Musk, president? Trump says 'that is not happening'

Syria's new leader says all weapons to come under 'state control'

Trump vows to 'stop transgender lunacy' as a top priority

France kept on tenterhooks over new government

Germany pledges security inquest into Christmas market attack

Slovak PM Fico on surprise visit to Kremlin to talk gas deliveries

Gaza rescuers say Israeli strikes kill 35

Gaza's civil defense agency said on Sunday that Israeli strikes killed at least 35 Palestinians across the territory, more than 14 months into the Israel-Hamas war.

Syria's territorial integrity 'non-negotiable,' Fidan says

Türkiye’s Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan, emphasized on Dec. 22 that Syria’s territorial integrity is “non-negotiable” and reiterated there is no place for the PKK/YPG terror group in the country.

2 US pilots shot down over Red Sea in 'friendly fire'

Two U.S. Navy pilots were shot down over the Red Sea on Dec. 22 in "an apparent case of friendly fire," the American military has said.

Greece’s former royal family seeks to reclaim citizenship

Members of Greece’s former royal family have applied for Greek citizenship and formally acknowledged the country’s republican system of government, in a landmark move 50 years after the monarchy was abolished.

Winter hitting Gaza as many have little protection from the cold

Winter is hitting the Gaza Strip and many of the nearly 2 million Palestinians displaced by the devastating 14-month war with Israel are struggling to protect themselves from the wind, cold and rain.

Syria’s interim government begins to take shape

The figures of the transitional government in Syria have gradually begun to shape two weeks after the regime's collapse, with new appointments to the critical portfolios of foreign affairs and defense ministers.

India child marriage crackdown reaches nearly 5,000 arrests

A crackdown on illegal child marriages in India's northeast has resulted in nearly 5,000 arrests, after 416 people were detained in the latest police sweep, a minister said on Dec. 22.

Ukraine drone hits Russian high-rise 1,000km from frontline

Kiev on Dec. 21 staged a major drone attack on the Russian city of Kazan, 1,000 kilometers from the frontier, the latest in a series of escalating aerial attacks in the nearly three-year conflict.

Angry questions in Germany after Christmas market attack

The German government faced growing questions Sunday about whether more could have been done to prevent the Christmas market car-ramming attack that killed five people and injured over 200.

Biden signs $100B government funding bill, avoiding shutdown

U.S. President Joe Biden signed a government funding bill into law Saturday, averting a potential government shutdown.

Saudi man arrested after deadly car attack on German Christmas market

German police arrested a Saudi Arabian man after a deadly car-ramming attack on a Christmas market Friday in which an SUV barrelled through a crowd of revellers at high speed, leaving a trail of bloody carnage.

US Congress passes bill to avert shutdown

The U.S. Congress averted a Christmastime government shutdown early Saturday after weeks of tense negotiations that went down to the wire, passing a bill to fund federal agencies through mid-March.