WASHINGTON -- U.S. Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren on Monday announced that she was forming a presidential exploratory committee for the 2020 race, becoming the first top-tier candidate to make a formal move. (US-Presidential Run)

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MOSCOW -- At least four people were killed and 35 others remained missing after a household gas explosion rocked a residential building in the Russian city of Magnitogorsk on Monday, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said.

Five people have been hospitalized and 28 people who were previously reported missing were not at home when the tragedy happened. (Russia-Gas Explosion)

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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi Air Force carried out airstrikes on a position of Islamic State (IS) extremist group inside Syria near the Iraqi border, the Iraqi military said on Monday.

The Iraqi F-16 jets bombarded a two-storey building where 30 extremist militants were inside for a meeting of the group's leaders, and totally destroyed it in Susa area in eastern Syria, a statement issued by the Iraqi Joint Operations Command (JOC) said, without saying when the airstrike took place. (Iraq-IS-Attack)

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LONDON -- U.S. ambassador to UK Woody Johnson on Monday warned that his country's offer of a quick bilateral trade deal with Britain would not be possible if Brexit agreement is approved.

The comment came ahead of the parliament vote of the Brexit deal agreed by the British government and the European Union (EU). (UK-EU-Brexit)

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BERLIN -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel addressed climate change, the regulation of migration as well as the fight against international terrorism in her New Year's speech on Monday.

Germany wanted to work toward solving these problems in its own-self interest while at the same time taking others' interests into consideration, Merkel said. (Germany-Merkel-Speech) Enditem

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