News of Monday 31 December 2018

• US military admits killing more civilians in Syria, Iraq
• Two dead after tower block collapses in Russian city of Magnitogorsk
• Rouhani says his govt. seeks to boost ‘electricity diplomacy’
• US presence in Persian Gulf only fuels insecurity: Iran chief commander
• Russia to take tit-for-tat measures if US deploys new missiles in Europe: Lavrov
• Leader: Palestine’s ultimate victory to occur in the “not too distant future”