World News Briefs -- January 13, 2015 (Evening Edition)

Tuesday, 13 January 2015


Bloomberg



Wall Street Journal: World Bank Lowers Outlook for Global Economic Growth



* Bank Says Stronger U.S. Economy and Plummeting Oil Prices Don’t Offset Trouble in Eurozone and Emerging Markets



MIDDLE EAST



France extends airstrikes against ISIL in Iraq . French parliament extends military intervention in Iraq .



U.S.-led air strike hit Islamic State fighters: task force .



‘Corpses all over the place’: Baghdad blamed for inaction as Yazidis retake villages from ISIS .



Cold winter jeopardizes hundreds of thousands of Syrian children .



Bashar al-Assad dared to spend night in refugee camp by Syrian actor .



Iranian president: Countries behind oil price drop to regret it . Iran will weather oil price slide, Saudi Arabia will suffer – Rouhani .



Obama reassures Israel on Iran talks, Palestinian court bid .



Thousands in Israel mourn Paris supermarket dead .



Hamas threatens to exit national unity government with PA .



Saudi Arabian rights activist reportedly flogged despite international outcry .



ASIA



U.S. brands as 'terrorist' Pakistani Taliban head behind massacre .



Islamic State 'recruiting Afghan fighters' .



Afghan policeman kills commander, district governor .



Kerry praises Pakistan operation, more work to be done .



Indian police recover over 200 crude bombs in country's east: Report s.



Crucial cockpit voice recorder of doomed AirAsia jet has been 'lifted from the sea' and will be sent to Jakarta to be analysed .



Pope arrives in Sri Lanka and backs search for wartime truth . Pope calls for Sri Lanka reconciliation .



China sacks senior lawmaker after corruption probe .



China's exports beat expectations with 9.7% rise .



China shuts down 50 websites, social media accounts .



AFRICA



Protesters give Malawi government 100-day ultimatum .



Infighting rocks ruling party in Nigeria’s oil-rich states .



As world watches Paris, Nigeria suffers its own attacks .



Cameroon govt says 143 Boko Haram militants killed .



Sudan army claims it recaptured four areas in S. Kordofan, N. Darfur .



UN military action in DRC 'inevitable' .



China mediates peace talks on South Sudan .



Uganda LRA commander Dominic Ongwen 'to be sent to ICC' .



Ethiopia dam will turn Lake Turkana into 'endless battlefield', locals warn .



Court ruling may free Egypt's Mubarak from custody . Egypt court orders retrial in Mubarak case .



Madagascar government resigns over blackouts, social woes .



EUROPE



Up to 5,000 EU nationals pose terror threat – Europol .



Ukraine summit called off over lack of progress on truce deal .



Ukraine: 10 civilians die in rebel shelling of checkpoint .



Russia faces wave of bankruptcies if interest rates don't fall . Russian ruble falls further as oil price tumbles .



Skirmish reported on Armenian-Azerbaijani border, two killed .



France: Terror funding, attack weapons came from abroad .



Victims of France attacks laid to rest .



Al-Qaeda branch issues new warning to France .



France attacks: Funeral ceremonies in Paris and Jerusalem . France, Israel mourn; Man linked to Paris attacker held .



Moroccan-born mayor of Rotterdam tells fellow Muslims who do not appreciate the 'freedoms' of living in the West to 'pack your bags and f*** off' on live TV .



Europe's Muslims feel heat of backlash after Paris terror .



Muslim leaders rally for tolerance in Berlin with Merkel and Gauck .



Cameron pledges new Internet security laws to tighten intelligence web .



Lead for Greek radical leftists Syriza stable over conservatives .



AMERICAS



US watching foreign fighter threat 'very carefully' (Video) .



Washington DC Metro accident unlikely terror attack: White House .



Homeland Security announces new security measures following Paris attacks .



Obama revives call for immunity to companies sharing threat data .



Freed Cuba dissidents praise detente, pledge push for change .



Venezuela's Maduro securing financing from Qatari banks .



Mexico to try wife of mayor linked to student disappearances .



Mexico missing: Protesters try to enter army base .



Living among the rubble: Five years since giant earthquake killed 300,000 people and left 1.5million homeless, the people of Haiti are still waiting for the country to be rebuilt .



TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR



Closing Guantanamo before leaving office ‘difficult’ for Obama: White House .



Terrorists slipping through serious security breaches in France .



Al Qaeda branch issues warning to France after deadly attacks .



Corker: More Paris-like attacks coming .



Guantanamo prison remains open in 14th year, with 127 captives remaining .



ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS



China and Russia to launch new credit rating agency in 2015 .



World Bank predicts global growth 'uptick' .



Oil prices down again as UAE defends production hold .



Oil drops below $45; U.S. stockpiles may speed price collapse .



Airbus says beats Boeing in 2014 order race .

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