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Premier League: Manchester City 2-0 Sheffield United

Sergio Aguero and Kevin De Bruyne have struck in Pep Guardiola’s 100th Premier League win, as the Sky Blues beat Sheffield United 2-nil on home turf.

N Korea’s Kim urges ‘positive, offensive’ security as deadline for US draws near

The North Korean leader calls for “positive and offensive measures” to ensure the country’s sovereignty ahead of a year-end deadline he has set for the US to help rive stalled talks.

Netanyahu says Arab states to normalize ties with Israel soon

Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will soon have normal ties and formal peace agreements with a number of Arab countries.

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Egyptian artists set a new Guinness World Record by creating the largest mosaic portrait using some 7000 coffee cups.

US congressman, civil rights icon John Lewis has cancer

Democratic Representative John Lewis, a hero of the US civil rights movement, has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.

Sydney fireworks to go ahead despite massive protest petition

Australia’s New Year’s Eve fire works will go ahead despite more than a quarter of a million people signing a petition calling for the event to be cancelled.

Trump no role model for young people, GOP senator says

US President Donald Trump is not a role model for children, says a GOP senator.

Xenophobia, South Africa

​​​​​​​US policy to keep war going in Middle East: Commentator

Analyst and political commentator says the US policy is to keep war going in the Middle East and also that is the only way by which Washington can survive in the region.

Premier League: Arsenal 1-2 Chelsea

Chelsea have made a stunning late comeback after beating Arsenal 2-1 at the Emirates stadium.

Iranian’s animator

This program is about animation production in Iran.

Iraqi President condemns US attack on PMU bases as death toll reaches 25

Iraq’s president has condemned US attacks on Kata’ib Hezbollah, which is part of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU).

Shooter among two dead in Texas church attack

A gunman has opened fire in a Texas church, killing one person and leaving another in critical condition, before being shot dead.

Yemen Retaliation

Iran masters technology to produce polymer used for insulin syringes

Iran has mastered the expertise needed for production of a special polymer used in insulin syringes.

Ivanka Trump suggests she may leave White House if father reelected

US President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and daughter, Ivanka, has suggested that she could leave the White House if her father is elected for a second term in 2020.

Mauritius Prime Minister accuses UK of ‘crimes against humanity’

Mauritius’s patience with the UK appears to be wearing thin as the island nations’s PM condemns Britain’s colonial attitude in the strongest terms possible.

Iran, China, Russia to hold more naval drills in vital waterways

The four-day military drills are just the beginning of a trilateral cooperation which will continue.

16 flights cancelled at Lisbon airport due to three-day strike

Sixteen flights to and from Lisbon airport have been cancelled this weekend as a result of a three-day strike by airport workers.

Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces confirm US attack on their base in Anbar

Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces say US forces attacked their base in the western Anbar province.

Palestinian NGO appeals to UN chief to pressure Israel to lift blockade of Gaza

A Palestinian anti-siege group has appealed to the UN chief to pressure Israel to remove the crippling siege of the Gaza Strip.

Israel ignores PA request to hold elections in Jerusalem al-Quds

Parliamentary elections has not been held since 2006.

Turkey says it will not withdraw from observation posts in Syria’s Idlib

The Turkish defense minister says Turkey will not withdraw from its observation posts in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib.

Rhino believed to be world’s oldest dies

A Rhino believed to be the world’s oldest passed away at the age of 57 in Tanzania, according to conservation authorities.

Ministry of Defence has lost ‘rifles’ and ‘ammunition’

The Ministry of Defence has once again proven to be careless with safeguarding the most dangerous items in its possession.