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France's new Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, appointed on December 13, is racing to name a new government by Christmas at the latest

Francois Bayrou

France kept on tenterhooks over new government

A policeman stands next to a makeshift memorial at the site of a car-ramming attack

Security failures

Germany pledges security inquest into Christmas market attack

A handout file picture from the US Navy showing the USS Harry S Truman with F/A-18 and F-16 jets flying overhead

Iran-backed Huthi rebels

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

This picture released by the Minas Gerais fire department in southeastern Brazil shows rescue teams working at the site of a bus crash on December 21, 2024 in the town of Teofilo Otoni that authorities said was Brazil's worst such accident in years

'Terrible tragedy'

Death toll in Brazil bus crash rises to 41

Putin has previously threatened to target Kyiv with a hypersonic ballistic missile

Putin vows 'destruction' on Ukraine after Kazan drone attack

Ho Chi Minh City's first metro line finally opened after years of delays

'Finally, we made it!': Ho Chi Minh City celebrates first metro

Thirty-eight people died in the bus crash in Brazil's Minas Gerais state

Death toll could rise

At least 38 die in bus accident in southeastern Brazil

Firefighters were among those who attended a memorial service a day after the attack

'Necessary measures'

Suspect in deadly Christmas market attack railed against Islam, Germany

Residents have been lighting candles and leaving messages of condolences near the school where the attack happened

Lack of security

Calls for more safety measures after Croatia school stabbings

Though attacks so far into Russian territory are rare, Kazan and the surrounding oil-rich region of Tatarstan have previously been targeted by Ukrainian drone

Escalating attacks

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

The Yi Peng 3 has remained anchored in the international waters of the Kattegat strait between Sweden and Denmark since November 19

According to coast guard

Chinese ship linked to severed Baltic Sea cables sets sail

The bloody attack -- in which a 50-year-old Saudi medical doctor was arrested near the battered car -- comes just days before Christmas

Sorrow and fury in German town after Christmas market attack

Imran Khan's arrest in May 2023 sparked nationwide unrest

Pakistan military courts convict 25 of pro-Khan unrest

Ukrainian drones crashed into high-rise apartment buildings in Kazan

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

Israeli emergency responders inspect a crater at the site where a projectile fired from Yemen landed in Tel Aviv

Yemen rebels strike Israel's Tel Aviv in pre-dawn missile attack

Pakistan Taliban has claimed a raid on an army outpost that killed 16 soldiers

Near border with Afghanistan

Pakistan Taliban claim raid killing 16 soldiers

A man delivers a statement in front of the Syrian opposition flag at Syrian state television in Damascus on December 8, 2024, after Islamist-led rebels declared they had taken the Syrian capital

From oppression to revolution

No longer Assad's mouthpiece, Syrian media face uncertainty

Two rescuers sit on the ground to rest after a car crashed into a crowd at a Christmas market injuring more than 60 people in Magdeburg, eastern Germany

Witness experience

'Torn from my side': horror of German Christmas market attack

Ukraine's air force said debris from downed missiles had caused damage in several districts

Deadly missle strikes

Russia says Kursk strike kills 5 after Moscow claims deadly Kyiv attack

Taiwan earlier this week received a shipment of 38 Abrams tanks from the United States, which on Friday authorized another $571.3 million in defense assistance for the island

Ahead of Trump inauguration

US President Biden authorizes $571 million in military aid to Taiwan

Fireworks errupt as Syrians gather to celebrate the ousting of president Bashar al-Assad at Umayyad Square in the capital Damascus, nearly two weeks after his overthrow

Seeking assurances

US drops bounty for Syria's new leader after Damascus meeting

The unnamed suspect arrested was a 50-year-old medical doctor from Saudi Arabia, said state premier Reiner Haseloff

Saudi man arrested after deadly car attack on German Christmas market

The case was heard by a panel of professional judges in a trial that lasted seven weeks

Schoolteacher Samuel Paty

French court hands down heavy sentences in teacher beheading trial

A child looks on as Israeli soldiers patrol in Jubata al-Khashab, in the UN-patrolled Golan Heights buffer zone, which Israeli troops entered after the fall of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad

During a demonstration

Israel army says troops shot Syrian protester in leg

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hopes a reshuffle could improve his political fortunes

Shaking up the team

Major reshuffle as Trudeau faces party pressure, Trump taunts

Thousands protest outside Serbia's public broadcaster in Belgrade demanding accountability for the railway station tragedy

Nationwide movement

Serbia schools to shut amid new protests over station collapse

Comments attributed to Macron have caused considerable controversy

'People called Mamadou'

Macron slammed over racist remarks Elysee denies he made

The scene of the fatal crash near Rovaniemi in Finland's Lapland

Minivan accident

Two dead after Lapland tourist bus crash in Finland

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