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British Prime Minister Theresa May will hold a bilateral meeting with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the G20 summit in Argentina, her spokesman confirmed on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2zyc981

The 26-year-old welder and machinist has had a face transplant after a failed suicide attempt in 2016. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2PbKxdF

Ukraine has received 500 million euros ($568 million) in assistance from the European Commission, President Petro Poroshenko said in a statement on Facebook. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2RpgQYL

Britain's government does not plan to recall parliament over the Christmas period to push through legislation on leaving the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May's spokeswoman said on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Q7RCkT

The German Air Force said on Friday that there was no suspicion of criminal activity after a malfunction forced a plane carrying Chancellor Angela Merkel to the G20 summit in Argentina to make an unscheduled landing. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2ADYlbG

Montenegrin police arrested Nebojsa Medojevic, a lawmaker and a prominent opposition leader, on Friday after a high court ordered he serve a two-month jail sentence passed in March for refusing to testify about high-level corruption. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2SmHykz

Scores of Belgian protesters wearing the yellow vests that have become a symbol of anti-tax demonstrators in neighboring France blocked a key road junction in central Brussels on Friday, calling on the government to resign. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2rflfBU

South Africa's High Court rejected a legal challenge on Friday brought by a group representing white farmers against President Cyril Ramaphosa's plans for land expropriation without compensation. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2FOv045

The air strike in Afghanistan's Helmand province mostly killed women and children, investigators say. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2zznSDo

Women in Madagascar are being put in prison for months - or even years - for crimes their male relatives are accused of. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2zxKBPW

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said air strikes by the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State in eastern Syria this week killed dozens of people in the jihadist group's last major foothold. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2AzZ3a8

Goodluck Jonathan accuses the Obama administration of undermining his failed 2015 re-election bid. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2rc9EDJ

British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday she was focused on persuading lawmakers to back her Brexit deal at a vote in parliament on Dec. 11 rather than preparing a plan B. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2BI71Q3

Sri Lanka's parliament on Friday voted to halt payment of ministers' salaries and travel expenses, but it remained unclear how the move would impact the disputed government of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa whose ministers boycotted the vote. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2RogSjr

China said on Friday said it had lodged "stern representations" with the United States after the U.S. Navy sailed a ship through the contested South China Sea, passing near islands claimed by China. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Q3qgwu

Russia believes U.S. President Donald Trump canceled his meeting with Vladimir Putin due to domestic issues rather than the Ukraine situation, its foreign ministry said on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Rpir0G

An electronic failure caused a plane carrying Chancellor Angela Merkel to the G20 summit in Argentina to made an unscheduled landing, a German Air Force spokesman said on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Q3bNAl