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'No survivors' as Syria-bound Russian plane crashes
Defence Ministry says rescuers see no sign of survivors after plane with 92 people on board crashes into Black Sea.
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'No survivors' as Syria-bound Russian plane crashes
Defence Ministry says rescuers see no sign of survivors after plane with 92 people on board crashes into Black Sea.
Massive search under way after Russian plane crash
More than 3,000 personnel join search for bodies after Syria-bound military jet with 92 on board crashes into Black Sea.
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Typhoon Nock-Ten kills four people in the Philippines
Powerful typhoon passes over Manila after forcing more than 200,000 to spend Christmas Day in evacuation centres.
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Syrian forces blamed for civilian deaths near Damascus
Activists say children among the injured after barrel bombs reportedly dropped on rebel-held Wadi Barada.
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Shinzo Abe visits Pearl Harbor with Barack Obama
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Israel places Palestinian MK under house arrest
Basel Ghattas of the Joint List accused of smuggling mobile phones and SIM cards to Palestinians prisoners.
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Record number of refugees opt to leave Germany in 2016
Numbers of voluntary deportations are on rise, but so are the numbers of refugees stopping at German borders.
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Kerry: Israel can be Jewish or democratic, not both
US secretary of state outlines vision for peace between Israel and Palestine weeks ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration.
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Syria ceasefire goes into effect
Backed by Russia and Turkey and accepted by Assad and opposition groups, truce to be followed by peace negotiations.
Dead body found in Rio feared to be Greek ambassador
Forensics carry out tests on body as Brazil police investigate possibility that it might be missing Greek ambassador.
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Russia seeks UN endorsement of Syria truce
Security Council expected to vote on proposed resolution after Russian ambassador submits final document on ceasefire.
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Greek envoy to Brazil 'murdered by wife and her lover'
Kyriakos Amiridis' wife denies participating in killing but says she knew of crime as police question her account.
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ISIL claims responsibility for Turkey nightclub attack
Group says it carried out New Year's Eve raid on Istanbul nightclub where "Christians celebrate their apostate holiday".
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Road accident kills 25 people in Thailand
Two toddlers among the victims of crash involving a minivan and a pick-up truck during so-called Seven Deadly Days.
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56 killed, many beheaded, in grisly Brazil prison riot
Bodies butchered, decapitated and burned after clashes between rival drug gangs at a prison complex in Amazonas state.
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Philippines: Armed men free more than 150 in jailbreak
Officials say men with suspected links to rebels attack a prison, killing a guard and freeing prisoners.
Britain's EU ambassador quits ahead of Brexit talks
Ivan Rogers abruptly resigns three months before the UK begins negotiations to leave the bloc.
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MIDDLE EAST
Deadly blast hits western Turkish city of Izmir
At least two killed in blast near a courthouse, while police have killed two attackers in coastal city, governor says.
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Deadly blast hits western Turkish city of Izmir
At least two killed in blast near a courthouse, while police have killed two attackers in coastal city, governor says.
More than a dozen killed in Baghdad car bomb attacks
At least 17 people killed and 15 others wounded in two separate car bomb blasts in the Iraqi capital.
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Soldiers launch mutinies in three Ivory Coast cities
West African nation's defence minister says the mutineers are demanding salary increases and payment of bonuses.
Russia 'scaling down' military presence in Syria
Moscow says it has begun the reduction of its Syria deployment with the only Russian aircraft carrier to leave first.
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Taiwan's president heads to US amid China dispute
Tsai's US stopovers come after she incensed China by her phone call to Donald Trump to congratulate him on his victory.
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US to deploy 300 Marines to Afghanistan's Helmand
American troops return to the restive province largely controlled the Taliban after NATO withdrawal in 2014.
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Fuel-tanker bomb kills dozens in Syria's Azaz
At least 48 people killed and many others wounded in northern stronghold of Turkey-backed Syrian rebels.
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Truck bomb kills several in Egypt's Sinai
At least eight members of security forces killed in an attack on a police checkpoint in El-Arish.
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Japan, S Korea scramble jets after China flies bombers
Japan and South Korea say Chinese military planes flew over East China Sea and the Sea of Japan for hours on Monday.
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Five UAE diplomats killed in Afghanistan attack
Bombing in Kandahar kills seven people, including five UAE diplomats, and wounds Ambassador Juma al-Kaabi.
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Nicaragua: Ortega sworn in as president with wife as VP
Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo become the first married couple to hold office in Nicaragua's history.
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May: Northern Ireland crisis mustn't jeopardise peace
UK prime minister says Northern Irish leaders have a week to resolve their differences or there will be an election.
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Germany to return refugees to Greece starting in March
Berlin to begin returning newly arrived asylum seekers to Greece after five-year suspension of such transfers.
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US troops in Poland 'a threat to Russia's security'
Russian government describes US military build-up in Eastern Europe as a 'factor destabilising European security'.
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Syria warns Israel after rockets hit air base
Large plumes of smoke rise over the capital with the Syrian army accusing Israel of targeting Mazzeh military airport.
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Palestinian Authority set to open embassy in Vatican
President Mahmoud Abbas meets Pope Francis for the opening of the embassy, one day before Paris peace conference.
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Duterte: No one can stop me from declaring martial law
Despite constitutional limits, Philippine president considering martial law if drug problem turns 'virulent'.
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Turkish cargo jet crash kills 37 in Kyrgyzstan
Plane attempting to land at Kyrgyzstan's main airport in thick fog crashed in populated area, authorities say.
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Istanbul club suspect 'caught by police'
Man suspected of killing 39 people in Reina nightclub captured in apartment in Esenyurt district, say Turkish media.
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Lavrov: Russia invites Trump officials to Syria talks
Sergey Lavrov says Russia and US could start discussions on 'fighting terrorism' in Syria during summit in Kazakhstan.
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Fatah and Hamas to form unity government
Agreement reached after three days of talks in Moscow paving the way for the formation of a new National Council.