Syria's new government spokesman told AFP on December 12 the country's constitution and parliament would be suspended for the duration of the three-month transition period…
Israel said on December 12 it would "continue to act to defend itself" after France urged it to withdraw from the UN-patrolled buffer zone separating…
EU states on December 12 cleared Bulgaria and Romania to become full members of the borderless Schengen zone from the start of next year, officials…
In the small town of Dedovsk, just outside Moscow, pensioner Zinaida Kudriavtseva is struggling to pay the bills. Russia has been gripped by a cycle…
Outgoing President Joe Biden said on December 12 he had commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoned 39 others, in what the White…
FIFA on December 11 confirmed that Saudi Arabia will host the 2034 World Cup, underlining the Gulf kingdom's growing influence in world sport despite criticism…
A judge was shot dead December 11 in Mexico's once-thriving beach city of Acapulco, local media and the state prosecutor's office said. Local press identified…
Pope Francis travels to the French island of Corsica Sunday to visit the small Catholic community, just days after having skipped the reopening ceremony for…
Austrian oil and gas firm OMV on December 11 announced it had ended its contract with Russian energy giant Gazprom after the latter ceased supplying…
A Chinese citizen has been charged with flying a drone over Vandenberg Space Force Base in California where he is alleged to have recorded images…
Canada's largest province would be prepared to cut off energy exports to the US if President-elect Donald Trump imposes his promised tariffs on Canadian goods,…
Human Rights Watch on December 12 condemned "atrocities" committed against civilians by Mali's army, the Russian mercenary group Wagner, and Islamist armed groups since UN…
Austria's parliament on December 11 approved a request from the public prosecutor's office to lift the immunity of Herbert Kickl, the leader of the far-right…
Ethiopia has lifted a ban on three rights organisations it had previously suspended for political bias, the groups said on December 11. The government ordered…
Syria's new prime minister said the Islamist-led alliance that ousted president Bashar al-Assad will guarantee minority rights, in an interview published December 11, also calling…
Somalia and Ethiopia have reached a deal to end a nearly year-old bitter dispute following hours of Turkish-brokered talks in Ankara, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan…
The UN General Assembly on December 11 overwhelmingly adopted a resolution calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Gaza, a symbolic gesture rejected by…
Russia on December 11 vowed retribution against Ukraine, accusing Kyiv of firing Western-supplied missiles on a military airfield in its southern Rostov region. President Vladimir…
Amnesty International on December 11 urged Mozambique to "end its bloody crackdown on protesters", saying 110 have been killed in demonstrations sparked by disputed presidential…
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will undergo another operation Thursday to "minimize the risk of future bleeding" in an area under his skull…
A Paris appeals court on December 11 ruled investigators were right to drop a case over the French army's alleged failure to intervene in a…
FBI Director Christopher Wray announced on December 11 that he will resign in January before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. "After weeks of careful thought,…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads on December 11 on an emergency tour after the overthrow of Syria's dictatorship, in a new, last-minute attempt…
The European Union said on December 11 that member states bordering Russia and Belarus can limit the right of asylum for migrants in the event…
President-elect Donald Trump is planning a blizzard of more than 25 executive orders and directives on his first day in office on January 20 as…
