saving thousands of dollars on plastic surgery by reducing the appearance of wrinkles from the comfort of their own home.
AdChoices SkinCareSearchSponsoredU.S. ignored appeals for Syria chemical arms proof: Russia
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia on Monday accused Washington of ignoring Moscow's appeals for proof of Syrian government involvement in chemical weapons attacks in Syria during the country's more than 2-1/2-year old civil war. "Our requests for additional information which could prove the Syrian…
Reuters16 mins agoUS transfers two Guantanamo detainees to Saudi Arabia
Two inmates from the US prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba have been sent home to Saudi Arabia, the Pentagon said Monday, bringing the total number remaining there to 160. President Barack Obama is trying to accelerate repatriations in order to close the prison, nearly 12 years after it was opened…
AFP18 mins agoCar bombs hit Shiite pilgrims as Iraq unrest kills 66
Car bombs ripped through Shiite pilgrims near Baghdad while militants attacked a city council headquarters and a police station, in Iraq-wide violence that killed at least 66 people Monday, officials said. The killing of the pilgrims underscored the danger of sectarian violence in Iraq, while the…
AFP20 mins agoKerry, Zarif spoke last week after fresh Iran-related sanctions
The U.S. and Iranian foreign ministers last week discussed the importance of carrying out the November 24 Iran nuclear deal after Washington blacklisted 19 companies, people and vessels for dealing with Tehran, a U.S. official said on Monday. The U.S. sanctions, imposed under existing U.S. law,…
Reuters25 mins agoWorkers at Brazil World Cup stadium walk off job
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — News reports say construction workers have walked off the job at the World Cup stadium in Brazil's jungle city of Manaus after a worker fell 115 feet to his death.
Associated Press25 mins agoUN appeals for record aid to tackle Syria crisis
The United Nations said Monday it will need a record $12.9 billion in emergency aid to help millions of people around the world, half of them victims of the Syrian conflict. The appeal came as dozens of people were reportedly killed in Aleppo when regime forces unleashed barrels packed with…
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