Delhi residents spend Christmas indoors as smog emergency reaches fourth day
Many Delhi residents were forced to spend Christmas indoors this year as air quality remained at “severe to emergency” levels for a fourth day, in the Indian capital’s worst smog crisis this year.
Three dead in suicide attack on Libyan foreign ministry
At least three people were killed when suicide bombers attacked Libya’s foreign ministry in Tripoli on Tuesday, the health ministry said. The assailants were suspected to be Islamic State militants, a security source said.
Turkey’s Erdogan, Russia’s Putin to meet over U.S. pullout from Syria, Erdogan says
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told reporters on Tuesday that he will most probably meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss U.S. withdrawal from Syria.
Russia’s Putin has no immediate plan to meet Turkey’s Erdogan: Kremlin
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin does not have immediate plans to meet with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.
Two dead, 11 wounded in car bomb in northern Iraqi city Tal Afar
At least two people were killed and 11 wounded on Tuesday by a car bomb in the northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar, a former Islamic State stronghold, the military said.
5 killed, 21 injured in bus hijacking in China’s Fujian province
At least five people were killed and 21 others injured after a man carrying a knife hijacked a bus in the southeastern Chinese city of Longyan in Fujian province on Tuesday, police said.
Easy Netanyahu win predicted in first poll since Israel election set
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will easily win a snap election set for April 9, according to an opinion poll on Tuesday, the first to be published since the ballot was announced.
Indonesian rescuers use drones, sniffer dogs as tsunami death toll tops 400
Indonesian rescuers on Tuesday used drones and sniffer dogs to search for survivors along the devastated west coast of Java hit by a tsunami that killed at least 429 people, warning more victims are expected to be uncovered as the search expands.
Suicide attackers hit Libya’s foreign ministry in Tripoli
Suicide attackers hit the headquarters of Libya’s foreign ministry in Tripoli on Tuesday, opening fire before blowing themselves up inside, a security source said.
Russia says Gaddafi’s son should play role in Libyan politics: RIA
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the most prominent son of the former Libyan leader, should play a role in his country’s political life, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov was cited as saying on Monday by the RIA news agency.
