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Austria's president met with far-right leader Herbert Kickl after coalition talks to form a centrist government failed

Austria's president tasks far right to form govt in historic first

Fighters loyal to the interim Syrian government, in the Zahra district of Homs

Five-day operation

Syria announces end of Homs security sweep: state media

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau resigns

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been under mounting pressure for weeks

Amidst political crisis

Canada's Trudeau expected to announce resignation amid political crisis

Starmer slammed the 'poison of the far-right'

From the US to Europe

European leaders hit back in Elon Musk meddling row

French President Emmanuel Macron said he saw no

4th year of war

Macron urges 'realistic' expectations from Ukraine on territory

A member of a local neighbourhood watch guards his neighbourhood in Damascus

'Protect our neighbourhoods'

'Protect our people': Armed Syrian volunteers watch over Damascus

Russia said Monday its forces had captured the 'important logistics hub' of Kurakhove in eastern Ukraine

'Important logistics hub'

Russia says captured key town in eastern Ukraine

North Korea on Monday fired a ballistic missile into the sea just as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was holding meetings in Seoul

Political turmoil

North Korea fires missile as Blinken warns of Russia cooperation

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby resigned over his handling of a sex abuse scandal

Due to mishandling of case

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby faces final day in role

Police officers in Seoul as people gather for a rally near President Yoon Suk Yeol's residence

Week-long efforts

South Korea's Yoon set to avoid arrest by warrant deadline

Jailed former Malaysian leader Najib Razak moved closer to serving the rest of his sentence at home after an appeal court ruled he could use a royal decree supporting his claim

Jailed ex-Malaysian leader Najib moves closer to house arrest

The former French president remains an influential figure on the right

Convicted twice

France's ex-president Sarkozy on trial over alleged Kadhafi pact

Members of Charlie Hebdo pose during a photo session in Paris in March 2024

'Indestructible!'

Charlie Hebdo unveils special edition 10 years since attack

Morning Roundup

Travel chaos across Europe and the US, Meteolux alerts for strong winds and flooding, and Patrizia van der Weken runs best time

Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia waves to supporters in Montevideo after meeting with Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou

Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia

Venezuela opposition seeks army backing, leader to meet Biden

Fifty years after his death, Franco's legacy continues to divide Spain

From 1939 until 1975

Franco dictatorship splits Spain 50 years after death

Abdul Qadir Mumin, the Somalian leader of the Islamic State (IS) group, has a beard that's hard to miss

'Alive and active'

The quiet financier: Islamic State's elusive strongman

It was not immediately clear how much Ukraine had advanced in Kursk

Critical juncture

Russia says Ukraine launches 'counterattack' in Kursk region

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says 'strong' Donald Trump can force Russia to negotiate

Vital to security

Zelensky says 'strong' Trump can end Ukraine war

Destroyed buildings in northern Gaza, seen from southern Israel

Another bloody Sunday

Hamas official says ready to free 34 Gaza hostages under mooted deal

Christian Stocker was chosen as the interim leader of Austria's conservatives after its outgoing Chancellor quit

Austria's conservatives ready for coalition talks with far right

Children who fled ongoing battles between Turkish-backed groups and Syrian Kurdish forces in Syria's Aleppo province sit at a desk in the yard of a school in Hasakeh, where they and others took refuge

Syria monitor: 101 killed in battles between pro-Turkey, Kurdish forces

Ecuadoran flags are draped from a railing at the government palace in the capital city of Quito on January 5, 2025

Ecuador presidential campaign opens amid drug war, internal power struggle

US President-elect Donald Trump has played host to a slew of foreign leaders, most recently Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, as he prepares to take office

Unofficial visit

Italy's Meloni visits Trump in Florida

Asaad al-Shaibani (L), foreign minister for the interim Syrian government, met with Qatar's Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani in Doha

After Assad ousting

Syrian ministers urge lifting of US sanctions in first visit to Doha

Spoljaric said determining the fate of Syria's missing will likely take years

Likely taking years

Red Cross says determining fate of Syria's missing 'huge challenge'

Nicolas Sarkozy has suffered a litany of court woes

Trial on Monday

Sarkozy: divisive French ex-president beset by legal woes

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