Israeli PM faces arrest in Spain over Gaza flotilla raid

1. Poland’s incoming European affairs minister says the country no longer deems it necessary to respect the EU quotas on the relocation of refugees after the Paris attacks. Konrad Shimanski said implementing the quotas is no longer politically viable. Poland had earlier agreed to share Europe's burden of refugee influx.

2. A Spanish judge has issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the 2010 raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla. Netanyahu and seven senior former and incumbent officials could be arrested if they set foot on Spanish soil. Israel has rejected the move as a provocation.

3. Canada's new Liberal government has decided to end its combat mission in Iraq and Syria. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will instead train local forces and provide humanitarian support to the war-torn states. The Conservative opposition now wants a parliamentary debate on plans to change the military campaign.

4. Leaders of the world’s top industrialized nations have arrived in the Turkish city of Antalya to take part in the annual G-20 summit. French President Francois Hollande has cancelled his trip following Friday’s attacks in Paris. The summit will focus on the fight against terrorism among other issues.

5. Iraqi Kurdish forces have found a mass grave in the town of Sinjar after its liberation from the ISIL. The grave contains the bodies of 78 Izadi women, aged between 40 and 80. Officials discovered the site based on information provided by young women enslaved by the ISIL terrorists.

6. A fresh US drone strike has killed a dozen people in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province. Reports say all the fatalities were militants fighting the Afghan government. The US has been using drones to bomb Afghanistan and several other countries amid widespread criticism. The strikes have left many civilians dead.

7. Palestinians hold a memorial service for a teenager who was killed by the Israeli army 40 days ago. Muhannad Halabi was killed in the early stages of the ongoing Palestinian uprising against the occupation. Several high-ranking Palestinian officials also attended the ceremony in the West Bank city of Bireh.

8. North Korea has declared a no-sail zone off its east coast, hinting at a possible missile launch. The warning covers all movement of ships from November 11 to December 7 near the port city of Wonsan. Pyongyang has previously declared a no-sail zone without launching a missile.

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