Head of Latvian Central Bank is detained for questioning

The prime minister of Latvia says the country's top central banker has been detained following questions from the national anti-corruption agency.

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The Latest: Netanyahu to Poland: Don't rewrite Holocaust

The Latest from the Munich Security Conference (all times local): 11:25 a.m.

from FOX News http://ift.tt/2sFhucq February 18, 2018 at 02:29AM

Poland PM's comments on "Jewish perpetrators" not Holocaust denial - govt statement

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's government said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki's comments saying Jews were perpetrators in World War Two as well as Poles and others, which were condemned by Israel, were not intended to deny the Holocaust.

from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2F9LYpH February 18, 2018 at 02:55AM

Maid's corpse found in freezer. Now thousands of Filipino workers are leaving Kuwait

Joanna Demafelis's body arrived home from Kuwait in a coffin Friday, four years after she left the Philippines to work as a maid, and days after her corpse was found stuffed in a freezer, allegedly by her employers.

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Killing prompts return of Filipino workers

About 10,000 Philippines workers in Kuwait returned to their homeland after one of their own was found murdered. CNN's Lynda Kinkade reports.

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World http://ift.tt/2C0bLlx February 13, 2018 at 06:33PM

Israel's Netanyahu could act against Iran's 'empire'

MUNICH (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel would act against Iran, not just its allies in the Middle East, if needed, reiterating that Tehran was the world's greatest threat.

from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2FaPZKA February 18, 2018 at 02:14AM

Egypt accepts delay of Ethiopia dam meeting as protests rage

Egypt's Foreign Ministry says it accepts Ethiopia's request to delay a meeting about a dam that Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile River, after Addis Ababa declared a state of emergency amid the worst anti-government protests in decades.

from FOX News http://ift.tt/2FaZzgz February 18, 2018 at 01:58AM

Israeli PM: Iran becoming increasingly aggressive in region

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says an international agreement with Iran has emboldened the regime in Tehran to become increasingly aggressive in the region.

from FOX News http://ift.tt/2ECRqAt February 18, 2018 at 01:52AM

Poland tries to frame PM's Holocaust remarks as frank debate

A spokeswoman for Poland's prime minister has sought to downplay his words equating Polish collaborators in the Holocaust to alleged "Jewish perpetrators" by saying they were an invitation to a frank debate about the World War II crimes against Jews.

from FOX News http://ift.tt/2Fb0OME February 18, 2018 at 01:48AM

All 66 passengers, crew believed dead after plane crashes in central Iran

DUBAI (Reuters) - All 66 passengers and crew aboard a plane that crashed in central Iran on Sunday were believed to have been killed, state media reported.

from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2ofQdIq February 18, 2018 at 01:31AM

Israel strikes Gaza after soldiers hurt, two Palestinians dead

GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli fire killed two Palestinian teenagers in Gaza, local health officials said on Sunday, after Israel launched attacks against 18 targets belonging to militant groups in the enclave in response to an explosion that wounded four Israeli soldiers.

from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2C550ib February 18, 2018 at 01:13AM

The Latest: All 66 people aboard killed in Iran plane crash

The Latest on the crash of an Iranian passenger plane in southern Iran (all times local): 11:50 a.m.

from FOX News http://ift.tt/2EBhpw9 February 18, 2018 at 12:33AM

No survivors in Iran plane crash, airline says

A commercial airliner carrying 66 people has crashed in southern Iran, the country’s semi-official Fars news agency reported.

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Domestic passenger plane with 66 on board crashes in central Iran

DUBAI (Reuters) - An Iranian passenger plane with 66 people on board crashed in central Iran on Sunday during a flight from Tehran to the city of Yasuj in the southwest of the country, Iranian media reported.

from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2HnoP3Q February 18, 2018 at 12:23AM

Australia's PM in damage control as scandal undermines deputy

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull brushed aside suggestions of a rift in his coalition government on Sunday, saying there were "no issues" between the Liberal and National parties in the wake of a sex scandal that has swamped Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce.

from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2ohLFRw February 18, 2018 at 12:18AM

Iran plane crash kills all 66 people on board

A plane crash in southern Iran has killed all 66 people on board, according to a spokesman for Aseman Airlines.

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A passenger plane from Tehran carrying dozens of passengers crashed over central Iran, according to local media.

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Sacred Tibetan Jokhang temple damaged by fire

A sacred Buddhist site in Tibet has been damaged by fire.

from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News http://ift.tt/2FaRAA7 February 17, 2018 at 11:07PM

Airliner crashes in southern Iran with 66 aboard: report

A commercial airliner carrying 66 people has crashed in southern Iran, the country’s semi-official Fars news agency reported.

from FOX News http://ift.tt/2C6uNqr February 18, 2018

Report: Plane carrying 66 people crashes in southern Iran

The semi-official Fars news agency says a commercial airplane carrying 66 people has crashed in southern Iran.

from FOX News http://ift.tt/2sysgBk February 17, 2018 at 11:54PM

Haiti may revoke Oxfam's right to operate in country

Haiti could expel Oxfam if allegations of sexual misconduct against the British charity prove to be true, a senior government official said.

