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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was declared the landslide winner Monday of an election marred by deadly violence that the opposition slammed as "farcical" and rigged. Hasina's ruling Awami League party and its allies won 288 seats in the 300-seat parliament, with the main opposition securing only six seats, Election Commission secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed said. Hasina's government had mounted a crackdown on the opposition, an alliance led by the Bangladesh National Party (BNP), which urged the country's election commission to void the results. from https://news.yahoo.com/bangladesh-goes-polls-under-tight-security-210346090.html

A malware attack that appears to have originated outside the US delayed the hardcopy distribution of several major newspapers, according to a report. The LA Times said Saturday that the attack, which was first assumed to have been a server outage, hit a computer network at Tribune Publishing which is connected to the production and printing process of multiple newspapers around the country. As a result, the delivery of the Saturday editions of the LA Times and San Diego Union Tribune were delayed. from https://news.yahoo.com/cyber-attack-hits-us-newspaper-deliveries-report-091431131.html

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — As Bangladeshis get set to vote in Sunday's parliamentary elections, there are fears that violence and intimidation could keep many away from the polls, including two opposition candidates who said police had barricaded them inside their homes. from https://news.yahoo.com/security-tight-dhaka-bangladesh-prepares-vote-110843359.html

Britain's trade minister Liam Fox said there is a "50-50" chance that Brexit may be stopped if parliament rejects the government's divorce deal with the European Union next month. "If we were not to vote for that, I'm not sure I would give it (Brexit) much more than 50-50," Fox, a leading supporter of leaving the EU, told the Sunday Times newspaper. With three months left until the United Kingdom is due to leave the EU on March 29, May's Brexit deal is floundering, opening up a range of possibilities from a Brexit without a trade deal to calling Brexit off. from https://news.yahoo.com/uk-trade-minister-says-50-50-chance-brexit-223532612.html

Graham, a South Carolina Republican who sits on the Senate Armed Forces Committee, has been a vocal critic of Trump’s plan to pull forces from the conflict. “I feel better about Syria than I felt before I had lunch,” Graham told reporters after leaving the White House. “I think the president is taking this really seriously, and the trip to Iraq was well timed.” Trump has forged a plan with his generals in the field that “makes sense,” Graham added. from https://news.yahoo.com/key-senator-says-trump-taking-213457153.html

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Rich in the minerals that power the world's mobile phones and laptops, yet desperately underdeveloped, Congo votes on Sunday for its first new president in nearly two decades. This could be the sprawling country's first peaceful, democratic transfer of power. from https://news.yahoo.com/ap-explains-why-groundbreaking-congo-vote-could-stumble-052634830.html

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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey and Russia have the common aim of clearing Syria of all terror organizations, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Saturday following a meeting with Russian officials in Moscow, state-owned Anadolu news agency reported. Cavusoglu also said Turkey would continue to be in close cooperation with Iran and Russia on Syria and regional issues, according to Anadolu. U.S. President Donald Trump has said that Washington would withdraw the roughly 2,000 U.S. troops in Syria, upending a pillar of American policy in the Middle East and alarming U.S. allies. ... from https://news.yahoo.com/turkey-russia-common-aim-clear-syria-terror-organizations-131345037.html

US President Donald Trump on Saturday blamed opposition Democrats for the death of two immigrant children in US custody, comments set to heighten tensions as the second week of a government shutdown began over his demands for a wall on the US-Mexico border. "Any deaths of children or others at the Border are strictly the fault of the Democrats and their pathetic immigration policies that allow people to make the long trek thinking they can enter our country illegally. If we had a Wall, they wouldn't even try!," Trump said on Twitter. from https://news.yahoo.com/trump-blames-democrats-migrant-childrens-death-amid-budget-214811663.html

Foreign and defense ministers from Russia and Turkey discussed coordination between their forces in Syria after the United States' decision to withdraw troops from the Arab republic, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday. "Today, an understanding was reached on how military representatives of Russia and Turkey will continue coordinating their steps "on the ground" under new conditions with a view to the ultimate eradication of the terrorist threat in the Syrian Arab Republic," Lavrov said. from https://news.yahoo.com/russia-turkey-discuss-coordination-syria-u-withdrawal-171238910.html

