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Ecuador's president says "the road is clear" for Julian Assange to leave embassy


CBS News QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador's president has ramped up pressure on Julian Assange to leave the country's embassy in London. Lenin Moreno said Britain had provided sufficient guarantees the WikiLeaks founder won't be extradited to face the death penalty... ---

Pentagon sends flight over Ukraine following Russian naval incident


Yahoo News A US Air Force observation plane flew over Ukraine on Thursday in a mission to show US support for Kiev following Russia's seizure of three Ukrainian naval vessels in the Sea of Azov, officials said. The November 25 confrontation was the first open ... --

Israel tells Lebanon and UN peacekeepers to destroy attack tunnel


Reuters JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel told Lebanon's army and U.N. peacekeepers on Thursday to destroy a tunnel it said had been dug by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah movement across the border into Israeli territory. Israel's military said this week it had ... --

'Already an Exception': Merkel's Legacy Is Shaped by Migration and Austerity


New York Times CHEMNITZ, Germany — Two weeks after announcing that she would not seek another term, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany was standing in an old locomotive factory in the eastern city of Chemnitz, the scene of far-right protests this year. Outside... ---

John Bolton: US Won't 'Turn A Blind Eye' To China's Trade Practices


NPR The arrest and possible extradition of a Chinese business executive highlights ongoing trade tensions between the U.S. and China that national security adviser John Bolton says will be a major focus of negotiations over the next three months. Those ... ---

Macron's top-down approach to fighting climate change serves as a cautionary tale


CNN Laurie Garrett is founder of the Anthropos Initiative, which seeks to promote novel technology and governance to slow planetary change that threatens human health and survival. The views expressed in this commentary are her own. View more opinion on...

US senators grapple with ways to punish Saudis over Khashoggi death


Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. senators, bent on punishing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, said on Thursday they want to vote next week to penalize Riyadh, but struggled to agree on how best to do... ---

Haley Seeks to Pressure UN Into Condemning Hamas as Tenure Ends


Bloomberg In one of her final acts as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley will seek to persuade member nations to back a resolution condemning Hamas, for the first time singling out the Islamist group that has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007 ...

US military carries out 'extraordinary' flight over Ukraine in response to Russia's 'unprovoked attack'


Fox News The U.S. military flew an “extraordinary” Open Skies Treaty flight over Ukraine on Thursday in response to Russia's “unprovoked attack” on allied Ukrainian forces late last month in the Black Sea near the Kerch Strait. The maneuver is the first flight ... ---

Israel calls for international response to Hezbollah tunnels


Fox News JERUSALEM – Israel's prime minister on Thursday asked the international community to impose additional sanctions on Hezbollah and condemn the Lebanese militant group in response to the discovery of tunnels stretching from southern Lebanon into...