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UPDATE - 'Best of Australians': Premier Albanese meets global hero Ahmed who disarmed beach shooter

'Flagrant violation': Qatar condemns Israel’s approval of 19 illegal settlements in occupied West Bank

ECOWAS rejects Guinea-Bissau's military junta transition program, calls for inclusive governance

OPINION - Democratization of warfare: Innovation in the battlespace and the drone challenge

China says US intel helped seize 430 kilograms of smuggled cocaine

Nearly 90 Epstein-linked flights used UK airports: BBC

Hollywood filmmaker Rob Reiner's son taken into custody, charged with his parents' murder

South Africa in talks with Russia over citizens trapped on warfront

'Best of Australians': Premier Albanese meets global hero Ahmed who disarmed beach shooter

Heavy rains flood Gaza hospital, sweep away thousands of displaced Palestinians' tents in extreme cold

Italian court orders release of Egyptian imam facing deportation over pro-Palestinian remarks

Russia testing West below threshold of war, says UK intelligence head

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China launches new satellite into space

Japan lifts earthquake advisory after week of seismic activity

South Korea, UK sign expanded free trade deal after two years of talks

Lithuania to expand military training sites near key NATO corridor

Morning Briefing: Dec. 16, 2025

UN chief urges renewed global action on refugees amid rising crises

DNA testing identifies teenage Hiroshima bombing victim using hair, ashes

Police release person of interest in shooting at US' Brown University, as investigation continues

Zero Waste Foundation prepares framework document for COP31 ahead of Türkiye's hosting

UN atomic watchdog has 'no right' to inspect nuclear sites hit by attacks: Iran nuclear chief

Canada imposes fresh sanctions on Iranian officials over alleged human rights violations

Moscow condemns 'barbaric' beach shooting in Australia

UN General Assembly adopts resolution backing Palestinians' right to self-determination

Venezuela denounces EU sanctions renewal as 'illegitimate hostility'

European leaders welcome progress in Trump-led Ukraine peace efforts

US arrests 4 over alleged California terror plot

More schools close as Thailand-Cambodia border clashes continue

UPDATE 2 - Saudi crown prince, Sudan’s Burhan discuss efforts to achieve stability

Trump declares fentanyl a ‘weapon of mass destruction’

Trump says ISIS terror attack that killed US troops has 'nothing to do' with Syria’s president

Indonesian president pledges recovery in flood-hit regions within 3 months

UN warns Israeli restrictions force reduction in Gaza aid deliveries

Israeli forces detain 3 Syrians in new Quneitra raid

Syrian poet shot dead by Druze outlaw groups in Suwayda

Western Australia battles bushfires amid broken communication system

UN welcomes release of over 120 foreign prisoners by Belarus

UN peacekeeping mission in Sudan reinforces protection measures after recent deadly attack

Israeli army kills Palestinian teen in West Bank raid

UPDATE - 2 US activists arrested by Israel in occupied West Bank, rights group says

Japan secures land on island to monitor Chinese military activity amid rising tensions with Beijing: Report

UPDATE 3 – Flash floods kill 37 in western Morocco

Israeli army releases 10 Gazan prisoners after months of detention

Heavy rains flood hundreds of tents sheltering displaced Gazans amid severe weather

Jordan king, Chinese foreign minister discuss bilateral partnership, Gaza developments

UPDATE - Saudi crown prince, Sudan’s Burhan discuss efforts to achieve stability