The Vatican Surrenders to China

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• ‘They will beg us for talks but we will reject them,’ Taliban spokesman says
• Russia says gas leak likely caused apartment explosion claimed by Islamic State
• US airstrike kills dozens of Shabaab fighters day after Ethiopian forces ambushed

‘They will beg us for talks but we will reject them,’ Taliban spokesman says Posted: 20 Jan 2019 01:43 PM PST One of the Taliban's top two spokesmen bragged that the group called off negotiations with the US after the latter has pleaded for peace talks.

Russia says gas leak likely caused apartment explosion claimed by Islamic State Posted: 19 Jan 2019 06:28 PM PST The Russian government says that a gas leak was most likely responsible for an explosion at an apartment building in Magnitogorsk on Dec. 31. On Jan. 17, the Islamic State claimed that the incident was really an "operation" conducted by the Islamic State's Caucasus province.

US airstrike kills dozens of Shabaab fighters day after Ethiopian forces ambushed Posted: 19 Jan 2019 01:50 PM PST A US airstrike reportedly targeted Shabaab militants as they went on the offensive following the deadly terrorist attack in Nairobi.