Attacks Hit Mali UN Base and Greek Macedonian Border
In Kidal Mali a dawn mortar strike on a UN base killed at least three and wounded twenty, with two Guinean soldiers among the dead. no group claimed responsibility. Separately on the Greek Macedonian border, clashes left about two dozen injured as migrants hurled stones amid fence construction visuals.
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Dakar
Senegal
United Nations
Mali
Kidal
Bamako
U.N
Olivier Salgado
Guinea
Ministry of Defense
U.N. Security Council
Burkina Faso
Idomeni
Greece
Gevgelija
Macedonia
Interior Ministry
Red Cross
Paris climate talks set to push for strong global deal
Paris hosts COP21 as Hollande meets environmental groups to back a binding pact on reducing emissions and aiding developing nations. Leaders from 196 countries gather for two weeks of negotiations amid heightened security after the November attacks.
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Paris
Francois Hollande
Elysee Palace
Barack Obama
China
Russia
U.N
France
Laurent Fabius
U.N. Climate Change Agency
Kremlin hits Turkey with sanctions over downed jet
The Kremlin issued a decree sanctioning Turkey after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane. It bans certain goods from Russia to Turkey, ends visa-free travel, halts charter flights and Turkish labor contracts, and tightens oversight of Turkish air carriers. Erdogan expressed regret but defended Turkey's actions, calling for a Putin meeting in Paris to ease tensions.
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Russia
Ankara
Turkey
Vladimir Putin
Kremlin
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Dmitry Medvedev
Putin
Erdogan
NATO
Moscow
Balikesir
Paris
Syria
Ahmet Davutoglu
Yuri Ushakov
Human rights activist Tahir Elci killed in Turkey attack
In southeast Turkey Tahir Elci a Kurdish human rights defender and bar head was shot during a press statement police officer died and two officers and a journalist were wounded. Officials gave conflicting accounts of motive and targeting though Diyarbakir Bar Association said Elci was the target.
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Ankara
Turkey
Tahir Elci
Efkan Ala
Elci
Diyarbakir Bar Association
Kurdistan Workers’ Party
PKK
Ala
Eloi
Pope to visit Bangui amid sectarian divide in CAR
The pope arrives in Central African Republic amid deep Christian Muslim violence. Displaced Christians mourn sons killed by rebels while Muslims in PK5 face a siege by anti-Balaka groups. humanitarian toll includes mass displacement and fear, with Pope Francis seeking peace and reconciliation.
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Pope
Central African Republic
Bangui
Georgette Dossio
Sincere
PK5
Pope Francis
U.N
Cameroon
Chad
Congo
Human Rights Watch
PR5
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Kenya
Abubakar Sadiq Louw
Yassin Sambai Juma
Iran
Islamic Revolutionary Guards Quds Force
Joseph Boinnet
Boinnet
Louw
Juma
Beijing
U.S
World Health Organization
Ministry of Environmental Protection
Shandong
Henan
Bernard Cazeneuve
Fabius
Hollande
Christiana Figueres
Figueres
Istanbul
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