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World Vision denies staff exploited Haiti victims

Government-funded charity World Vision has denied allegations its staff sexually exploited Haiti earthquake survivors.

from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News http://ift.tt/2sCpVFE February 17, 2018 at 08:08PM

Gaza refugee aid cut has left 'time bomb'

The head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees has said a US cut to funding is a danger to stability across the region and could lead to an outbreak of protests.

from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News http://ift.tt/2HoA6B7 February 17, 2018 at 08:12PM

'Hero cow' escapes abattoir by swimming to island

A plucky cow that was being taken to an abattoir in Poland managed to escape after swimming to safety on an island.

from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News http://ift.tt/2Cr3we5 February 17, 2018 at 06:26PM

Rita Ora jets to Kosovo for independence party

Pop star Rita Ora has flown to Kosovo to headline a concert marking a decade since her country of birth became independent from Serbia.

from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News http://ift.tt/2CsIVWy February 17, 2018 at 11:19AM

Israel strikes Hamas targets in Gaza after soldiers wounded

The Israeli military says it has struck 18 targets in Gaza in response to an explosive device that wounded four soldiers along the border with the territory.

from FOX News http://ift.tt/2BBpNcn February 17, 2018 at 11:04PM

Iraqi victories remain fragile as US reduces troops

From their outpost on Iraq's westernmost edge, U.S. 1st Lt. Kyle Hagerty and his troops watched civilians trickle into the area after American and Iraqi forces drove out the Islamic State group.

from FOX News http://ift.tt/2FbEaDL February 17, 2018 at 10:21PM

13 dead as helicopter assessing Mexico quake damage plummets

Thirteen people were killed and 16 injured when a military helicopter carrying high-ranking officials assessing damage from a powerful earthquake crashed in southern Mexico, officials said Saturday.

from FOX News http://ift.tt/2CqBxex February 17, 2018 at 12:45PM

Jailed Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan reported hospitalized

Prominent Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, who was jailed this month during an investigation of two alleged cases of rape, has reportedly been hospitalized.

from FOX News http://ift.tt/2HpJap5 February 17, 2018 at 11:34AM

Mexicans hold mournful procession for endangered porpoise

Activists and artists in Mexico held a mournful, dirge-like procession for the critically endangered vaquita porpoise Saturday, as the species' numbers fell below 30.

from FOX News http://ift.tt/2sBVRtM February 17, 2018 at 11:14AM

Israel slams Polish PM for WWII 'Jewish perpetrators' remark

Israeli politicians accused Poland's prime minister of anti-Semitism Saturday for equating the Polish perpetrators in the Holocaust to its supposed "Jewish perpetrators," setting off a new chapter in an angry dispute over Poland's new bill criminalizing the mention of Polish complicity in the Nazi-led genocide.

from FOX News http://ift.tt/2EPsDwo February 17, 2018 at 10:19AM

Jordan's military says it foiled smuggling plot: report

The state news agency Petra reports that Jordan's military says it has foiled a plot to smuggle in weapons, drugs and terrorists by using an old pipeline linking the kingdom with Syria and Iraq.

from FOX News http://ift.tt/2Ezu4eQ February 17, 2018 at 10:00AM

Collision of Greek boat, Turkish vessel caught on video

Video footage has surfaced of the moment a Turkish coast guard vessel collided with a stationary Greek patrol boat near a pair of Aegean Sea islets over which the two countries almost went to war in 1996.

from FOX News http://ift.tt/2F7u4DX February 17, 2018 at 09:05AM

There are growing indications that US airstrikes killed and injured dozens of Russian military contractors in northern Syria. CNN's Fred Pleitgen exposes links between Oligarch Prigozhin and Russian paramilitary company Wagner in Russia and Syria.

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CNN's Ivan Watson gets an inside look at Silmido Island in South Korea, which was used as a training ground for assassins.

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UK Prime Minister Theresa May warned that "ideology" should not get in the way as she called for a new security treaty to be agreed between Britain and the European Union after Brexit. CNN's Nic Robertson reports.

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U.S. still unsure who directed Syria attack, despite Russian dead

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is still unsure who directed a Feb. 7 attack on U.S. and U.S.-backed forces in Syria, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Saturday, even as he acknowledged accounts that Russian civilian contractors were involved.

from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2EAZSEl February 17, 2018 at 09:52PM