Palestinians rally against Greek Orthodox patriarch
Protests have broken out in Bethlehem as Palestinians rallied against the Greek Orthodox patriarch, accusing him of selling church land to Israelis.
Angry protesters on Saturday threw eggs and attacked the convoy of Theophilos III as it made its way its way to Bethlehem's Manger Square in the occupied West Bank.
The patriarch was visiting the Church of the Nativity for services marking the Orthodox Christmas Eve. Many Orthodox Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ on January 7.
Farc deal opens path for Colombia's other rebels: 'The future has to be about war'
The ELN, now the country’s biggest rebel army, remains deeply at odds with the government as an October ceasefire comes to an end
In the humidity of the Colombian jungle, a rebel fighter known as Davidson shows more than 100 fellow insurgents how to build an anti-personnel landmine from a plastic canister, a syringe, a battery, and what he calls “a few secret ingredients”.
Davidson is an explosives expert for the National Liberation Army (ELN), Colombia’s largest rebel army following last year’s landmark peace deal and demobilisation of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc).
At its peak, the Farc was present in almost a third of Colombia’s territory, but the ELN has historically been a smaller group and currently has an estimated 2,000 fighters. In the regions where it holds sway, however, the ELN remains a powerful actor.
Donald Trump is more sinister than Richard Nixon, says Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg
Exclusive: Mr Ellsberg's actions are dramatised in Steven Spielberg's 'The Post
The whistleblower whose actions in leaking the Pentagon Papers50 years ago inspired the movie The Post and who faced life in prison for doing so, has claimed Donald Trump is in some ways more sinister and dangerous than Richard Nixon.
Daniel Ellbserg, who was charged under the Espionage Act for providing to the press a classified Pentagon study about the war in Vietnam that revealed the government had repeatedly lied, said Mr Trump - unlike Nixon - had openly demonised the media and sought to undermine it.
“What we have never had is the President openly demonising the press in the way Trump does and telling his base that the press is making up news against him,” said the 86-year-old former military analyst.
Free Money
It sounds like a dream: Poor villagers are handed money regularly every month, for several years, with no conditions attached. An American organization is currently testing the model in Kenya.By Patrick Witte (Text) and Kirsten Milhahn (Photos and Videos)
When the village elder came to her in September to invite her to a meeting under the acacia trees, Norah Odhiambo was skeptical. Storm clouds were gathering above nearby Lake Victoria, the 34-year-old relates, and she set aside the machete she uses to clear brush from her neighbor's field for a few shillings a day. A new aid organization called GiveDirectly, the village elder said, would like to introduce itself. Odhiambo's only thought was: "Another aid organization."
The arrival of aid workers was hardly a novelty for Odhiambo – and their departure was just as common. Her village is near the city of Bondo, located on the eastern shores of Lake Victoria in one of the poorest parts of Kenya. Almost half of the inhabitants here are forced to survive on the equivalent of less than 2 euros per day. In most villages, there is neither electricity nor running water, and the only jobs available are as livestock herders, fishermen or fieldworkers, and even those are scarce.
Fury at Chinese company after deadly cave-in at Cameroon mine
Mada Michel
Nine people died in a cave-in at a mining site in the the East region of Cameroon on the night of December 29. A Chinese company had just pulled out of the mine and failed to fill in the holes and secure the site despite risks of collapse. For locals, this safety failure is the final straw after problems already caused by mining in the area.Chinese mining company Lu et Lang had been exploiting the gold-rich mining site near the village of Ngoengoe, in the department of Lom-et-Djérem. Around 2am the night after the company pulled out, a cave-in occurred. Both men and women lost their lives.
"People went to the site in hopes of finding a bit of gold, to make a little money”
Ministry with 'intractable' task of reuniting North and South Korea
Updated 0210 GMT (1010 HKT) January 7, 2018
On Tuesday, in a building along the border between North and South Korea, negotiators will sit down face to face for the first time in more than two years.
That meeting, the latest in a flurry of rapprochement between the two sides, comes after a breakthrough call between Seoul and Pyongyang last week.
At the South Korean end, were two employees of the Unification Ministry, patiently calling North Korea every day at 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., and never once receiving an answer.
The welcome break in tensions that have been building on the peninsula amid North Korean weapons testing and saber-rattling rhetoric from Washington, has thrown a spotlight onto the ministry, normally little noticed outside Korea, giving its mission new purpose and importance within President Moon Jae-in's foreign policy.
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