China denies forced labour accusations after plea found in Christmas card
China denied accusations of forced labour at a Shanghai prison on Monday, a day after media reports that a young girl had found a message in a Christmas card saying it had been packed by inmates.
Ankara and Moscow to discuss Syrian migrants, Libya conflict
A Turkish delegation will travel to Moscow on Monday to discuss Syria and Libya, areas where the nations have some opposing views, for talks that President Tayyip Erdogan said would determine Turkey’s course of action in the region.
Algerian army chief Ahmed Gaed Salah dies: Ennahar TV
Algeria’s powerful army chief Ahmed Gaed Salah has died, the private Ennahar television reported on Monday, at a time of bitter political divisions over the military’s dominant role in the major energy exporter.
Saudi sentences five to death, three to jail in Khashoggi case
Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor said on Monday five people had been sentenced to death and three more to jail terms totaling 24 years in the case of the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul in October last year.
China’s Xi calls for sustained momentum in North Korea-U.S. talks
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday expressed concerns over rising tension between North Korea and the United States, calling for them to maintain the momentum for dialogue, South Korea’s presidential office said.
Special Report: Iran’s leader ordered crackdown on unrest – ‘Do whatever it takes to end it’
After days of protests across Iran last month, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appeared impatient. Gathering his top security and government officials together, he issued an order: Do whatever it takes to stop them.
Kremlin calls Moscow shooting incident ‘a manifestation of madness’
The Kremlin on Monday called a Moscow shooting incident last week in which two officers of Russia’s FSB security service were killed by a gunman “a manifestation of madness” of the kind faced by all countries from time to time.
Hong Kong gears up for Christmas holiday protests
Hong Kong is gearing up for demonstrations over the Christmas week with protesters planning to gather in districts across the city, including in prime shopping malls, the latest in more than six months of unrest.
Car bomb kills two soldiers in western Iraq
A parked car exploded in Iraq’s western province of Anbar early on Monday, killing two soldiers and wounding an officer close to an area that was once Islamic State’s last stronghold in the country, the military said.
Assailants set Turkish consulate employee’s car on fire in Greece
Unknown assailants set the car of a Turkish consulate employee ablaze early on Monday in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, a police official said.
