Floods in Malaysia and Thailand kill at least 24

Sunday, 28 December 2014

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The worst flooding in Malaysia in more than a decade has killed 10 people and forced nearly 160,000 from their homes and more rain is expected, authorities said on Sunday.


Turkish teenager dies amid Kurdish infighting

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A teenager was shot and killed in southeastern Turkey on Saturday in clashes between members of a Kurdish Islamist party and youths linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), security sources said.


Croats vote for new president as economy struggles

ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croats were voting for a new head of state on Sunday but none of the four candidates for the largely ceremonial post in the European Union's newest member seemed likely to win outright.


Anti-Arab group poses legal, political dilemma for Israel

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A far-right Israeli group that agitates against Arabs in the name of religion and national security is forcing the Jewish state into a legal and political balancing act as it tries to contain sectarian violence.


North Korea blames U.S. for Internet outages, calls Obama 'monkey'

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea called U.S. President Barack Obama a "monkey" and blamed Washington on Saturday for Internet outages it has experienced during a confrontation with the United States over the hacking of the film studio Sony Pictures.


 

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