Bangladesh's main opposition called for a fresh vote on Sunday as the country's prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, and her ruling Awami League were declared the winners of an election tainted by violence and vote-rigging allegations. At least 17 people were said to have been killed in election day clashes, while reports flowed in of alleged vote manipulation and people being blocked from entering polling stations by ruling party supporters. As Mrs Hasina's alliance sailed past the 151 seats needed to form a government and headed for a landslide third consecutive term, the country's main opposition leader called for the "farcical" election to be declared void.  Kamal Hossain, head of the Jatiya Oikya Front (JOF), the largest opposition alliance, told a press conference in Dhaka that votes had been "rigged on a massive scale across the country".  He urged Bangladesh's election commission to dismiss the result and call "fresh elections under a non-...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump, in his first public words about two migrant children who died in Border Patrol custody, misrepresented the circumstances of their deaths as he sought to deflect any responsibility from U.S. authorities. from https://news.yahoo.com/ap-fact-check-trump-twists-facts-child-migrant-204855967.html

At least 6 people were injured, according to a Tweet sent out by BWI airport. However, none of the injuries appear to be life-threatening. from https://news.yahoo.com/6-people-injured-jetway-collapse-024659908.html

Russian President Vladimir Putin told Donald Trump in a New Year letter on Sunday that Moscow was ready for dialogue on a "wide-ranging agenda", the Kremlin said following a series of failed attempts to hold a new summit. At the end of November, the US president abruptly cancelled a planned meeting with Mr Putin on the sidelines of a G20 summit in Argentina, citing tensions about Russian forces opening fire on Ukrainian navy boats and then seizing them. Mr Trump and Mr Putin also failed to hold a full-fledged meeting in Paris on the sidelines of the centenary commemoration of the Armistice. The two leaders held their one and only summit in Helsinki in July. "Vladimir Putin stressed that the (Russia - United States) relations are the most important factor for providing strategic stability and international security," a Kremlin statement said. "He confirmed that Russia is open for dialogue with the USA on the most wide-ranging agenda." Mr Putin also...

A St. Louis-area man shot to death his girlfriend, her two young children and her mother in the home they all shared, authorities said Saturday. He exchanged gunfire with officers as he fled and was captured several hours later in a convenience store, covered in blood and wounded. from https://news.yahoo.com/missouri-man-fatally-shoots-girlfriend-195649981.html

SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (AP) — California authorities on a nearly four-day manhunt for an inmate who walked away from San Quentin State Prison captured him Saturday. from https://news.yahoo.com/california-inmate-walked-away-san-quentin-caught-223511360.html

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad authorized Iraqi forces on Sunday to attack the Islamic State group inside Syria without waiting for permission from authorities in Damascus, the state news agency SANA said, as the two allies coordinate their fight against extremists ahead of a planned U.S. withdrawal from Syria. from https://news.yahoo.com/syrias-assad-authorizes-iraqi-forces-strike-syria-144705300.html

Afghanistan's presidential election will be postponed until July 20, an official said Sunday, as US-led efforts to end the 17-year war with the Taliban gather steam. The three-month delay, announced by the Independent Election Commission (IEC), comes after weeks of speculation that the vote would be put off to create more space for peace talks with Afghanistan's largest militant group. The presidential ballot was originally scheduled for April 20, which many observers had considered unrealistic given the IEC was still finalising results of October's shambolic and bloody parliamentary elections. from https://news.yahoo.com/afghan-presidential-election-delayed-until-july-20-150436406.html

LODI, Calif. (AP) — The father of a 2-year-old boy who was separated from his Yemeni mother until she successfully fought the Trump administration's travel ban to see him in the United States laid his body to rest Saturday, a day after the child was taken off life support at a hospital. from https://news.yahoo.com/2-old-yemeni-boy-whose-mom-sued-us-133947747.html

