Ghana's opposition leader John Mahama officially won the country's election on December 9, easily defeating the ruling party candidate after voters punished the government's economic…
This year has been "particularly deadly" for journalists with 104 killed worldwide, over half of them being in Gaza, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government on December 9 survived a third vote of no confidence in as many months, brought by his main Tory…
Britain, Germany, France, Italy and several other European countries said December 9 they would freeze all pending asylum requests from Syrians, a day after the…
A 26-year-old man was arrested December 9 over the targeted killing of a health insurance executive on the streets of New York, with police crediting…
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned another 29 political prisoners, his office said on December 9, with elections due next month as he seeks to…
Thousands of pro-Europe protesters rallied on December 8 in Georgia against the government's decision to shelve European Union accession talks, marking the 11th consecutive day…
Three young suspected Islamic extremists have been charged with terror offences in France over an alleged bomb plot, prosecutors said on December 8. The three…
With the fall of President Bashar al-Assad in neighbouring Syria, Turkey has the chance to turn the overthrow of a historic adversary into a greater…
Thousands of pro-Europe protesters rallied on December 8 in Georgia against the government's decision to shelve European Union accession talks, marking the 11th consecutive day…
Three young suspected Islamic extremists have been charged with terror offences in France over an alleged bomb plot, prosecutors said on December 8. The three…
A Sudanese network of volunteer rescuers said that 28 civilians were killed on December 8 when a fuel station in an area of Khartoum under…
This year is "effectively certain" to be the hottest on record and the first above a critical threshold to protect the planet from dangerously overheating,…
Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky on December 8 said Kyiv needed an "enduring" peace to protect it from Russia, after talks in Paris with US President-elect…
President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview that aired on December 8 that he would act on his first day in office to pardon rioters…
At least 110 people were killed over the weekend in one of the poorest neighbourhoods of Haiti’s capital, a leading human rights group has said,…
Dutch authorities said on December 8 they believed an explosion and inferno that caused an apartment block to collapse killing at least five people was…
Ghana's former president John Drahami Mahama won a historic comeback election victory on December 8 after the ruling party accepted defeat with voters appearing to…
Romanian far-right candidate Calin Georgescu and over 100 supporters rallied at a Bucharest polling station to protest against the cancellation of December 8's presidential election,…
US President Joe Biden on December 8 said deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad should be "held accountable" but called the nation's political upheaval a "historic…
The US on December 7 announced a new $988 million security assistance package for Ukraine as Washington races to provide aid to Kyiv before President-elect…
Thousands of protesters marched in the Georgian capital Tbilisi on December 7 for the 10th day of rallies sparked by a disputed election and the…
Tens of thousands of homes across the UK were left without power on December 7 and two people were killed after Storm Darragh hit the…
The head of a Syrian opposition war monitor said early on December 8 that President Bashar Assad left the country for an undisclosed location, fleeing…
Romania's top court on December 6 annulled ongoing presidential elections over alleged irregularities, after far-right candidate Calin Georgescu topped the first round -- a decision…
