Saturday 8 December 2018

Six people, mostly teenagers, killed in Italy nightclub stampede

Six people, including five teenagers, were crushed to death in the early hours of Saturday in a stampede at a packed nightclub, officials said.


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Rouhani forecasts 'deluge' of drugs, refugees, attacks if sanctions hurt Iran

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that there could be a "deluge" of drugs, refugees and attacks on the West if reimposed sanctions by the United States weaken Iran's ability to contain these issues.


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Iran says U.S. arm sales turning Middle East into 'tinderbox'

Iran's foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday that the United States is selling arms into the Middle East which were beyond the region's needs, turning it into a "tinderbox", state news agency IRNA reported.


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New Zealand police launch murder probe over missing British woman

Police searching for a 22-year-old British woman missing in New Zealand have launched a murder investigation and a 26-year-old man is being questioned, investigators said on Saturday.


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Mexico's top court suspends public sector pay cuts law

Mexico's Supreme Court on Friday suspended a new law that cuts public sector pay, freezing it until the tribunal has made a definitive ruling on the legislation, and dealing a blow to Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.


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Bank robbery shootout in Brazil kills 14

Fourteen people including six hostages were killed early on Friday in a shootout between police and bank robbers attempting to blow up ATMs at two banks in a small town in northeastern Brazil, authorities said.


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Mexico's new government takes aim at drug cartel finances

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is taking aim at the finances of the powerful Jalisco cartel in what a top anti-money laundering official said was an opening salvo in the fight to stop criminal gangs from flourishing with impunity.


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