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Abdul Qadir Mumin, the Somalian leader of the Islamic State (IS) group, has a beard that's hard to miss

'Alive and active'

The quiet financier: Islamic State's elusive strongman

It was not immediately clear how much Ukraine had advanced in Kursk

Critical juncture

Russia says Ukraine launches 'counterattack' in Kursk region

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says 'strong' Donald Trump can force Russia to negotiate

Vital to security

Zelensky says 'strong' Trump can end Ukraine war

Destroyed buildings in northern Gaza, seen from southern Israel

Another bloody Sunday

Hamas official says ready to free 34 Gaza hostages under mooted deal

Christian Stocker was chosen as the interim leader of Austria's conservatives after its outgoing Chancellor quit

Austria's conservatives ready for coalition talks with far right

Children who fled ongoing battles between Turkish-backed groups and Syrian Kurdish forces in Syria's Aleppo province sit at a desk in the yard of a school in Hasakeh, where they and others took refuge

Syria monitor: 101 killed in battles between pro-Turkey, Kurdish forces

Ecuadoran flags are draped from a railing at the government palace in the capital city of Quito on January 5, 2025

Ecuador presidential campaign opens amid drug war, internal power struggle

US President-elect Donald Trump has played host to a slew of foreign leaders, most recently Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, as he prepares to take office

Unofficial visit

Italy's Meloni visits Trump in Florida

Asaad al-Shaibani (L), foreign minister for the interim Syrian government, met with Qatar's Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani in Doha

After Assad ousting

Syrian ministers urge lifting of US sanctions in first visit to Doha

Spoljaric said determining the fate of Syria's missing will likely take years

Likely taking years

Red Cross says determining fate of Syria's missing 'huge challenge'

Nicolas Sarkozy has suffered a litany of court woes

Trial on Monday

Sarkozy: divisive French ex-president beset by legal woes

Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia is traveling around South America and the United States to build international support

International support

Exiled Venezuelan opposition leader to speak with Biden, visit US

Supporters of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol gathered near his residence, despite bitter snow conditions blanketing the capital

Resisting arrest

South Koreans protest in snow as Yoon arrest deadline nears

Yoon Suk Yeol plunged the country into political chaos on December 3 with the bungled martial law declaration and has since holed up in his residence

S. Korea's Yoon ignored cabinet opposition to martial law: prosecutors

It remains unclear if South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will meet with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken

US Secretary of State

Blinken wades into political crisis with stop in South Korea

Suriname's former president Desi Bouterse photographed at a rally on December 16, 2023

Thousands line Suriname streets in homage to late dictator Bouterse

Palestinians carry a body after, according to Civil Defence rescuers, an Israeli strike on the al-Ghoula family home in the Gaza City area

Setback for peace talks

Gaza truce talks resume in Qatar as violence shows no let-up

Raging blizzard

Dangerous storm to unleash snow, ice, bitter cold across US

Karl Nehammer, member of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP)

Political turmoil

Austria's chancellor to step down after coalition talks collapse

Israel confirms Gaza hostage talks have resumed in Qatar

Former and current US Secret Service agents assigned to the Carter detail walk with the hearse carrying the flag-draped casket of former US President Jimmy Carter in Americus, Georgia, on January 4, 2025

Six-day farewell

39 bell tolls begin final national sendoff for Jimmy Carter

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt, where state-aligned media hailed the country's stability in the hours after Syria's Bashar al-Assad was toppled

Calibrating future ties

Egypt apprehensive over Islamist win in Syria

Biden administration approves $8 bn arms sale to Israel: State Dept

A view of the debris within the remains of a U.S.-made long-range ATACMS missile, reportedly used in attacks by Ukrainian forces and shot down in Russia's Kursk region on November 23-25, 2024, as it is displayed by the Russian Ministry of Defense in Kurks, Russia on November 26, 2024.

Russia says it downed 8 US-supplied ATACMS missiles, vows 'retaliation'

A grand old age

World's oldest person dies at 116 in Japan

People wave US and South Korean flags during a rally in support of impeached South Korea president Yoon Suk Yeol

'Uncharted territory'

Rival camps protest as South Korea president resists arrest

Fatal accident in Nancy

Teenager passes away after being hit by a bus

Due to snow and ice

France's Grand-Est region placed under orange alert as Luxembourg follows suit

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