The US military has carried out "defensive strikes" in Iraq and Syria against the Kataib Hezbollah militia group, the Pentagon said, two days after a US civilian contractor was killed in a rocket attack on an Iraqi military base.
A stabbing at the house of a Hasidic rabbi in New York that left five injured has been condemned as "domestic terrorism" by the state's governor.
Sydney's famous New Year's Eve fireworks are to go ahead, despite a petition for the display to be cancelled and funds diverted to fighting fires.
Emmanuel Macron is reportedly refusing to heed advice about how to end the strikes over pension reforms that have triggered one of the most serious crises of his presidency.
Police patrols have been increased to protect the Jewish community after anti-Semitic graffiti was daubed on a synagogue and shop fronts in London.
Two twin brothers who starred in a TV reality show were found dead in a suspected suicide pact after secretly battling depression, friends and family said.
A boat suspected of being from North Korea with several bodies was found on a small island in northern Japan, the Japanese Coast Guard said.
