World News Briefs -- December 31, 2014

Wednesday 31 December 2014





MIDDLE EAST



U.S.-led forces launch 10 air strikes in Syria, Iraq .



Syria Kurds control 70 percent of besieged Kobani: monitor .



Kurds in new Islamic State group offensive in Iraq .



Iraqi forces 'recapture Dhuluiya from Islamic State' .



Shi'ite militias expand influence, redraw map in central Iraq .



Houthis killed in Yemen suicide bombing . At least 23 killed in Yemen suicide bombing: state news agency .



Palestinians join International Criminal Court . Palestinians decide to join ICC .



Netanyahu threatens Israeli response to ICC approach .



Iran says new U.S. sanctions violate spirit of nuclear talks .



Hamas govt employees strike over expected job losses .



Saudi beheads 83 people in 2014, the most in years .



King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia hospitalised .



ASIA



AirAsia QZ8501: First bodies returned to airport . Weather hinders effort to recover AirAsia bodies . Bodies from crashed AirAsia plane arrive in Indonesian city .



‘Unbelievably’ steep climb recorded before AirAsia crash, report says .



2,000 “separatists” killed in ongoing Pakistan army operations .



India, Pakistan trade fire in Kashmir; 1 dead .



South Korean to drop Sony film into North by balloon .



Retired Afghan leader meets, advises successor 'almost daily' .



Myanmar enters election year with powerful military largely unchanged .



Mudslides, flash floods kill at least 53 in Philippines .



No New Year’s fun: Indonesian city bans celebrations under Sharia law .



AFRICA



Yayha Jammeh: Gambia president 'home after coup plot' .



Many killed in Burundi-DRC border clashes .



U.S. envoy urges U.N., Congolese military action against Rwandan rebels .



Libya containing Es Sider oil fire but export resumption in question .



Djibouti government reaches deal to bring opposition into parliament .



New Tunisia president pledges reconciliation .



Spain: 800 migrants storm North African border fence .



Ebola-hit Liberia lifts night curfew for New Year .



EUROPE



US, NATO unwilling to raise tensions with Russia: Pentagon .



Russia annual inflation jumps to 11.4% as rouble falls .



Putin calls annexation of Crimea a historic landmark .



Putin sends New Year greetings to Obama, recalls responsibility of Russia, US .



Pussy Riot activist arrested after pro-Alexei Navalny protests in Moscow .



Cargo ship carrying '700 migrants' docks in Italy . Almost 1,000 migrants arrive in Italy on packed cargo ship .



Italy: 98 still unaccounted for from fire-ravaged ferry .



Cyprus says Turkey must stop 'bullying' over gas .



Greece formally dissolves parliament ahead of election . Greece: Election campaign starts with clash over debt.



AMERICAS



US police shooting deaths up 56 per cent this year .



US warns of threats to media from Sony hackers .



US unemployment claims rise .



Venezuela recession confirmed as Maduro attacks US 'oil war' .



U.S. condemns Cuba's 'practice of repressing' after activists detained.



Severe flu cases on the rise in U.S. .



Canada Edmonton: Eight killed in 'senseless mass murder' . Suspected killer of eight in Canada had criminal past -police .



TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR



US strike in Somalia 'killed al-Shabab intelligence chief' . U.S. confirms drone strike killed al Shabaab leader in Somalia .



Five Guantanamo Bay inmates 'resettled' in Kazakhstan .



UAV strikes to continue in Afghanistan despite mission end: Former official .



Al-Qaeda’s glossy media and how they help expand ‘Media Jihad’ .



ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS



Oil industry set for year of mergers and takeovers, says PwC .



Oil slides, Brent slated for biggest annual drop since 2008 .



Bull market for stocks keeps on going in 2014 .



Billionaires chasing Warhols fuel $16 billion art sales .

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