Russian authorities stepped up the pressure on the country's opposition yesterday by raiding the office of a protest leader and his team.
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tried to rally support yesterday as he faced a leadership challenge from within his own Likud party.
Iraqi President Barham Salih refused yesterday to designate the nominee of an Iran-backed parliamentary bloc for prime minister, saying he would rather resign than appoint someone to the position who would be rejected by protesters.
A British father who drowned along with two of his children in a swimming pool in the Costa del Sol on Christmas Eve was a Christian pastor.
Firefighters battling wildfires in Australia's most populous state have tried to make headway amid favourable conditions, before an "extreme heatwave" hits embattled areas at the weekend.
At least 16 people have been confirmed dead as the Philippines counted the cost of a devastating typhoon that ripped through the centre of the country on Christmas Day.
US sanctions against the Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline have caused widespread anger in Germany, and even critics of the project are now seeking to slap the American ‘molecules of freedom' with an eco-tax in reprisal. The prospect of “crushing sanctions” (included in funding for the US military signed by President Donald Trump last week)...