Police fired tear gas at "yellow vest" demonstrators in Paris on Saturday but the turnout for round seven of the popular protests that have rocked France appeared low. Several hundred people wearing the symbolic hi-visibility vests had gathered near the offices of several state-run television stations and the BFM TV channel in the centre of the capital shouting "Fake news" and calling for the resignation of President Emmanuel Macron. Protesters spilled onto tram lines and lobbed projectiles at police who replied with tear gas grenades and detained several people. from https://news.yahoo.com/police-teargas-yellow-vest-protesters-paris-140742698.html

The president's incoming chief of staff says Trump will be 'very heavily engaged' on federal shutdown negotiations instead. from https://news.yahoo.com/trump-holed-white-house-amid-172426321.html

With just an estimated 300 nuclear warheads compared to the approximately 7,000 fielded by both the U.S. and Russia, China’s nuclear arsenal is comparatively small. But even a few Chinese H-bombs could wreak tremendous damage to the United States. from https://news.yahoo.com/china-submarine-launched-nuclear-missile-142300304.html

After an international outcry, the mother was allowed to travel from Egypt to be with her dying son at California hospital. from https://news.yahoo.com/two-old-whose-yemeni-mother-160942792.html

The announcement follows heavy criticism of October's chaotic parliamentary election, which saw problems ranging from roadside bomb attacks to malfunctioning biometric voter verification equipment, incomplete voter lists and huge delays at polling sites. The timing of the election has also been complicated by talks under way between U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and representatives of the Taliban aimed at launching a full peace process to end the war in Afghanistan. The election was originally scheduled for April 20 but Gula Jan Abdul Bade Sayad, chairman of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) said mounting problems had forced a delay. from https://news.yahoo.com/afghanistan-delay-presidential-election-july-election-body-144355559.html

Officials say an inmate who walked away from San Quentin State Prison earlier this week was seen in the city of San Miguel on Friday, and investigators believe he is heading toward the Los Angeles area. from https://news.yahoo.com/san-quentin-inmate-walked-away-190031726.html

At least 6 people were injured, according to a Tweet sent out by BWI airport. However, none of the injuries appear to be life-threatening. from https://news.yahoo.com/6-people-injured-jetway-collapse-024659908.html

The cyberattack appeared to originate outside the United States, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing a source with knowledge of the situation. The attack led to distribution delays in the Saturday edition of The Times, Tribune, Sun and other newspapers that share a production platform in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Times reported. Tribune Publishing, whose newspapers also include the New York Daily News and Orlando Sentinel, said it first detected the malware on Friday. from https://news.yahoo.com/cyberattack-hits-u-newspaper-distribution-024118765--finance.html

In a New Year’s message to Erdogan published by the Kremlin on Sunday, Putin said that “Moscow and Ankara are making a decisive contribution to the fight against terrorism in Syria, as well as to the promotion of a political settlement in that country.”His comment came a day after the Russian and Turkish foreign and defense ministers, as well as the countries’ intelligence chiefs, held talks in Moscow on Syria as they move to fill the void left by U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to order a military pullout. “We reached an agreement on how Russian and Turkish military representatives on the ground will continue to coordinate their actions in these new conditions, with the goal of decisively defeating the terrorist threat in Syria,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters after the talks. from https://news.yahoo.com/russia-says-assad-forces-control-104212359.html

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — When the founding leader of Bangladesh, father of current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was assassinated in 1975 after helping achieve independence from Pakistan, then-Foreign Minister Kamal Hossain abandoned a state visit in Europe to rush to her side. from https://news.yahoo.com/bangladesh-opposition-leader-expects-victory-vote-fair-164204694.html

California's attorney general said it's possible the power utility could face charges up to murder if investigators find reckless operation of power equipment caused any deadly wildfires. from https://news.yahoo.com/pg-e-could-face-murder-205025395.html

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Syria conflict: Trump 'slowing troop withdrawal', says Lindsey Graham    BBC News Graham says 'I feel pretty good' about Syria after lunch with Trump    Fox News Lindsey Graham: The President is not a man under siege    CNN Lindsey Graham floats trading DACA, TPS protections for $5 billion in wall funding to end shutdown    CBS News After lunch with Trump, Lindsey Graham shifts course on Syria: ‘I think the president’s taking this really seriously’    The Washington Post View full coverage on Google News

