U.N. to relocate staff from Pakistan for security
The United Nations plans to move about 20 percent of its expatriate workers out of Pakistan for six months or relocate them within safer areas due to recent attacks. No projects are shut, but some long term programs may be suspended. The step follows a broader decision to suspend long term development near the Afghan border and comes as violence rises across Pakistan.
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North Korea bans foreign currencies in market clampdown
North Korea issued a decree banning the circulation and possession of foreign currencies, affecting dollars euros yuan and other currencies. Banks only may hold foreign money and individuals or firms face punishment. the move targets private markets amid currency reforms and rising inflation concerns.
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Moscow detains dozens at anti Kremlin protest including Lyudmila Alexeyeva
Dozens detained in central Moscow as police broke up a New Year protest deemed illegal to avoid disrupting festivities. Notable detainee Lyudmila Alexeyeva, 82, a renowned rights activist, was seen pushed into a bus. Opposition figure Eduard Limonov detained near the square. riot police joined city officers to disperse demonstrators.
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Teenager Arrested in West Bank Mosque Arson
Israeli police detained a minor from a West Bank settlement in connection with the Dec. blaze at a mosque. Police said undercover agents arrested the teen at a West Bank junction as investigators pursue a possible Jewish extremist motive tied to settlement construction slowdowns.
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