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Protesters outside Israel's parliament call for a deal to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas

Intensified efforts for ceasefire

Qatar says Gaza truce talks in 'final stages'

Argentina's President Javier Milei attends a political meeting organized by a right-wing group in Rome in December 2024

Argentine annual inflation nosedives, in boost for Milei

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Gaza should be under the control of the Palestinian Authority

Blinken proposes UN role, Palestinian state path in Gaza

Lebanon's new prime minister Nawaf Salam has said he wants to include all sides to help save the country

Lebanon's new PM says reaching out to all sides to save country

US President-elect Donald Trump and Special Counsel Jack Smith

Consequences of 2020 elections

Trump would have been convicted of election subversion: special counsel

Moscow and Kyiv have increased strikes on each other ahead of US president-elect Donald Trump's inauguration

Tuesday strikes

Ukraine claims biggest aerial strike on Russian territory

The woman believed she was in a relationship with Brad Pitt (C) until news emerged of his new girlfriend, Ines de Ramon (L)

Ugly side of the internet

French woman faces cyberbullying after falling for fake Brad Pitt

Oil tanker Eagle S is suspected of sabotaging cables linking Finland and Estonia

NATO launches Baltic Sea patrols after suspected cable sabotage

Queen Elizabeth II took the news 'very calmly and without surprise'

Declassified files

Queen was not told aide was Soviet spy for years, UK records show

Francois Bayrou is looking to the left for tacit support

Francois Bayrou

New French PM faces first key parliamentary hurdle

South Korean and US intelligence agencies had monitored Pyongyang's launch preparations, the military said

Second test this year

North Korea fires short-range ballistic missiles before Trump's return

Pete Hegseth, US President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of defense, faces allegations of sexual misconduct and excessive drinking

Trump's cabinet picks come under US Senate spotlight

The Kumbh Mela, a show of religious piety and ritual bathing, is a logistical challenge of staggering proportions

Largest gathering of humanity

India's Hindu pilgrims: a sea of humanity at Kumbh Mela

Tradition-steeped Kyoto is famed for its kimono-clad geisha and Buddhist temples

'Grumbles from locals'

Japanese tourist hotspot Kyoto to hike hotel taxes

The POQUITO mission marks a landmark achievement for the University of Luxembourg. For the first time, the SnT team is spearheading a complete space mission lifecycle: from initial design and assembly to testing and upcoming operation.

Morning Roundup

Close to Gaza ceasefire deal, warning for cold weather, and Luxembourg university launches first satellite into orbit

President Yoon Suk Yeol's December 3 power grab plunged South Korea into its worst political crisis in decades

Impeachment trial of South Korean President Yoon begins

US President-elect Donald Trump and former US First Lady Melania Trump arrive to pay their respects in front of the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter at the US Capitol Rotunda on January 8, 2025

Shattering niceties

Even before taking office, Trump shaking up global order

Donald Trump has shown little sign of changing his bombastic style in his second term

Trump unbound: America braces for wild, dark comeback

Evacuees have become increasingly nervous about looters roaming empty neighborhoods and poluice have stepped up patrols in a bid to deter criminals

Nine charged over looting in LA fires: prosecutor

Iranian officials met with counterparts from Britain, France and Germany

Tehran's nuclear programme

Iran, European powers hold 'constructive' nuclear talks

Lebanese lawmakers broke a two-year deadlock to appoint Joseph Aoun president

Major challenges

Lebanon's president names ICJ judge Nawaf Salam prime minister

The war in Gaza continued to rage despite talk of a ceasefire deal being close

Heavy fighting rocks Gaza amid rising hope for truce deal

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan speaks during the daily press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 13, 2025.

US says Gaza deal 'can get done this week'

Tourist information centres are thing of the past in Paris

Due to digital services

Last tourist information centre in Paris closes

Luxembourg drunk driver causes accident after phone distraction

Police said more than a million members of an influential religious sect gathered in the Philippine capital on Monday

Iglesia ni Cristo

Philippine sect gathers to oppose VP Duterte impeachment

South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul (R) met Japanese counterpart Takeshi Iwaya (L) for talks in Seoul

Strengthening ties

Japan FM in South Korea for talks before Trump takes office

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv had captured two North Korean soldiers

Seoul says 300 North Korean soldiers killed fighting Ukraine

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