Australia to toughen gun laws after deadly Bondi shootings

Louvre trade unions to launch rolling strike

Jimmy Lai convicted of national security charges in Hong Kong

Director Rob Reiner and wife found dead at Los Angeles home

Zelensky holds new talks with US envoys on ending Ukraine war

Father and son gunmen kill 15 at Jewish festival on Australia's Bondi Beach

Syrian president offers condolences to Trump over ISIL attack killing US troops

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa extended condolences to U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday following an ISIL terrorist attack that claimed the lives of three Americans in the Homs countryside, pledging to uphold security and stability in Syria and the region.

Hamas confirms the death of top commander in Gaza after Israeli strike

Hamas on Dec. 14 confirmed the death of a top commander in Gaza, a day after Israel said it had killed Raed Saad in a strike outside Gaza City.

Zelensky offers to drop NATO bid for security guarantees

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Dec. 14 voiced readiness to drop his country’s bid to join NATO in exchange for Western security guarantees, but rejected the U.S. push for ceding territory to Russia as he arrived in Berlin for talks with U.S. envoys on ending the war.

Greek premier to pay visits to Jerusalem, Ramallah

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is set to visit Jerusalem on Dec. 22 for a brief meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with reports suggesting a potential trilateral summit involving the leaders of Greece, Israel and Greek Cyprus on the same day.

UN chief visits Iraq to mark end of assistance mission

United National Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has been in Baghdad to mark the end of the political mission set up in 2003 following the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq that toppled Saddam Hussein.

Small boat migrant crossings resume in English Channel

Migrants resumed attempts to cross the English Channel to reach Britain on Dec. 13, four weeks after the last small boat arrived.

Germany says foiled plot to attack Christmas market

German authorities said on Dec. 13 they had arrested five men on suspicion of involvement in a plot to plough a vehicle into people at a Christmas market.

Cambodia-Thailand border clashes enter second week

Renewed border clashes between Cambodia and Thailand entered a second week on Sunday after Bangkok denied U.S. President Donald Trump's claim that a truce had been agreed to halt the deadly fighting.

Trump vows revenge after troops in Syria killed in ISIL ambush

U.S. President Donald Trump has said that “there will be very serious retaliation” after two U.S. service members and one American civilian were killed in an attack in Syria that the United States blames on the ISIL terrorist organization.

At least 10 dead, 12 injured in Australian beach shooting

At least 10 people were killed and 12 others injured in a Sunday mass shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, the police said, according to public outlet the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).

Gunman kills two, wounds nine at US university

A gunman killed two people and wounded nine others on Saturday at Brown University, plunging the eastern U.S. campus into lockdown as hundreds of police hunted the suspect late into the night.

Storm kills 11 Palestinians, causes $4M damage in Gaza

Gaza’s government said Saturday that a powerful polar low-pressure system that struck the territory in recent days killed 11 Palestinians, and caused about $4 million in direct damage, compounding an already severe humanitarian crisis due to a two-year Israeli genocide.