World News Briefs -- December 30, 2014 (Evening Edition)

Tuesday 30 December 2014





MIDDLE EAST



UN Security Council rejects Palestinian resolution . UN rejects Palestinian resolution to end Israel's occupation .



U.S.-led coalition air strikes hit Islamic State in Syria, Iraq .



Islamic State group claims suicide attack in Iraq . ISIS claims car bomb targeting Syria gas plant.



Residents of eastern Syria create popular resistance group to battle IS .



US does not back UN Palestinian statehood resolution .



Iran says nuclear talks set for Jan 15, vows to stand firm .



U.S. names more Iran targets for sanctions . US Treasury enforces Iranian sanctions .



UN, EU concerned at arrest of top Bahrain Shiite leader .



ASIA



AirAsia plane debris and bodies found; Little hope of any survivors .



Wreckage, bodies reveal jet's fate days after it disappeared .



North Korea may have hired outside hackers for Sony attack, says US.



U.S. failed to track spending on aid for Afghan women, auditor finds .



Afghans decry economic and security woes .



Pakistan re-arrests suspected mastermind of Mumbai attacks .



Deadly storm hits Philippines .



Bangladesh sentences Islamist leader to death .



AFRICA



U.S. envoy urges military action against Congo rebel group .



Somalia says Al-Shabaab intelligence head killed in U.S. strike . Al Shabaab leader killed in U.S. air strike in Mogadishu . US strike in Somalia 'killed al-Shabab intelligence chief'.



Libya: Car bomb explodes near parliament in city of Tobruk, three wounded.



Libya FM: Extremists seek to capture oil resources . Fire at Libyan oil port destroys up to 1.8 million barrels of crude .



UN support mission to Libya warns of full-fledged war in country .



Gunfire hits Gambian capital . Firing reported at Gambia presidential palace .



Boko Haram kills 15 in northeast Nigerian town: witnesses .



South Sudan rebels accuse army of killing civilians .



EUROPE



Ukraine denies radioactive leak on Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant .



U.S. to station 150 armored vehicles in Europe .



'US military hardware will cause more bloodshed in Ukraine' – Russian senator .



More than half of Ukrainians dislike drift towards NATO — Yushchenko .



Russia says new U.S. sanctions may hamper dialogue on Iran, Syria .



Russia's economy begins shrinking .



Top Russian opposition figure Navalny guilty of embezzlement, gets 3.5yrs suspended. Alexei Navalny sentenced: thousands expected to protest against ruling . Navalny says Putin's regime must be destroyed .



Aleksei Navalny, Putin critic, is arrested at rally after suspended sentence in fraud case . Thousands of people protest near the Kremlin .



Backlash in Berlin over NSA spying recedes as threat from Islamic State rises .



German opposition urges probe into NATO 'hit list' .



New law spells end for many small Spanish businesses .



Suspected migrant ship heads to Italy. 'Migrant ship' heads for Italy after distress call scare .



U.S. to station 150 armored vehicles in Europe .



AMERICAS



Venezuela confirms economy fell into recession .



President Obama focused on ‘long-term’ projects in final two years .



Relatives: Cuba detains dissidents before protest .



Some Cubans anxious about renewed US diplomatic relations .



Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner fractured ankle may be something else .



New York City mayor Bill de Blasio to meet with leaders of five NYPD unions .



US federal government lost $9.26B on auto rescue .



U.S. on verge of a flu epidemic .



A tragic day for Edmonton': Nine dead across three linked crime scenes in Alberta capital, police say.



TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR



Islamic State to systematically target Europe in 2015: French expert .



U.S. military bombs senior leader of al-Shabab terrorist group in Somalia .



Islamic State uses US-made anti-tank missile near Damascus .



ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS



Global markets fall as New Year holiday nears.



Oil continues decline on supply glut despite weaker dollar .



Google to blame for Gmail shutdown, say Chinese state media.



World’s 400 richest add $92 billion in 2014 as Alibaba jumps .

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