Affordable Care Act Can Stay In Effect While Under Appeal, Judge Says    NPR Judge says Affordable Care Act will remain in effect during appeal    CNN Obamacare, Ruled Invalid by Federal Judge, Will Remain in Effect During Appeal    The New York Times Texas judge lets Obamacare stand while court challenge continues    POLITICO Judge says Affordable Care Act can remain law while his ruling declaring it unconstitutional is appealed    NBC News View full coverage on Google News

Team Trump: 'It's Not A Wall,' as Shutdown Fight Continues    The Daily Beast Outgoing chief of staff John Kelly contradicts Trump in exit interview: 'To be honest, it's not a wall'    Fox News Trump Digs In, Darkening Hopes for a Deal to End the Shutdown    The New York Times Resolving the shutdown gives Democrats great opportunity | TheHill    The Hill Will Trump be impeached in 2019? I’ve worked for a Democrat in the House and here’s my inside take    Fox News View full coverage on Google News

Vladimir Putin Pens Letter to Donald Trump, Says They Should Talk About "Extensive Agenda" Of United States and Russia    Newsweek In holiday message, Putin tells Trump that Moscow is open for dialog    AOL In holiday message, Putin says Russia 'open to dialogue' with US    CNN WW3: ‘Miscalculation’ may catapult West and Russia into catastrophic conflict, says expert    Express.co.uk A look ahead: What's next for Europe and Russia in 2019?    CBS News View full coverage on Google News

Fisherman finds a bundle of suspected cocaine in Florida Keys    CNN A fisherman returning to land in Monroe County, Florida, pulled almost 60 pounds of suspected cocaine out of the water on Saturday morning. View full coverage on Google News

Ex-Afghanistan Commander Warns of Troop Withdrawal Plan | Time    TIME 'I don't think he tells the truth': Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal says Trump is immoral    USA TODAY Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal hits Trump as immoral, dishonest    CNN Former U.S. commander calls Trump dishonest and immoral    The Washington Post Retired 4-Star Gen. Stanley McChrystal: I Wouldn't Work For 'Shady' Donald Trump    HuffPost View full coverage on Google News

Amid stalled nuclear talks, North Korea's Kim reportedly sends message to Trump    CNBC Kim Jong Un sends rare letter to South Korean leader after extraordinary year    CNN With Denuclearization Efforts Stalled, What's Next For The U.S. And North Korea? | NBC Nightly News    NBC News 5 ways Trump can end the North Korea crisis once and for all | TheHill    The Hill World's tallest empty hotel lit up with N. Korean propaganda    Fox News View full coverage on Google News

Border Patrol chief says agents did all they could to save kids' lives    New York Post Lindsey Graham promises to hold hearings on deaths of two migrant children at border    AOL Trump Accused of Hitting 'New Low' After Blaming Deaths of Migrant Children on Democrats    Newsweek Conway deflects questions about Trump’s tweet on migrant deaths    POLITICO Border Patrol chief: Agents 'did everything they could' to prevent 'absolutely devastating' deaths of migrant children    Fox News View full coverage on Google News

China Thwarts U.S. Effort to Promote American Culture on Campuses    The New York Times The US can't 'out-China' China | TheHill    The Hill View full coverage on Google News

Tokyo court says extends detention of Nissan's Ghosn until January 11    Reuters The Rise and Fall of Carlos Ghosn    The New York Times Disgraced former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn will remain in Japanese custody past New Year's Day    Business Insider Carlos Ghosn Can Be Held in Jail Until Jan. 11, Tokyo Court Says    The Wall Street Journal Tokyo court extends detention of Nissan's Ghosn by ten days: TV Asahi    Reuters View full coverage on Google News

China PMI: Manufacturing sector contracts first time in two years    Business Insider As a receding stimulus and an ongoing trade war headline challenges for the world's second-largest economy, the official PMI dropped to 49.4. View full coverage on Google News

Amazon plans to add Whole Foods stores    Fox Business Expansion would widen tech giant's delivery reach. View full coverage on Google News

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Say goodbye to 2018 with New Year's Eve freebies and deals, including free rides    USA TODAY Ring in 2019 with champagne, free coffee and more deals. Monday, Dec. 31 also is National Champagne Day. Find out ways to save on your celebrations.

