World News Briefs -- January 12, 2015 (Evening Edition)

Monday, 12 January 2015


Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (R) is welcomed by Iran's President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran January 10, 2015. Credit: Reuters/Miraflores Palace/Handout via Reuters



Reuters: Venezuela, Iran plea for oil cut hits Gulf OPEC brick wall



MIDDLE EAST



Islamic State hit with 27 air strikes: U.S. military .



Suicide bombing kills 12 in Iraq: officials .



Islamic State in Lebanon: army storms prison . Lebanon security forces raid prison block .



Syria refugees' lives turn more precarious in Lebanon amid deadly storm .



U.S., Iran eye progress in next round of nuclear talks - Kerry .



New U.S. sanctions on Iran now could torpedo nuclear deal: U.S. envoy Power .



Germany to Turkey: 'Turkey must prevent terrorists from crossing its borders to Syria' .



Hamas slams Abbas 'hypocrisy' for attending Paris march .



Israel shuts Muslim groups over Jerusalem shrine tensions .



ASIA



China bristles at Japan's defense minister remarks .



Afghan president nominates new cabinet .



Pakistan intelligence chief meets Afghan leader as relations thaw .



U.S.-funded Afghan police payroll at risk of waste and abuse: watchdog .



North, South Korea offer proposals to reduce tensions .



N Korea bashes U.S. for spurning offer of nuke test moratorium .



Coup averted in Sri Lanka: new government .



Divers find black boxes in AirAsia crash, retrieve 1 of them . Black Box analysis reveals AirAsia plane exploded when it hit water .



China slams Philippines for criticizing island project in South China Sea .



China says 6 attackers killed in latest Xinjiang violence .



Kerry lands in Pakistan for talks on security .



Peshawar army school reopens after massacre .



AFRICA



ISIS takes credit for abduction of 21 Christians in Libya .



China will not take path of 'Western colonists' in Africa: foreign minister .



Boko Haram attacks Cameroon military base .



Boko Haram crisis: Nigeria estimates Baga deaths at 150 .



Survivors of Nigeria attack describe killings . Nine days later, bodies still litter bushes from Boko Haram's 'deadliest' massacre .



Boko Haram crisis: Nigerian archbishop accuses West .



Warning of jihadist threat, Libya PM pleads for help .



Veteran Algerian militant hails Paris killings .



UN agency fears for civilians in DR Congo offensive .



Police disperse protesters ahead of Congo parliament election debate .



67 die from poisoned brew in Mozambique .



EUROPE



Police: As many as 6 Paris terror suspects may be at large .



Should have sent high official to Paris march, US says . U.S. says should have sent high-level official to Paris march .



Security footage shows Paris gunman's alleged accomplice at Istanbul airport .



France hunts for attack accomplices, deploys 10,000 troops . France to deploy 5,000 police to protect Jewish sites .



Kerry defends absence from unity rally, will go to Paris on Thursday . Kerry announces planned Paris trip, says criticism for missing march 'quibbling'.



Ukraine meeting in Berlin ends without significant progress .



Ukraine ex-leader Yanukovych wanted by Interpol . Ukraine's Yanukovich wanted for embezzlement: Interpol . Russia unlikely to extradite Yanukovich: Interfax .



Ukraine to participate in 11 NATO war games in 2015 .



Ukraine, Russia raise stakes ahead of peace talks .



Russians teens among thousands 'lured to fight' in Ukraine say activists .



West has forgotten MH17 Ukraine crash probe – Lavrov .



Russia reveals huge cost of supporting the rouble .



Germany wants to ban jihadi suspects from traveling for 3 years .



‘Rabble-rousers’: German minister urges anti-Islam rally to be canceled . 25,000 attend German anti-Islam march, but counter-protests bigger.



Anti-Islamist PEGIDA surfaces in Switzerland .



AMERICAS



Biden to host Caribbean leaders for energy summit .



Somber gatherings mark 5th anniversary of Haiti earthquake . More than 85,000 Haitians are still homeless from the 2010 earthquake .



Venezuelan shortages, long lines spark violence, arrests .



F.B.I. is broadening surveillance role, report shows .



NYPD, FBI issue alerts after ISIS puts out video calling for attacks on law enforcement . Police on high alert after renewed threats from Islamic State .



5 years later, revisiting sites devastated by Haiti quake .



US: Cuba completes release of 53 political prisoners .



Amid rumors over health, Fidel Castro sends letter to Maradona .



Obama to beef up laws on privacy and data breaches .



Venezuela asks fellow OPEC members for help .



More than three decades after she went to war with Argentina, the Falklands finally unveil statue of Margaret Thatcher .



TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR



NSA data shows Islamic State plans series of attacks in Europe: Reports .



Nearly 1,500 French residents joined Jihadists in Middle East: French PM. 1,400 Frenchmen joined or 'plan to join' terrorists in Syria, Iraq – PM.



Kerry in Pakistan to shore up counterterror cooperation .



Afghan officials say Islamic State group operating in south .



ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS



Brent crude oil price falls to six-year low .



OPEC price war in Asia intensifies as oil falls below $50 .



Microsoft hits out at Google team over bug report .



Wall Street falls as oil prices weigh on energy sector .

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