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Charleston massacre: Dylann Roof sentenced to death
He showed no emotion. He did ask for new lawyers to help him file a motion for a retrial. Roof also faces the death penalty if convicted of murder charges in state court. In his closing argument, Roof also said that the jury had heard in his taped confession to the Federal Bureau of Investigation that Roof felt like he "had to do it". [Full Article...]
Rose misses Knicks game for 'family situation'
Derrick Rose was AWOL from tonight's Knicks game verse the New Orleans Pelicans. Rose was seen at the team's training facility in Greenburgh, N.Y. LeBron James was tops that season at 27.3. Teammates appeared rattled that Rose would leave without alerting anyone. There has been no indication when - or if - that will happen as of now. [Full Article...]
Canada swears in first female foreign affairs minister in 24 years
Replacing Freeland as global trade minister is Francois-Philippe Champagne, a member of Canada's House of Commons who had served as parliamentary secretary in the Finance Ministry. Ahmed D. Hussen becomes Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship. The MP and former minister was first elected in 1996 - recruited by then-Prime Minister Jean Chrétien after he heard Dion say - in the after... [Full Article...]
Bomb attack injures UAE ambassador to Afghanistan in day of violence

Germany's Green Party just suggested sex prescriptions for the disabled

Saudi Arabia to UAE complying with Opec output cuts: Kuwait
Currently, West Texas Intermediate is trading at $53 per barrel down by 1.83% while Brent crude is trading at $56.03 per barrel down by 1.87%. The amount of Iran's oil held on tankers at sea has dropped to 16.4 million barrels from 29.6 at the beginning of October. [Full Article...]
US Navy ship fired warning shots at Iranian ships
USS Mahan requested that the Iranian vessels slowed down, and when they did not respond the Navy destroyer fired three warning shots. Sunday's incident adds to a series of brushes in the region between US and Iranian military vessels that appeared to amplify last summer and has continued to flare on occasion. [Full Article...]
China Dec forex reserves fall for 6th month, near $3 trillion level

Attack in Northern Sinai Peninsula Leaves 8 Egyptian Policemen Dead

South Korea: Monk sets himself on fire calling for President Park's removal
While time will tell how South Korea will react to the strong signal sent by Japan by recalling its ambassador over the statue issue, Tokyo's step underlines an early criticism of the deal: that despite assurances by both governments that it would be a "a final and irreversible resolution" to the issue, that could not be without public opinion buy-in in both countries. [Full Article...]
UK's May Denies Her Government 'Muddled' About EU Exit

Mc Guinness could resign over RHI controversy
Earlier this week, Mrs Foster alluded to Mr McGuinness's health troubles in an interview, where she referred to "jockeying for position" within Sinn Féin. Ms Foster's DUP colleague Jonathan Bell broke party ranks to speak out against her, telling local media that she told officials to alter documents related to the scheme to minimise her appearance of responsibility. [Full Article...]
Iraqi forces advance against Islamic State in Mosul night raid: spokesman
A spokesman for the counter-terrorism forces said they had reached the eastern side of the river at one of the bridges damaged by IS. "We used special equipment and had the element of surprise - the enemy did not expect us to mount a night offensive because all previous offensives were during the day", he said. [Full Article...]
Two Saudi terrorism suspects shot dead in Riyadh

Search for MH370 in "final lap": Malaysian official
Malaysia's Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said the search of a 120,000-square-kilometre area, where experts believe the plane went down, would be completed but the hunt would then end in the absence of any "credible clue". But Australia's Transport Minister Darren Chester said the "information in the ATSB report, however, does not give a specific location of the missing aircraft". [Full Article...]
Hashemi Rafsanjani, Former Iranian President, Dies at Age 82

Israel apologizes over embassy worker's vow to 'take down' United Kingdom minister
The Labour party has called on the government to immediately launch an inquiry into "improper interference in our democratic politics" after the disclosure that an Israeli embassy official had plotted to "take down" UK MPs regarded as hostile . [Full Article...]
Obama Says Americans' Skepticism Gave Campaign Hacks a Foothold

Car-Bomb Blast Rocks Eastern Baghdad

Grigor Dimitrov wins Brisbane International with three-set success over Kei Nishikori