Outlander brings together Brianna, Jamie, and Claire for a complex reunion    The A.V. Club Outlander Season 4: The Birds and the Bees    Paste Magazine 'Outlander': See the first Fraser family portrait    Entertainment Weekly News 'Outlander' Recap: Season 4, Episode 9 — Jamie and Brianna Meet    TVLine 'Outlander' episode 4.9 recap: Claire and Jamie overjoyed in 'The Birds and the Bees' | GOLD DERBY    Gold Derby View full coverage on Google News

Justin Bieber Apologizes to JoJo Siwa After Bizarrely Shading Her New Rainbow Car    Entertainment Tonight Unpacking the Great Justin Bieber Vs. JoJo Siwa Instagram Crisis of 2018    Jezebel Justin Bieber Reaches Out to YouTuber Jojo Siwa After Shading Car    E! NEWS Justin Bieber Apologizes to JoJo Siwa After Dissing Her New Car    Us Weekly Justin Bieber Just Inexplicably Started a Feud with JoJo Siwa on Instagram    Cosmopolitan.com View full coverage on Google News

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SOS, I Can't Stop Laughing at These Very Specific Bird Box Memes    POPSUGAR Netflix says over 45 million accounts watched Bird Box — here’s what that means    The Verge 45 Million Reasons to Buy Netflix in 2019    The Motley Fool ‘Bird Box’ Appears to Have Had the Best Movie Opening Ever    Film School Rejects 'Bird Box' Meme Makes Sandra Bullock the Newest Ninja Turtle    Comicbook.com View full coverage on Google News

Chargers Offer Initial Reaction on Facing Ravens    Chargers.com NFL Playoff Picture Week 17 standings, updates, bracket: Colts grab final playoff spot, Chiefs get homefield    CBS Sports 2018 NFL Week 17 live - playoff scenarios, schedule, scores, wild-card races, draft order    ESPN NFL Playoff Schedule 2019: Bracket Dates, Picture and Wild-Card Predictions    Bleacher Report NFL Baltimore Ravens' playoff path: AFC North champs take No. 4 seed, will host Chargers    PennLive View full coverage on Google News

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The airport in the German city of Hannover was closed for over four hours after a car drove onto the runway. The unnamed driver has been arrested, and all flights were diverted from 3:30pm until 8pm. A police spokesman said a car with a Polish license plate managed to get on to the runway just after a plane had landed. “Officers from the Federal Police were able to stop the car and overwhelm the man,” said Hannover police, in a statement. The incident comes after the airport increased security over the Christmas period. Passengers inside Hannover airport wait for updates “The security areas are currently vacated, currently there is no clearance," police said, immediately after the incident. "Flight operations are currently suspended. The investigation continues.” Eurocontrol, the organisation responsible for air traffic management, said there were no flights due to land or take off until 8pm. “Zero rate applied for arrivals and departures due to an ongoing security issue on t...

Syrian forces have deployed around the city of Manbij at the request of the Kurds, but Abu Azeez Jaber still fears a US military withdrawal will see Turkish troops enter. Since 2016, the strategic northern city on the Turkish border has been controlled by an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters backed by the US-led coalition. On Friday, Syria's army announced it had sent troops to the region, after Kurdish forces said they had requested the regime's help. from https://news.yahoo.com/despite-regime-troops-nearby-syrians-manbij-still-fear-152641212.html

Russian President Vladimir Putin told President Trump in a letter on Sunday that Moscow was ready for dialogue on a "wide-ranging agenda," the Kremlin said from https://news.yahoo.com/putin-tells-trump-moscow-open-151138514.html

President Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani accused Mueller's office of destroying evidence by allowing text messages from Peter Strzok and Lisa Page to be erased. from https://news.yahoo.com/former-independent-counsel-ken-starr-154114885.html

