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Vatican defends Pope’s silence on Rohingya in Myanmar

Foreign diplomats, including US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, have called what Myanmar's military is doing to the Rohingya ethnic cleansing, a charge that its leadership and the country's defacto ruler Aung San Suu Kyi deny.However, the Vatican said the trip — the first ever by a

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Manchester United star Paul Pogba reveals he supported Arsenal because of Thierry Henry

Manchester United’s Paul Pogba supported Arsenal when he was growing up (Picture: Getty) Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has revealed he supported Arsenal when he was growing up. The France international, who joined United in 2016 for a then-world record transfer fee of £89.3million, will line up against the Gunners on Saturday when United travel to the

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Pope doesn’t mention Rohingya in major speech

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Middle East

Opinion: Erdogan must stop picking fights with friends

This deterioration of relations between the United States and Turkey should come as no great surprise. It follows a decline in friendliness that has gradually worsened over the last few years on a number of issues.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's requests for the US military to end its cooperation with the Kurdistan Workers' Party-affiliated Syrian

Business

ESPN Analyst Aaron Boone Set To Be New York Yankees Manager – Reports

The New York Yankees have reached into the TV broadcasting booth for their next manager, naming ESPN analyst Aaron Boone as the successor to former leader Joe Girardi, according to multiple reports. Boone has no prior managerial or coaching experience, but is a former major league player, including a memorable stint with the Yankees that included a walk-off,

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Jurgen Klopp responds to claims Barcelona have been set Philippe Coutinho price

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Tillerson on Reports of Ouster: ‘It’s Laughable’

byPam Key1 Dec 20170 1 Dec, 20171 Dec, 2017 Friday while welcoming Libya’s Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj to the State Department, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said reports of his pending departure were “laughable.” When asked about reports the Trump administration is seeking his resignation, Tillerson said, “It’s laughable.” (h/t The Hill) Follow Pam Key on

Asia

Historic Papal Mass in Buddhist Myanmar

The pontiff's first visit to the staunchly Buddhist southeast Asian country, and the first ever by a sitting Pope, comes amid allegations of ethnic cleansing of the minority Rohingya Muslims in northern Rakhine State.In his sermon, the Pope said: "I know that many in Myanmar bear the wounds of violence, wounds both visible and invisible…We think that healing can come

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Egypt attack is tragic evidence of ‘new normal’

The murder of at least 305 practicing Sufis in Egypt on Friday not only represents a dangerous escalation of violence in the Sinai, it also reflects a dramatic expansion of terrorism across North Africa and the Middle East over the past five years. The savage attack on worshipers in Bir al-Abed is a reminder that the vast majority of terrorist-related killings don’t occur