Chancellor Olaf Scholz formally set Germany on course for an early election on December 11 by requesting a confidence vote in parliament next week. Five…
The Somali army and forces loyal to the semi-autonomous southern Jubaland region have clashed, Somali government and military officials said on December 11. Conflict-weary Somalia…
French President Emmanuel Macron raced on December 11 to meet a self-imposed 48-hour deadline to name a new prime minister after he hosted party bosses…
The Kurdish-led force controlling northeast Syria said on December 11 it had reached a US-brokered ceasefire with Turkish-backed fighters in Manbij, after Islamist-led rebels toppled…
Brazil's 79-year-old President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was in "stable" condition after emergency surgery December 10 for an intracranial hemorrhage and should leave the…
Thousands of pro-European protesters rallied against Georgia's government December 10 for a 13th consecutive day, after the European Union warned it could punish authorities for…
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on December 10 said that peace talks on ending Russia's war in Ukraine could begin this winter. Tusk, whose country…
Northern Ireland's devolved government voted December 10 to continue with post-Brexit trading arrangements in the British-run province which has the UK's only land border with…
The United States unveiled trade restrictions December 10 on eight companies, including two Chinese firms and several from Russia, alleging human rights violations. The China-based…
Syria's new transitional prime minister on December 10 said it was time for "stability and calm" in the country, two days after longtime president Bashar…
At least 176 people were killed in two days of army and paramilitary strikes across Sudan, according to an AFP tally of tolls provided by…
The US slapped sanctions on a Chinese cybersecurity company and one of its employees December 10, accusing it of compromising more than 80,000 firewalls in…
A 26-year-old man was arrested and charged with murder December 9 in the targeted killing of a health insurance executive on the streets of New…
Qatari officials are in contact with the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which spearheaded the ouster of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, as well as…
Britain and Germany on December 10 signed a joint action plan aimed at tackling migrant smuggling gangs, as European interior and migration ministers met in…
Dutch police said on December 10 they had arrested three people suspected of involvement in an explosion and fire at an apartment block in The…
Three suspected Islamist extremists have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of preparing a "serious act of violence", with an assault rifle and knives also…
Kenyan police tear-gassed a peaceful march against femicide in the capital Nairobi on December 10, detaining a number of protesters, according to reporters and rights…
UK police on December 10 said they had charged six people with being members of a "proscribed terrorist group" following an investigation into suspected activity…
European Union foreign ministers meeting next week will discuss punishing Georgia's authorities after what Brussels called "credible concerns" of torture against pro-EU demonstrators, Brussels said…
A Sudanese military air strike on a market in North Darfur killed more than 100 people on December 9, a pro-democracy lawyers' group said on…
Four suspected members of Colombia's biggest drug cartel were killed last week in airstrikes on their bases, President Gustavo Petro announced December 9. The bombardments…
Benjamin Netanyahu, the first sitting prime minister of Israel to face a criminal trial, is expected to testify for the first time when his corruption…
US President Joe Biden is facing growing calls to commute the death sentences of the more than three dozen federal inmates on Death Row before…
Spain's King Felipe joined hundreds of mourners in a memorial mass on December 9 for victims of the devastating floods that killed 230 people in…