A malware attack that appears to have originated outside the US delayed the hardcopy distribution of several major newspapers, according to a report. The LA Times said Saturday that the attack, which was first assumed to have been a server outage, hit a computer network at Tribune Publishing which is connected to the production and printing process of multiple newspapers around the country. As a result, the delivery of the Saturday editions of the LA Times and San Diego Union Tribune were delayed. from https://news.yahoo.com/cyber-attack-hits-us-newspaper-deliveries-report-091431131.html

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — As Bangladeshis get set to vote in Sunday's parliamentary elections, there are fears that violence and intimidation could keep many away from the polls, including two opposition candidates who said police had barricaded them inside their homes. from https://news.yahoo.com/security-tight-dhaka-bangladesh-prepares-vote-110843359.html

Trump’s demand for a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico actually refers to “steel slats” as well as the technology that U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officers have said they need to intercept the illegal flow of goods and people, according to Kellyanne Conway, a senior White House adviser. “It is a silly semantic argument because people who just want to say ‘wall, wall, wall’ want that to be a four-letter word,” Conway said on “Fox News Sunday,” one of two appearances on a day parts of the federal government are shut for a ninth day. from https://news.yahoo.com/washington-parses-trump-wall-semantics-162921177.html

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The origins of a suspected computer attack that disrupted the Los Angeles Times and Tribune Publishing newspapers remained unclear Sunday after causing delivery delays and being brought to the attention of federal investigators. from https://news.yahoo.com/origin-virus-hobbled-newspapers-still-unclear-235915462.html

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The shooting death of a California police officer has reignited the debate over sanctuary laws, with a sheriff all but blaming the statewide immigration policy for the killing as he announced the arrest of a man living in the U.S. illegally. from https://news.yahoo.com/police-killing-suspect-fleeing-mexico-051317618.html

The cyberattack appeared to originate outside the United States, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing a source with knowledge of the situation. The attack led to distribution delays in the Saturday edition of The Times, Tribune, Sun and other newspapers that share a production platform in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Times reported. Tribune Publishing, whose newspapers also include the New York Daily News and Orlando Sentinel, said it first detected the malware on Friday. from https://news.yahoo.com/cyberattack-hits-u-newspaper-distribution-024118765--finance.html

Bangladesh's main opposition called for a fresh vote on Sunday as the country's prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, and her ruling Awami League were declared the winners of an election tainted by violence and vote-rigging allegations. At least 17 people were said to have been killed in election day clashes, while reports flowed in of alleged vote manipulation and people being blocked from entering polling stations by ruling party supporters. As Mrs Hasina's alliance sailed past the 151 seats needed to form a government and headed for a landslide third consecutive term, the country's main opposition leader called for the "farcical" election to be declared void.  Kamal Hossain, head of the Jatiya Oikya Front (JOF), the largest opposition alliance, told a press conference in Dhaka that votes had been "rigged on a massive scale across the country".  He urged Bangladesh's election commission to dismiss the result and call "fresh elections under a non-...

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The announcement follows heavy criticism of October's chaotic parliamentary election, which saw problems ranging from roadside bomb attacks to malfunctioning biometric voter verification equipment, incomplete voter lists and huge delays at polling sites. The timing of the election has also been complicated by talks under way between U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and representatives of the Taliban aimed at launching a full peace process to end the war in Afghanistan. The election was originally scheduled for April 20 but Gula Jan Abdul Bade Sayad, chairman of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) said mounting problems had forced a delay. from https://news.yahoo.com/afghanistan-delay-presidential-election-july-election-body-144355559.html

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Anti-India protests and clashes erupted in disputed Kashmir on Saturday after a gunbattle between militants and government forces killed four rebels, police and residents said. from https://news.yahoo.com/gunbattles-anti-india-protests-kashmir-mark-deadly-070327220.html

Kim Jong Un shocked the world in 2018 by transforming his image from nuclear-armed tyrant to global statesman. from https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/30/asia/north-korea-new-years-intl/index.html

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At least 15 people were killed in election-related clashes in Bangladesh on Sunday, local police officials told CNN. from https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/30/asia/bangladesh-election-sheikh-hasina-intl/index.html

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Last year Ifeanyi Ugokwe was arrested and locked up for weeks. His crime: he tried to take his own life. from https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/30/health/imprisoned-suicide-illegal-nigeria-intl/index.html