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Iran Backs Yemen Cease-fire

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12/14/2018

12/14/2018

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Iran Backs Yemen Cease-fire

Top News: Iran on Friday expressed support for United Nations-led peace talks in Yemen, after the Saudi-led coalition and Houthi rebels—who have been at war since 2015—agreed Thursday so end fighting around the Houthi-held port of Hodeidah, which is crucial for bringing aid into the country.

After this week’s apparent breakthrough, follow-up talks are set to continue in January.

Japan: The Japanese government is proceeding with a plan to fill in land offshore in order to relocate a U.S. military base in Okinawa, despite local opposition.

AFRICA

•  The U.N. called on the Democratic Republic of the Congo to take steps to prevent violence ahead of the Dec. 23 presidential election.

•  Clashes broke out in southern Somalia after the arrest of a former al-Shabab commander.

•  Tunisia’s parliament rejected a proposal to raise the country’s retirement age by two years, to 62.

AMERICAS

•  A 7-year-old girl from Guatemala died from dehydration and exhaustion in U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody.

•  Some same-sex Brazilian couples are reportedly rushing to get married before President-elect Jair Bolsonaro takes office, on the fear that he could criminalize same-sex unions.

•  Mexican authorities busted a lab for illegally producing the opioid fentanyl in Mexico City.

ASIA

•  China said it would for three months hold off on levying a tariff on U.S. automotive imports.

•  Thirteen miners are missing after an illegal coal mine collapsed and flooded in India’s northeast.

•  A Japanese government investigation concluded that four medical schools improperly kept women out.

EUROPE

•  A European Union court dismissed an appeal by the Palestinian militant group Hamas to unfreeze its funds.

•  France is deploying some 8,000 police in Paris ahead of a fifth weekend of yellow-vest protests.

•  Britain’s 2016 Brexit referendum cost $163 million to organize, the United Kingdom's election regulator said.

MIDDLE EAST

•  The U.S. Senate voted to pull back aid for Saudi Arabia’s war efforts in Yemen.

•  Two Israeli soldiers were killed by a Palestinian in the West Bank.

•  In a manhunt that followed, Israel arrested 40 Palestinians across the territory.

- By Jefcoate O'Donnell

(AFP/Getty Images)

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